Rich Megginson wrote:
Howard Wilkinson wrote:
Richard et al,

I have obviously confused you on this so to start again!

I have four machines on which I am installing directory server version 1.1.

I have automated the install so that I start with a virgin install every time - erase the packages and delete all of the files left lying around and then reinstall the packages.

I want to set up the four machines in a fault-tolerant fashion. So I have an initial master, a secondary on a separate machine, and 2 consumers on the other machines.

I can setup the servers on each machine with their own admin server and can gt the SSL working and have modified the mmr script and can get all other server to replicate. Master and Secondary in multi-master mode, consumers fed from master and secondary.

What I want to achieve is to have all of the servers sharing the o=NetscapeRoot paritition (i.e. all having an admin server but all having the same configuration for the admin server). Now this means that they need to be in a mesh multi-master - OK I can set that up but I can't get the servers to register cleanly with the individual admin servers on each of the machines.
Ok.  I understand.  First, you have to follow these guidelines - http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/8.0/Managing_Replication-Replicating-ADS-for-Failover.html

Next, it sounds like you are running into this bug - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431103
Have followed these instructions, with the fixes from the patch and we are further along! I now have all servers registered on the master server and can see them from there as expected.

I now face an issue with "register-ds-admin.pl" when I run it in the secondary server I get the following output.
If you have such Directory Server, type the full path that stores the configuration file.

If you don't, type return.
[configuration directory path or return]:


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Candidate servers to register:
    /etc/dirsrv/slapd-backus

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Do you want to use this server as Configuration Directory Server?

Directory server identifier: backus

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Do you want to use this server as Configuration Directory Server?

Directory server identifier:
and this justs keeps cycling asking the same question.

If I run on one of the consumers the behaviour is different but still no very useful. I get a bit further but it refuses to recognise the admin password.
Do you want to use this server as Configuration Directory Server?

Directory server identifier: barnacle

==============================================================================
Cleaning up old Config DS:

==============================================================================
Please input the password for the Administrator User uid=admin, ou=Administrators, ou=TopologyManagement, o=NetscapeRoot:
Error: failed to clean up the configuration info from the old Configuration
Directory Server .

==============================================================================
Please input the password for the Administrator User uid=admin, ou=Administrators, ou=TopologyManagement, o=NetscapeRoot:
I get the same behaviour if I run on the Master server.

Any suggestions?

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