Check NDS and Schema Status with DSREPAIR

After installing or upgrading to a new version of NetWare*, you should run DSREPAIR. The DSREPAIR utility is provided with NetWare to repair problems with NDS* on a single-server basis. It does not correct problems on other servers from a single, centralized location. It must be run on each server individually.

To run DSREPAIR:

  1. At the server console, enter DSREPAIR.
  2. Run Unattended Full Repair.
  3. Run Time Synchronization.

NOTE: All functions of DSREPAIR are documented in online help. Highlight any menu option and press F1 for a description of that option.

Unattended Full Repair
This is the most common use of DSREPAIR. This is the suggested means of repair unless you are told by Novell* technical support to perform other operations manually. It performs all possible repair operations that don't require your input. The log file is displayed by default when the repair completes. The log file is a text file named DSREPAIR.LOG, stored in the SYS:SYSTEM directory.

Time Synchronization
Select this option to determine whether this server has synchronized its clock with other servers on the network. Since replica synchronization depends on time stamps, replica synchronization can be delayed until time synchronization is achieved.

NOTE: NDS operates on "synthetic time" if true synchronization has not been accomplished. Synthetic time is generated when the time stamp on a replica of a partition is ahead of the actual server time. NDS conducts its normal operations fully on synthetic time, but some partition and replication work can be delayed until time is synchronized.

If time is not synchronized to the network, server clocks are automatically adjusted in small increments until synchronization is achieved. In this case, no intervention is required on the administrator's part. The Time Synchronization option of DSREPAIR generates a warning message if synchronization has not completed within 12 hours. In this case, you should troubleshoot your time server configuration.

Report Synchronization Status
This option gets replica synchronization status from all servers that hold replicas of the same partitions held on this server. It also reports other NDS errors associated with those servers or replicas. You can use this option to determine whether you need to repair replicas, resolve communications problems, or initiate some other action.

Error code information is available in Novell Error Codes on Novell's documentation Web site.

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