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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>First late me state that I have been tasked to fix and upgrade the directory due to recent issues. I have vast experience in most other directories but not in 389 Directory space. So I have a few questions that will help in getting the directory upgraded with the most sound configuration. If someone can take the time to answer these brief questions it would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Issues with replication – Groups and normal replication, the most active issue is that groups are not syncing but often even the regular replication fails.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'>I have read about issues with sync of groups and member\memberof attributes but this seems to be more with just replication of groups. I looked in the error log and never found any errors but restarting the service fixes the issue but sometimes it requires a manual fix to get the member\memberof set on the affected servers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'>This Example just shows a quick failure of basic replication: (this is a short example but has been minutes or have to restart the service to get replication working)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>[XX/Jan/20XX:16:37:50 -0500] NSMMReplicationPlugin - agmt="cn=abc123" (abc123:389): Unable to receive the response for a startReplication extended operation to consumer (Can't contact LDAP server). Will retry later.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>[XX/Jan/20XX:16:37:54 -0500] NSMMReplicationPlugin - agmt="cn=abc123" (abc123:389): Replication bind with SIMPLE auth resumed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Issues with changelog size is too large<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'>The current changelog is 1.1 gig and this seems very large considering the DB is only about 40 meg. How can this be pruned to a decent size.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Cause of the DIRSRV stopping a lot recently after Yun OS update<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'>I would assume this is due to a very outdated version and would expect that the upgrade should help with the stability. I might add that the failures started recently after a OS Yum update. I think it could be a compatibility issue and upgrading should aid in this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Review configuration files that are manually done. I have read and am good to export the directory before the upgrade but what other files would you backup? IE DSE.LDIF? Stop the service and backup the DB files? etc<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]> Issues with upgrading from 1.2.11.X to 1.3.3.5, gotchas or upgrade to 1.3 then patch to 1.3.3.5?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Other observations that users have experienced that may aid in a successful upgrade?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phillip Jordan</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lead Engineer, Web Hosting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1295BE'><img width=103 height=28 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D03971.876C6520"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>555 W. 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