[Freeipa-users] "DNS resource record not found" error when searching or deleting records

[Rob Crittenden]

Andrey Ptashnik wrote:
> Dear Team,
> 
> I’m trying to remove DNS records from IPA server and getting following
> error: "ipa: ERROR: webapps001.mz984: DNS resource record not found"
> I suspect that there was such server "webapps001.mz984" in the past
> properly added to IPA server via “spa-client-install” utility , but it
> was probably crashed and removed from the network without running
> "ipa-client-install —uninstall”.
> 
> I’m able to locate this record via CLI:
> 
> [root at ipa-idm]# ipa dnsrecord-find 123.xyz.com mz984
>   Record name: webapps001.mz984
>   A record: 10.16.9.232
> ----------------------------
> Number of entries returned 1
> ----------------------------
> [root at ipa-idm]#
> 
> This is what happens when I’m trying to delete this record:
> 
> [root at ipa-idm]# ipa dnsrecord-del 123.xyz.com. webapps001.mz984 --a-rec
> 10.16.9.232
> ipa: ERROR: webapps001.mz984: DNS resource record not found
> [root at ipa-idm]#
> 
> This is my DNS zone config:
> 
> [root at ipa-idm]# ipa dnszone-show 123.xyz.com
>   Zone name: 123.xyz.com.
>   Active zone: TRUE
>   Authoritative nameserver: ipa-idm.123.xyz.com.
>   Administrator e-mail address: hostmaster.123.xyz.com.
>   SOA serial: 1449502971
>   SOA refresh: 1800
>   SOA retry: 900
>   SOA expire: 604800
>   SOA minimum: 900
>   Allow query: any;
>   Allow transfer: 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
> [root at ipa-idm]# 
> 
> [root at ipa-idm]# ipa dnsconfig-show
>   Allow PTR sync: TRUE
> [root at ipa-idm]#
> 
> In Web GUI when I’m trying to search for this particular record
> “Operations Error” window appears with "DNS resource record not found”
> error message.
> 
> Are there any ways to forcefully delete such stalled records or find out
> the root cause of this error message?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andrey Ptashnik

It is probably a replication-conflict entry. See
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/10/html/Administration_Guide/Managing_Replication-Solving_Common_Replication_Conflicts.html

rob