Troubleshooting Directory Service Manager for NetWare (197852)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q197852 SUMMARY
Directory Service Manager for NetWare (DSMN) comes with three utilities
that are useful for troubleshooting: DSMPACK, DSMCHK and DSMDUMP.
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NOTE: DSMPACK is installed by default; DSMCHK and DSMDUMP must be manually
EXPANDed from the installation medium.
DSMPACK is a utility similar to Jetpack (for WINS) and is used to repair
and compress the DSMN database. This utility can be used if a system
crashes or power outage causes unexpected errors, or the DSMN Service fails
to start. To use DSMPACK, following these steps:
- Open a command prompt.
- Change to the DSMN database path (%SystemRoot%\System32\Syncagnt).
- Stop the DMSN service (for example, by typing "net stop mssync").
- Type "dsmpack /r" to defragment and repair the database.
- Restart the DSMN service.
Sample output
Microsoft (R) DSMN Database Compaction Utility
Version 4.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996. All Rights Reserved.
Initiating DEFRAGMENTATION mode (with REPAIR option)...
Database: C:\WINNT40\System32\SyncAgnt\mssync.mdb
Log files: C:\WINNT40\System32\SyncAgnt
System files: C:\WINNT40\System32\SyncAgnt
Temp. Database: C:\WINNT40\System32\SyncAgnt\mssync.tmp
Backup Database: C:\WINNT40\System32\SyncAgnt\mssync.bkp
Repair Status ( % complete )
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
...................................................
Operation completed successfully in 6.28 seconds.
DSMCHK can be used to check the synchronization state of a user (for
example, in the logon script). The syntax for DSMCHK is:
Usage: dsmchk -d DomainName -u UserName
[-n NetWareServerName] [-r Number1:Number2]
where Number1 : The number of retries
Number2 : The interval in seconds between the retries
NOTE: Use %USERDOMAIN% and %USERNAME% in a logon script.
For additional information on DSMCHK, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
154760
How to Use the DSMN Utility to Verify Synchronized Passwords
DSMDUMP dumps the database used by DSMN to the screen. This is useful in
verifying that all your accounts and groups are replicated correctly. To
use DSMDUMP, follow these steps:
- Open a command prompt.
- Change to the DSMN database path (%SystemRoot%\System32\Syncagnt).
- Stop the DMSN service (for example, type "net stop mssync").
- Type dsmdump.
- Restart the DSMN service.
If might be useful to redirect DSMDUMP'S output to a file, for example,
type "dsmdump >db.txt".
Sample output
--------------------- SERVER TABLE ---------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------- ACCOUNT TABLE ---------------------
1) DOMAIN ADMINS
Rid = 512 Type = Global Group State = Normal
Local groups containing this global group = 544
Propagated to servers = NULL
LOCAL: Version = 1
2) DOMAIN USERS
Rid = 513 Type = Global Group State = Normal
Local groups containing this global group = NULL
Propagated to servers = NULL
LOCAL: Version = 1
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/7/2000 |
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Keywords: | kbinfo KB197852 |
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