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Open Directory Replica Isn't

I'm running two OD replicas under 10.5.4, one on my local subnet, one not.

Configuration of both goes swimmingly, slapconfig.log has only happy messages on all three systems, LDAP, Password Server, and Kerberos are all running, and all DNS entries resolve correctly, forward and back.

However... 😉

When adding a user to the master, replica1 on the (local subnet) gets it just fine, but replica2 (elsewhere) doesn't. The data transferred during initial setup is present and operational on replica2, but it never gets updated. I've tried replicating "whenever the directory is modified", replicating every 5 minutes, and "Replicate Now" to no avail. Replica1 invariably gets the updates, and replica2 doesn't, but there are no errors in any logs and everything appears to run on schedule or request.

Log entries on replica2 look like this:

Sep 15 2008 13:45:12 Preparing for complete synchronization
Sep 15 2008 13:45:12 Preparation complete
Sep 15 2008 13:45:12 Synchronizing with "Parent"
Sep 15 2008 13:45:13 Parent:Connecting to 123.123.123.123, synchronizing all records since 09/15/2008 08:41:05 PM GMT
Sep 15 2008 13:45:13 Parent:The remote replica list has 1 parent and 2 replicas.
Sep 15 2008 13:45:13 Parent:sending 78 records from tid 0
Sep 15 2008 13:45:46 Parent:sent 78 records, 159 kerberos principals
Sep 15 2008 13:45:46 DoSync: the next scheduled replication will occur on 09/15/2008 at 01:50:00 PM

The only apparent oddity is that Server Admin still shows "Last update: 2008-09-15 13:33:28 -0700" for replica2 after the transaction in the log above.

I'm baffled. And stuck demoting and promoting the replica several times a day to keep its records current. Aargh.

G5 DP 2.5 ghz, etc., Mac OS X (10.4.10), OS X Server 10.4.10

Posted on Sep 15, 2008 1:50 PM

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Open Directory Replica Isn't

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