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March 2015 OES 11 SP2 Scheduled Maintenance Update 10332

March 2015 OES 11 SP2 Scheduled Maintenance Update 10332

 

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

1) List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP2-Updates | OES11-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes

2) List the Updates
zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-March-2015-Scheduled-Maintenance | 10332 | security | Needed

3) Install the maintenance patch
OES11SP2
zypper up -t patch oes11sp2-March-2015-Scheduled-Maintenance

4) Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
OES11SP2
zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates

Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-March-2015-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 10332 | Installed

5) To apply all OES11 SP2 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP2-Updates

6) To apply all SLES 11 SP3 updates run the following command
zypper up… Continue reading

January 2015 Scheduled Maintenance Update

January 2015 Scheduled Maintenance has been released

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

1) List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP2-Updates | OES11-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes

2) List the Updates
zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-January-2015-Scheduled-Maintenance | 10105 | security | Needed

3) Install the maintenance patch
OES11SP2
zypper up -t patch oes11sp2-January-2015-Scheduled-Maintenance

4) Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
OES11SP2
zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates

Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-January-2015-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 10105

5) To apply all OES11 SP2 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP2-Updates

6) To apply all SLES 11 SP3 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r… Continue reading

December 2014 Scheduled Maintenance Update

December 2014 Scheduled Maintenance has been released

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP2-Updates | OES11-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes

zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-December-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance | 9879 | security | Needed

[clear-line]Install the maintenance patch
OES11SP2
zypper up -t patch oes11sp2-December-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
OES11SP2
zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates

Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-December-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 9879

To apply all OES11 SP2 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP2-Updates

To apply all SLES 11 SP3 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r SLES11-SP3-Updates

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance… Continue reading

DSfW Monitor daemon

I just created a demonized version of the DSfW Monitor script.  For more information on the script look the DSfW Monitor script post.

Now you don’t have to create a cronjob to continuously run the tool.  Simply download and install the dsfwmon.rpm.

The install will create the /etc/init.d/dsfwmon startup script, the /opt/dsfwdude/conf/dsfwmon.conf file to edit the configuration and the dsfwmon daemon.  It also has log rotating enabled.

The install will enable the dsfwmon script so that when the server starts, the script will start monitoring the services.

Edit the /opt/dsfwdude/conf/dsfwmon.conf to send an e-mail if a service has to be restarted.  Do not adjust the delay time less than 5 minutes.  The script could possibly step on itself, trying to check the services while restarting the services.

Common changes are to enable e-mail setting to be sent when the services restart,… Continue reading

CVE-2014-0224 Fixes in eDirectory

The following Hotfixes for NESCM 3.1 and eDirectory (888, 887 & 885) standalones address the OpenSSL security vulnerability described in CVE-2014-0224 can be found below.

For OES11 SP1/SP2 and OES2 SP3 LTSS the updates are in the respective channels.

– eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Patch 2 HotFix 1 (All Platforms)
Download URL: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=4A2ah857Bgs~

– eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Patch 6 HotFix 1 (All Platforms)
Download URL: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=wldDBGgzzng~

– eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Patch6 Hotfix2 for NetWare
Download URL: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=MzoS_HY0LYw~

– Identity Assurance Solution Client 3.1 Hotfix 1
Download URL: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=OXteBss0i-k~

Below is the list of patches that have been released addressing openssl security fixes:

1. OpenSSL on 24th June.

2. GnuTLS on 30th June.

3. iPrint Client on 10th July.

4. eDirectory on 10th July.

All these were duplicated across OES2 SP3, OES11 SP1 and OES11 SP2.

