April 2013 Scheduled Maintenance
April2013 Scheduled Maintenance has been released
How to apply the patch with zypperList repositories
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP1-Updates | OES11-SP1-Updates | Yes | Yes
List patches in the Updates repository
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-April-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance | 7421 | security | Needed
Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-April-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance
Then list the patches… Continue reading
NDSD Health Check Script
I’ve received a great deal of feed back on the DSfW Health Check Script and applied some changes. One of the suggestions was to do only a ndsd (eDirectory) script. The DSfW Health Check Script works for both DSfW and eDirectory servers, but if all you want to do is check eDirectory health on a DSfW server or want a… Continue reading
Latest DSfW Health Check Script
I’ve received a great deal of feed back on the DSfW Health Check Script and applied some changes.
I am always looking for suggestions. I’ve created an updated video with the latest script. Watch to to learn about configuring it for your specific needs.
OES 11 SP1 eDirectory Install
Looking to install eDirectory on OES 11 SP1? Here is a video going through the install and giving some tips on doing a successful install.
Script to modify grouptype – modify_grouptype.sh
I did a post in January on grouptype and their impact on DSfW performance in TID 7011498 DSfW Slow Performance/Group Types. The post shows how to find grouptype settings, goes over a couple of TIDs discussing grouptypes and a video giving even more info on the subject.
I have since written a script that will easily search for and… Continue reading
Troubleshooting High Utilization – High Utilization Gstack tool
Some times ndsd or another process can cause a server to go into high utilization or to become unresponsive. A great TID to follow for OES servers is TID 7007332 – Troubleshooting ndsd becoming unresponsive on OES Linux. A TID specific for DSfW servers to start with is TID 7010462- Troubleshooting slow logins and unresponsive DSfW server.
When… Continue reading
January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Patch 2
January 2013 OES11SP1 Scheduled Maintenance for eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Patch 2 has been released
Description
January 2013 OES11SP1 Scheduled Maintenance for eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Patch 2 Hot Patch1
- - 795674: ndsd crashes in libnldap.so with latest November 2012 eDirectory Patch 8.8.7 Patch 2
- - 799053: ldap and ldaps interfaces are lost on DSFW server after installing eDir887patch2 + OES11SP1 Nov… Continue reading
January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11SP1
January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11SP1 has been released
How to apply the patch with zypperList repositories
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP1-Updates | OES11-SP1-Updates | Yes | Yes
List patches in the Updates repository
zypper pch OES11-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11-sp1-January-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance | 7195 | recommended | Need
Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t… Continue reading
January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11
January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11 has been released
How to apply the patch with zypperList repositories
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-Updates | OES11-Updates | Yes | Yes
List patches in the Updates repository
zypper pch OES11-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-Updates | oes11-January-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance | 7170 | recommended | Need
Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch… Continue reading
January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES2SP3
January 2013 Maintenance patch for OES2P3 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- 787330: Can’t install ADC to DSfW domain that is updated to Sept 2012 patch level
- 790828: DSfW Assign rights fails in XAD\_RETAIN\_POLICIES=no case and if there are containers with nspm… attr set
- 792131: DSFW – behavior for isdeleted attribute doesn’t match with… Continue reading
DSfW and eDirectory Health Check
It is a good idea to periodically check the health of DSfW and eDirectory servers.
This video concentrates on a script I wrote that can be ran on both eDirectory and DSfW servers.
The script demonstrated in this video is called dsfw_edir_healthchk-2.2.sh. To get the latest version of the script click on the DSfW Health Check link in the download section… Continue reading
DSfW Express Install in OES11SP1
With OES11SP1 there are two install options. Express and regular.
The difference between the two is the express install will not prompt for the server and dib location, SLP configuration, the OES proxy user, or the DNS configuration. If there are no other Novell DNS servers in the tree this is a good option. Otherwise do the regular install to… Continue reading
Install error: ndsconfig error 74
Installs can be tricky especially when installing into an existing tree that has been around since NetWare 4.11, has multiple partitions, several locations, and dozens of servers. If the tree is not healthy the install of DSfW has a greater chance of failure. If communication with all servers is good, the tree is healthy, and the Preparing for Domain Services for Windows Install TID… Continue reading
DSfW Slow Performance/Group Types
DSfW, like AD, has multiple group types. This is found in the grouptype attribute. TID 7004405 goes over the three group types.
Domain Local group: -2147483644
Global group: -2147483646
Universal group: -2147483640
The default group type is Universal group. This group type can generate a lot of extra traffic causing the performance of the domain controller to suffer.
Global… Continue reading
Troubleshooting DSfW Slow Performance/Duplicate Workstation Names
Slow logins and poor performance of a DSfW Domain Controller is often due to too many failed authentications to the domain. This video goes over the specific issue of multiple workstations with the same name increasingly queuing up logins until the server comes to a halt. The video covers TIDs 7010462 and TID 7006851.
