i have a OES box,on which eDirectory 8.7.3 is running,i want to backup eDirectory db,i did following:
#edirutil -i
eMClient> login -s linuxoes -p 8030 -u admin.novell -p 111111
then it shows "login successfully"

then
eMClient> backup.backup -f /root/1.bak -l /root/1.log -t -b

now ,the process cant continue, the cursor stopped there,now error msg,no any
showing, i cant figure it out, Does anybody know why happen this? i also try backup using iManager, the result still the same , the Backup process stopped at
initialing

Sakur,

Are you the owner of the RBS collection ? I believe you need to be for edirutil (embox) to work properly.

You could also try using editutil -g (for GUI) wich may give you more details. also check the /var/nds/dib/dsbackup.log (the default location) for possible errors.


Dave

yes,i have successfully configured RBS through iManager,,the same result on iManager, i just change nothing , the old version is ok,so , i guess it may be a bug.

sakur,


I see that your trying to save the backup as 1.bak under /root
Are you running edirutil as root or perhaps an ID that doesn't have sufficient rights ?

Does the /root/1.log exits ? if so is there any relative info there?

embox also has it's own logging utility which gives far more detail than the logging specified during the backup (the -l /root/1.log part) to enable the logger simply type logstart from within the embox prompt. You can also use the setloginfo -f filename.of.log.file command.

Additional embox logging commands are logstop readlog getlogstate getloginfo



Have you tried starting edirutil -g from a shell ? sometimes this will give you additional debug info.

If you don't want to run X on your OES server you could try to use embox from a different machine.



Dave

Thanks , i ll try these,have u installed eDirectory 8.7.3 for your OES Box?

Sakur,

Yes, I'm running edir on several production OES servers (edir ver 8.7.3.5) as well as 8.7.3.4 on several SLES8/SLES9 servers. a couple hundred Netware server as well :-)


Dave

have u tryed OES? By the way, dja know any good tips to configure iManager,when i installed OES,i just did nothing,when i reboot , i cant access iManager through browser,showing " Server error", but i didnt make any changes,all default.

Sakur,

I'd first check to make sure that apache is running.

Type /etc/init.d/novell-httpstkd status

It should tell you is it's running or stopped, to (re)start the service if necessary, just type
/etc/init.d/novell-httpstkd start

Also check that tomcat is running: type /etc/init.d/novell-tomcat start this will tell you the status.


you can also type ndsconfig get | less to get alot of details about DS, alternately you can type
ndsconfig get | grep http to get just the details about how http is configured, I.E. what ports things are listening on. http.server.tls-port=8030 is the string that shows you what port the http admin interface is listening on. (8030 is the default port I believe)

Type https://ipaddressofserver/nps/iManager.html to get to the iManager login prompt. (the URL is case sensitive so make sure you type it exactly as above)


Post the output of an ndsconfig get if you're still having problems.

I'd recommend installing Firefox since Konqueror and Mozilla don't work very well with iManager. (pretty poor choice on Novell's part by NOT installing a more compatible browser)


You can also go to support.novell.com and search the knowledgebase and documentation sites for a TON of good OES/iManager information. there's also the novell support newsgroups (NNTP) which is a VERY good resource. IF you have an NNTP client, point it to support-forums.novell.com and subscribe to the pertinant groups (it's free). Novell also has a nice web based interface to these NNTP groups but it's harder to navigate the groups that is using a true NNTP client.