May 2014 OES11SP2 Scheduled Maintenance for eDirectory 8.8 SP8 patch 2

May 2014 OES11SP2 Scheduled Maintenance for eDirectory 8.8 SP8 patch 2 (9156)

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP2-Updates | OES11-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes

List patches in the Updates repository
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-edirectory-888-patch2 | 9156 | security| Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-edirectory-887-patch2

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp1-edirectory-888-patch2 | 9156 | security| Installed

To apply all OES11 SPa updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP2-Updates

Bugs: 627162653702782375795332, … Continue reading

May 2014 OES11SP1 Scheduled Maintenance for eDirectory 8.8 SP7

May 2014 OES11SP1 Scheduled Maintenance for eDirectory 8.8 SP7

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
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-edirectory-887-patch2 | 6989| security| Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-edirectory-887-patch2

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-edirectory-887-patch2 | 6989| security| Installed

To apply all OES11 SPa updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP1-Updates

Patch: oes11sp1-edirectory-887-patch6-9149
Bugs: 612236799046812295812707825235,… Continue reading

May 2014 Scheduled Maintenance Patch

May 2014 Scheduled Maintenance Patch

May 2014 Scheduled Maintenance has been released

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
zypper lr
Should see the following:
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP1-Updates | OES11-SP1-Updates | Yes | Yes
nu_novell_com:OES11-SP2-Updates | OES11-SP2-Updates | Yes | Yes

List patches in the Updates repository
OES11SP1
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-May-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance | 9151| recommended | Needed

OES11SP2
zypper pch OES11-SP2-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP2-Updates | oes11sp2-May-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance | 9157| recommended | Needed

Install the maintenance patch
OES11SP1
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-May-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance
OES11SP2
zypper up -t patch oes11sp2-May-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
OES11SP1
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-May-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 9151

OES11SP2
zypper… Continue reading

March 2014 Scheduled Maintenance Patch

March 2014 Scheduled Maintenance has been released

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
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-March-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance | 8935| recommended | Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-March-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-March-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 8935

To apply all OES11 SPa updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP1-Updates

To apply all SLES 11 SP2 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r SLES11-SP2-Updates

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this… Continue reading

I/OTest script to check if the disk I/O is causing slow performance

Slow VM Performacne, use IOTest to see if the disk IO is the culprit

This script will test the disk IO by copying 500Mb of data using the same block size as eDir uses and with the same api eDir uses “fdatasync”.
This writes 500 Mb of data each iteration to the iotest.log in the dib directory, usually the /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib/
It will overwrite the previous data in the iotest.log each time it runs.  Anything under 100 MB/s is a concern and will cause slowness for eDirectory and possible memory build up.  IO causes a bottleneck for events to be written to disk.  A build up of memory by ndsd can cause a ndsd to take all available memory (both virtual and resident) causing ndsd to core.

If slow IO writes are seen with the iotest script begin the process of adding hard drives and reducing the… Continue reading

New Patch for eDir 8.8.7.5

Patch 8.8.7.5 was released and immediately pulled after seeing ndsd cores due to ldap search filters of (guid=).  A new patch is now available.  To view if the new patch has been applied run the command:
zypper list-patches –bugzilla=864542

To apply the patch run the command:

zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-edirectory-887-patch5-8910

The following packages will be upgraded:
novell-NDSbase novell-NDSbase-32bit novell-NDScommon novell-NDSimon
novell-NDSrepair novell-NDSserv novell-NOVLembox novell-NOVLice
novell-NOVLsnmp novell-NOVLsubag novell-dclient novell-dclient-32bit
novell-edirectory-jclnt novell-edirectory-tsands
novell-edirectory-tsands-32bit novell-nmas novell-nmas-libnmasext
novell-nmas-libspmclnt novell-nmas-libspmclnt-32bit novell-nmasclient
novell-nmasclient-32bit novell-npkiapi novell-npkiapi-32bit novell-npkiserver
novell-npkit novell-npkit-32bit novell-sss

To downlowd the stand alone eDirectory patch and to learn more about the patch see eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Patch 5 HotFix 1 (All Platforms)

January 2014 Scheduled Maintenance Ptach

January 2014 Scheduled Maintenance has been released

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
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-January-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance | 8685| recommended | Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-January-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-January-2014-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 8685

To apply all OES11 SPa updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP1-Updates

To apply all SLES 11 SP2 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r SLES11-SP2-Updates

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this… Continue reading

OES11SP2 is Available for Download

OES11sp2 is now available for download.