This video concentrates on TID… Continue reading
DSfW Install Error: No Such Partition
An error I have seen during installs is No Such Partition. The majority of the time it is easly solved by adding a replica of the name mapped partition to the DSfW server. This video will go through troubleshooting steps for this error.
Either run them on the eDirectory server specidifed for the install or use the -h [ip] if… Continue reading
November 2012 Maintenance for OES11SP1 is released
November 2012 Maintenance patch for OES11SP1 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- - 736416: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: Login to DSfW without ID mapping doesn’t work
- - 739450: DSfW: W32Time auth provider for ntp does not work in a cross partition setup
- - 768113: DSFW: xadsd crashes in dcerpc libprot_ncacn.so library
- - 769945:… Continue reading
November 2012 Maintenance for OES11 is released
November 2012 Maintenance patch for OES11 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- - 736416: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: Login to DSfW without ID mapping doesn’t work
- - 739450: DSfW: W32Time auth provider for ntp does not work in a cross partition setup
- - 768113: DSFW: xadsd crashes in dcerpc libprot_ncacn.so library
- - 769945:… Continue reading
November 2012 Scheduled Maintenance for OES2SP3
November 2012 Maintenance patch for OES2P3 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- 736416: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: Login to DSfW without ID mapping doesn’t work
- 739450: DSfW: W32Time auth provider for ntp does not work in a cross partition setup
- 768113: DSFW: xadsd crashes in dcerpc libprot\_ncacn.so library
- 769945: Assignment of users of… Continue reading
eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Patch 2 for Linux & Unix
Stand alone eDirectory 838 SP7 Patch 2 has been released. It can be found at Novell.com/downloads
Do not apply this patch on an OES server!
Issues resolved in eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Patch 2 (20703.00)
December 2012
NDSD
- FLAIM: when performing a LDAP search on a non-existent user using a complex filter err = no such entry (-601) is returned … Continue reading
Windows 8 and DSfW
I am still in the process of using Windows 8 with Domain Services for Windows. From what I have seen so far it behaves similar to Windows 7 as a workstation joined to the domain. Logging in, mapping drives, running GPOs, executing login script from a GPO, all seem to work as in Windows 7. The biggest challenge for me… Continue reading
Diagnostic tool for DNS Records
The DSfW team has a great tool called check-dns.pl to help diagnose DNS issue with DSfW.
The tool validates essential records for forward and reverse lookups. This tool can be found at Novell Coolsolutions.
The tool might incorrectly report PDC and DC records if there is more than one Domain Controller. The Coolsolutions article will be updated with a… Continue reading
September 2012 Maintenance for OES11.1 is released
September 2012 Maintenance patch for OES11SP1 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- - 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- - 723878: Normal Domain Users have all filesystem rights to new GPOs with Oes2Sp3
- -736413: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: memberOf query returns… Continue reading
September 2012 Maintenance for OES11 is released
September 2012 Maintenance patch for OES11 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- - 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- - 723878: Normal Domain Users have all filesystem rights to new GPOs with Oes2Sp3
- -736413: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: memberOf query returns… Continue reading
September 2012 Maintenance for OES2SP3 is released
September 2012 Maintenance patch for OES2P3 has been released
Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch
- - 667829: On Win2K8 R2 client joined to DSfW domain fails to create xen Desktop image from xendesktop studio
- - 723878: Normal Domain Users have all filesystem rights to new GPOs with Oes2Sp3
- -736413: DSfW – Apple OSX Compatibility: memberOf query returns… Continue reading
Updated dsfw_processchk script 2.1.5
I updated the dsfw_processchk script to not only check all essential DSfW processes, but to handle multiple pids for the xadsd process. The script is great to use if you are worried that a DSfW process will stop and you don’t want to receive several phone calls alerting you to the problem or the DSfW server has been unstable you… Continue reading
VMWare and best practices for Timekeeping
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of requests for timekeeping best practices for VMWare
VMWare has a great support article on this. Below are the SLES recommendations. The article can be found here
| SLES 11 (All updates) | No additional kernel parameters required. | |
| SLES 10 SP4 on ESX 5.0 and later | clock=pmtmr hpet=disable |
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| SLES 10 SP4 on ESX 4.x | Use… Continue reading |
Script to check if ports are listening
If you are concerned about a DSfW service going down and or the port is not accessible, this script will help keep the services up or notify you of a service going down. The script will check if each DSfW service is listening, then telnet to each port. If it can not telnet, the script will log which port is not accessable… Continue reading
Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 is released
Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 has been released today
LearnEventually, hopefully in the next update or two to more about OES11SP1 here
The download links for OES11 SP1 are:
Download link: http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=rmqoq2iehSQ~
Documentation: http://www.novell.com/documentation/oes11/
As far as Domain Services for Windows goes, the install will now allow you to choose between a simplified install or the standard. The simplified install… Continue reading
Script to check DSfW Processes
I have a updated script to check all essential DSfW processes. The name of the script is dsfw_processchk. The script is great to use if you are worried that a DSfW process will stop and you don’t want to receive several phone calls alerting you to the problem or the DSfW server has been unstable you you need to… Continue reading