[Freeipa-users] dse.ldif and dse.ldif.bak are lost

[artjazz at free.fr]

Hi,

I have 1 ipa master 'ipasrv' and 2 replicas 'iparpl1 iparpl2' installed with
--setup-ca option.
Since a few days I have an issue with '389 Directory Server' on the master
(ipasrv) and on the 2nd replica (iparpl2) with the following messages:

The configuration file /etc/dirsrv/slapd-MYINSTANCE/dse.ldif was not restored
from backup /etc/dirsrv/slapd-MYINSTANCE/dse.ldif.tmp, error -1
Apr 28 07:38:35 localhost ns-slapd: [28/Apr/2014:15:38:35 +0200] dse - The
configuration file /etc/dirsrv/slapd-MYINSTANCE/dse.ldif was not restored from
backup /etc/dirsrv/slapd-MYINSTANCE/dse.ldif.bak, error -1
Apr 28 07:38:35 localhost ns-slapd: [28/Apr/2014:15:38:35 +0200] config - The
given config file /etc/dirsrv/slapd-MYINSTANCE/dse.ldif could not be accessed,
Netscape Portable Runtime error -5950 (File not found.)

The files dse.ldif and dse.ldif.bak are lost.
On my 1st replica (iparpl1) everything is OK.

No Full IPA backup and LDAP backup done on ipasrv and iparpl2.

A) Can I restore those files from iparpl1 ?

B) I am a little bit confused after reading the documentation on
http://www.freeipa.org/page/Backup_and_Restore
  - can I consider that the ipa replicas are like ipa master ?
  In this case when I want to execute the manual procedure in chapter 'One
Server Loss'
  1. Clean deployment from the lost server by removing all replication
agreements with it.
   from iparpl1 I have the following results:

[root at iparpl1 ~]# ipa-replica-manage del iparpl2.mydomain
'iparpl1.mydomain' has no replication agreement for 'iparpl2.mydomaon'

 [root at iparpl1 ~]# ipa-replica-manage del ipasrv.mydomain
Connection to 'ipasrv.mydomain' failed:
Unable to delete replica 'ipasrv.mydomain'

  2. Choose another FreeIPA Server with CA installed to become the first master
Can I do this request from my 1st replica iparpl1 and how ?

  3. Nominate this master to be the one in charge or renewing certs and
publishing CRLS. This is a manual procedure at the moment.

  4. Follow standard installation procedure to deploy a new master on a
hardware/VM of your choice
this request is to install a replica not a master ?

Thanks for your help.