Sites and Subnets functionality is the biggest addition to DSfW.  It will allow the configuration of users to authenticate to a specific Domain Controller.  For this feature to work all Domain Controllers must be OES11sp2 servers.
Easy Wins configuration, Mac Client Support, Windows 8 Support,  Windows 2012 Support, and SASL NTMSSP Support are also big additions.
The SASL NTLMSSP Support will allow NTLM over LDAP bind request to be fullfilled.  Since more and more applications are supporting SASL NTLMSSP as the primary authentication mechanism for 2008 and 2012 servers this will allow more applications to work directly with DSfW.
The Novell Client has worked with well DSfW since OES2SP3, but that configuration was not supported.  It is now supported.
Download and test OES11sp2.  It is more robust and feature rich than previous… Continue reading

November 2013 Scheduled Maintenance

November 2013 Scheduled Maintenance has been released

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
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-November-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance | 8483| recommended | Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-November-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-November-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 8483

To apply all OES11 SPa updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r OES11-SP1-Updates

To apply all SLES 11 SP2 updates run the following command
zypper up -t patch -r SLES11-SP2-Updates

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this… Continue reading

September 2013 Scheduled Maintenance

July2013 Scheduled Maintenance has been released

How to apply the patch with zypper.  YaST Online Update can also be used.

List repositories to ensure the update the server is registerd and the updated repository is present
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-September-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance | 8284| recommended | Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-September-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to verify the patch is listed as Installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-September-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 8284| recommended | Installed

September 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11SP1 (8284)

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch for OES11SP1

July 2013 Scheduled Maintenance

July2013 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-July-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance | 7889 | recommended | Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-July-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to make sure it is installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-July-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance       | 7889 | recommended | Installed

July 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11SP1

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch for OES11SP1

  • 806538 – MS cluster support in DSfW
  • 816741 – DSFW: ldapsearch fails when the entryDN specified in search filter contains spaces before or after comma.
  • 818366 – xadsd crashes in rpc__naf_addr_free ()
  • 819547 – DSFW: No results for ldapsearch with… Continue reading

May 2013 Scheduled Maintenance

May 2013 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-May-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance       | 7715    | security    | Needed

Install the maintenance patch
zypper up -t patch oes11sp1-May-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to make sure it is installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-May-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance       | 7715    | security    | Installed

May 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11SP1 7715

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch for OES11SP1

  • – 769530: OES11SP1LH: DSfW provisioning task “Assign Rights” – rerun fails with error -614 (entry already exists)
  • – 783005: DSFW: AD Ping doesn’t… Continue reading

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 again to make sure it is installed
zypper pch OES11-SP1-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1-Updates | oes11sp1-April-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance     | 7421    | security    | Installed

April 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES11SP1 (7421)

Key DSfW specific bugs fixed with this maintenance patch for OES11SP1

  • 770208: OES11SP1LH: DSfW provisioning of DNS generates duplicate forward and reverse lookup zones if they already exists
  • 785697: Provsioning pre healthCheck fails in ADC.
  • 791640: DSFW FTU1:During ADC Provosioning PreCheck, the… 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 script only for ndsd that is smaller and simple this is an option.

I am always looking for suggestions. I’ve created a video for the ndsd_heaclthchk script. Watch to to learn about configuring it for your specific needs.

For for NDSD Health Check in the download section.

The configuration options are as follows

# Set emailsetting to 1 to send e-mail log when finished. Set to 0 or remove the 1 to disable
emailsetting=0

# Set emailonerror to 1 to send e-mail log if an error is returned. Set to… 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.

