[Freeipa-users] Replica master in strange state -- how to resolve?

[Dmitri Pal]

On 12/16/2013 10:40 AM, Bret Wortman wrote:
> I had a replica that was completely failing to respond to its clients,
> so I removed it by first running "ipa-replica-manage del" on the
> replica master, then "ipa-server-install -U --uninstall" on the
> replica. I regenereated the replica file and, upon trying to
> re-initialize the replica, received this error:
>
> :
> The host fsipa.spx.net already exists on the master server.
> You should remove it before proceeding:
>     % ipa host-del fsipa.damascusgrp.com
> [root at fsipa ~]#
>
> On the master:
>
> [root at ipamaster ~]# ipa host-del fsipa.damascusgrp.com
> ipa: ERROR: invalid 'hostname': An IPA master host cannot be deleted
> or disabled
> [root at ipamaster ~]# ipa host-show fsipa.damascusgrp.com
>   Host name: fsipa.damascusgrp.com
>   Principal name: host/fsipa.damascusgrp.com at DAMASCUSGRP.COM
>   Password: False
>   Keytab: True
>   Managed by: fsipa.damascusgrp.com
>   SSH public key fingerprint: ...
>   :
> [root at ipamaster ~]# ipa-replica-manage del fsipa.damascusgrp.com
> 'ipamaster.damascusgrp.com' has no replication agreement for
> 'fsipa.damascusgrp.com'
> [root at ipamaster ~]#
>
> What's the right way to clean this up without making the situation worse?

Do you use IPA DNS?
What does DNS say about fsipa.damascusgrp.com and fsipa.spx.net?

>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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