[Freeipa-users] Replicas in a state of confusion

[Rich Megginson]

On 02/16/2012 12:38 PM, Ian Levesque wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:
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>> Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.  I can't say for sure, but it does look like you are running into some of the tombstone issues we have fixed in 1.2.10.1-1 (now in updates-testing)
> OK, are these errors anything to worry about in a production replicated environment?
id2entry - str2entry returned NULL for id 12, string="rdn"
_entry_set_tombstone_rdn - Failed to convert DN 
automountmapname=auto.direct to RDN

yes - there seems to be a problem with "orphan" tombstone entries
https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/298

we are working on a patch that we will likely release in 1.2.10.2

if you want to remove the orphan tombstone entries and just start from 
scratch, you will have to export your database to LDIF and re-import 
it.  Do this on your primary master.  You will then have to 
re-initialize all replicas from this master.

NOTE: The following documentation refers to scripts such as db2bak, 
db2ldif, etc.  In an IPA installation, these scripts are found in 
/var/lib/dirsrv/scripts-DOMAIN

Step 1) make a backup of your database files
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Administration_Guide/Populating_Directory_Databases-Backing_Up_and_Restoring_Data.html#Backing_Up_and_Restoring_Data-Backing_Up_All_Databases
Step 2) export your userRoot (-n userRoot) database to LDIF
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Administration_Guide/Populating_Directory_Databases-Exporting_Data.html
Step 3) import your LDIF file into your userRoot database
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Administration_Guide/Populating_Directory_Databases.html#Populating_Directory_Databases-Importing_Data

use ipa-replica-manage to initialize your replicas from this server
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>> In addition, if you are getting this:
>> NSMMReplicationPlugin - repl_set_mtn_referrals: could not set referrals for replica - err 20
>> https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/282
>> You may have deleted and re-added replicas - in that case, you may want to follow the cleanruv procedure here - http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:CLEANRUV
> I did indeed have about 13 replica configs in the RUV. After cleaning per the instructions, that error above has gone away.
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> Thanks!
> Ian
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