Dave

here is the "ndsconfig get " result:

oes:~ # ndsconfig get
n4u.nds.server-name=oes
n4u.nds.dibdir=/var/nds/dib
n4u.nds.preferred-server=OES
n4u.nds.server-guid=
n4u.nds.synchronization-restrictions=off
n4u.nds.advertise-life-time=3600
n4u.nds.external-reference-life-span=192
n4u.nds.inactivity-synchronization-interval=60
n4u.nds.janitor-interval=2
n4u.nds.backlink-interval=780
n4u.nds.drl-interval=780
n4u.nds.flatcleaning-interval=720
n4u.nds.server-state-up-threshold=30
n4u.nds.heartbeat-schema=240
n4u.nds.heartbeat-data=60
n4u.nds.dofsync=1
n4u.nds.bindery-context=
n4u.nds.server-context=O=novell
n4u.base.tree-name=OES
n4u.base.slp.max-wait=30
n4u.base.dclient.use-udp=0
n4u.server.configdir=/etc
n4u.server.vardir=/var/nds
n4u.server.libdir=/usr/lib/
n4u.server.sid-caching=no
n4u.server.interfaces=172.3.16.120@524
n4u.server.tcp-port=524
n4u.server.udp-port=524
n4u.server.max-interfaces=128
n4u.server.max-openfiles=65536
n4u.server.max-threads=128
n4u.server.idle-threads=8
n4u.server.start-threads=24
n4u.server.signature-level=1
n4u.ldap.lburp.transize=25
http.server.interfaces=@8008
http.server.sadmin-passwd=
http.server.module-base=/usr/lib/nds/nds-http/
http.server.request-io-buffer-size=8192
http.server.request_timeout-seconds=300
http.server.keep-timeout-seconds=15
http.server.threads-per-processor=2
http.server.session-exp-seconds=900
http.server.trace-level=2
http.server.clear-port=8028
http.server.tls-port=8030
http.server.auth-req-tls=1
https.server.interfaces=@8010
https.server.cached-cert-dn=SSL CertificateDNS - oes.novell
https.server.cached-server-dn=

i tryed a lot,still showing these error in the browser:
"Server error!
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 500
172.3.16.120
Thu Jul 28 11:21:32 2005
Apache/2.0.49 (Linux/SuSE) "

i dunt know if this is the bug. Can u give me some advices? Thanks

Sakur,

The posted output looks fine.

Did you verify that apache and tomcat are running? this sounds like tomcat is not running correctly.

If those 2 things are running OK check to see if the /opt/novell/oes_install/nssid.sh script exists, if it does, run it (as root)

Seems this may be a bug, I've built many OES servers and have yet to have this happen.


See this article for more info.
http://www.novell.com/documentation/...a/bvaxx0r.html

Has this server always had the same IP address ? or did it get changed at some point after the inital install?



Dave

dbogdan:
I am very very appreciated your help.i have checked apache and tomcat,all are deadly right,but i didnt find nssid.sh ,my OES version is OES_Yast_711,eDirectory 8.7.3+SP7,what's your platform,this server has the static IP address. If this is the bug ,what causes that? any way, thank you very much.

Sakur,

I'm running edir ver 8.7.3.5 on all my OES servers (this is the default version). I didn't think 8.7.3.7 was available yet, at least it's not listed as available on Novell's site. Are you sure
you're running 8.7.3+sp7 ?

8.7.3.6 'was' available for a short period but Novell pulled it due to a rare (but potentially critical) bug.


What happens if you point you're browser to any of the other ports displayed in your ndsconfig ?
Type ndsconfig get | grep http and note the http(s) ports configured.

try http://172.3.16.120:8008


Mabye there's a problem with SSL, perhaps the certs are bad.

Try this and let me know how it goes. Could also post your /var/nds/ndsd.log file ?


Thanks,
Dave.

Dave.
I am now testing eDirectory SP7 on OES_YAST,thats why i ask for your help, im not sure if it is a bug,Now the new build is coming ,this problem is fixed,but still cant do backup,Do you have MSN,through which we can communicate in more detail,I ll appreciate that .Thanks.

Sakur,

I sent you an email. Sorry, I don't have MSN (I don't use MS products if I can help it)

Dave

im not using MS stuff as well, im now on OES ,RHAS,redhat,n' doing LFS 6.1 again,will u use gaim?