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Repairing the Novell eDirectory Database
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Repairing the Novell eDirectory
Database
The Repair utility lets you maintain and repair the database of a Novell
®
eDirectory
TM
tree. This
utility performs the following operations:
• Corrects eDirectory problems such as bad records, schema mismatches, bad server addresses,
and external references.
• Makes advanced changes to the eDirectory schema.
• Checks the structure of the database automatically without closing the database and without
user intervention.
• Checks the database operational indexes.
• Reclaims free space by discarding empty records.
• Repairs the local database.
• Repairs replicas, replica rings, and Server objects.
• Analyzes each server in each local partition for synchronization errors.
• Locates and synchronizes objects in the local database.
Some eDirectory database problems are not fatal, and eDirectory will continue to operate. But if the
database becomes corrupted, you will get a message on the console that the server could not open
the local database. In this case, run Repair or contact Novell Support.
Novell does not recommend running repair operations unless you run into problems with eDirectory,
or are told to do so by Novell Support. However, you are encouraged to use the diagnostic features
available in Repair and in other Novell utilities such as Novell iMonitor. For more information, see
Chapter 7, “Using Novell iMonitor 2.1,” on page 185 .
Novell iManager contains the following Repair Wizards:
Wizard Description
Basic Repair Wizard Lets you perform an unattended full repair, local database repair, or
single object repair. You can also check external references and delete
unknown leaf objects.
Log File Wizard Lets you open the repair log file and set log file options.
Repair via iMonitor Lets you open iMonitor and use the repair options available in that
program.
Replica Repair Wizard Lets you repair all or selected replicas, repair time stamps and declare
a new epoch, designate the current server as the new master replica,
and destroy the selected replica, if necessary.
Replica Ring Repair Wizard Lets you repair all or selected replica rings, send all objects to every
server in the ring, receive all objects from the master to the selected
replica, and remove the current server from the replica ring, if
necessary.