 

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 trouble shooting a process stuck in high utilization or causing a server to slow down or become unresponsive looking at a top output for a daemon like ndsd with individual threads shown and a correlating gstack can show us which thread is in high utilization and what that thread is doing.  In most cases it is best to take a number of gstacks every 10 seconds to 60 seconds depending on the situation.  We can see not only what that thread is doing but if the… 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 Patches

Solution

This update is provided as a set of RPM packages that can easily be installed onto a running system by using the YaST online update module. Please install the update.

file contents

Files Included Size Date
novell-NDSbase-32bit-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 420.2 KB (430316) 2013-01-31 11:52:45
novell-NDSserv-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 5.7 MB (6069650) 2013-01-31 11:52:51
novell-NDSbase-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 579.0 KB (592953) 2013-01-31 11:52:44
novell-edirectory-jclnt-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 280.7 KB (287529) 2013-01-31 11:52:56
novell-edirectory-tsands-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 283.4 KB (290253) 2013-01-31 11:52:57
novell-NOVLice-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 462.3 KB (473462) 2013-01-31 11:52:55
novell-edirectory-tsands-32bit-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 276.4 KB (283131) 2013-01-31 11:52:58
novell-NOVLice-32bit-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 281.5 KB (288314) 2013-01-31 11:52:55
novell-NDScommon-8.8.7.2-0.7.1.x86_64.rpm 243.7 KB (249642)… 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 patch oes11-sp1-January-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to make sure it is installed
zypper pch OES11-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-SP1Updates | oes11-sp1-January-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 7195    | recommended | Installed

Key… 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 oes11-January-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance

Then list the patches again to make sure it is installed
zypper pch OES11-Updates
Should see the following:
OES11-Updates | oes11-January-2013-Scheduled-Maintenance   | 7170    | recommended | Installed

Key DSfW specific… 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 Active Directory
  • 792146: DSFW FTU1: “Enable Kerberos” task fails while provisioning for CDC in case of FRD is updated with FTU1 build
  • 792192: DSFW – “unavailableCriticalExtension” being returned when LDAP\_SERVER\_NOTIFICATION\_OID is being used during ldapsearch
  • 793390: Fresh install & configuration of OES11SP1 DSFW Server along with November 2012 patch is failing.

January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES2SP3

  • 567151: provide an icon for group in the history window
  • 624515: Adding an Auxiliary Class fails if a mandatory attribute of the Aux Class is an optional for another class
  • 638542: iManager upgrades… 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.sh.  To get the latest version of the script click on the DSfW Health Check link in the download section on DSfWDude.com.

A great TID to start off with for a eDirectory health check is TID 3564075.
On a DSfW server start off with an eDirectory health check as well as TID 7001884 which has DSfW specific commands to check the health and overall operation of a DSfW server.

The script does most of the suggestions in both TIDs mentioned above plus a few more checks.

For eDirectory there are 8 checks the script does and… 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 is followed then usually the install goes through with out any issues.

If there is a failure a common error is ndsconfig error 74.   This video goes over the error.  The troubleshooting of this error can be applied to a similar error “ndsconfig error 80”.

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 and Universal groups calculate a virtual attribute called tokenGroupsDomainLocal. This attribute is calculated for the group by the slapi layer. When a user is a member of several groups login times can increase. An increase in ndsd utilization can also result from the calculation of the tokenGroupsDomainLocal when a large number of groups reside within the domain.

If ndsd utilization is high or login times need to be reduced, change groups to Domain Local groups to avoid the calculation of the tokenGroupsDomainLocal virtual attribute.

Here is a… 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: Assignment of users o authorise RDP Access to Windows Workstation
  • – 770416: OES11SP1LH: DNS/DHCP management console can not configure update policy option as DSfW requires
  • – 771993: OES11SP1LH: gposync runs in a loop
  • – 774802: xadsd crashes in rpc__list_element_alloc ()
  • – 778235: gposync tool reports success even if nsimAssignments is not updated
  • – 783939: DSFW: No results for LDAP Query when OID is used instead of attribute name in the search filter.
  • – 784366: xadsd crashes in rpc__cn_binding_inq_addr () due to failed NTLMSSP authentication requests

Key CIFS, DNS,… Continue reading

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