When I get Windows Sync running between Fedora Directory Server 1.0.3 and Active Directory on a Windows 2003 server, it logs an error message every four seconds: "Replica has no update vector. It has never been initialized." I''ve tried restarting the directory server and the admin server, and I''ve tried initiating a full resyncronization, but the error messages continue. Also, in case it is related, I''ve noticed that out of 600 or so users in the Fedora directory, only five have replicated to the AD server. Hoping someone can tell me how to get this working. Thanks. -G.
Glenn
2007-Apr-10 16:07 UTC
Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Replica has no update vector . . . .
This problem is due to the formatting of data in the Fedora Directory that does not meet the requirements for Active Directory. The last time I set up Windows Sync, I avoided this by importing the data directly into AD from an ldif file. Then I populated the Fedora Directory by initiating a full resynchronzation. This time I wanted to see if I could populate the AD using the full resynchronization. To begin, I carefully formatted the data before importing the ldif file into Fedora DS. Then I started the initial full resynchronization. I thought my data formatting would eliminate errors, but still the synchronization was interrupted whenever the AD found data it did not like. Since it did not finish, I would get the "replica has no update vetor" message. Also, the Replication Status window reported a "Last consumer init. update" message: Total update aborted LDAP error: Operations error. Error Code: 1 By checking the contents of the Active Directory, I was able to find out where the initial sync stopped. I examined the entry that caused it to stop and corrected the attributes that AD did not like or deleted the entry. I repeated this process several times until the resync finally completed. It would be very helpful if the Fedora Directory could be made to display the entry that caused the initial resync to stop. Things that AD doesn''t like: Carriage returns in attribute values, blank attribute values including no password. Also, AD requires all entries to have certain attributes, including: objectclass: ntuser ntUserDomainID: yourADuserID ntusercreatenewaccount: true ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Glenn" <glenn@mail.txwes.edu> To: "Fedora DS List" <fedora-directory-users@redhat.com> Sent: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:20:09 -0500 Subject: [Fedora-directory-users] Replica has no update vector . . . .> When I get Windows Sync running between Fedora Directory Server > 1.0.3 and Active Directory on a Windows 2003 server, it logs an > error message every four seconds: "Replica has no update vector. It > has never been initialized." I''ve tried restarting the directory > server and the admin server, and I''ve tried initiating a full > resyncronization, but the error messages continue. > > Also, in case it is related, I''ve noticed that out of 600 or so > users in the Fedora directory, only five have replicated to the AD server. > > Hoping someone can tell me how to get this working. Thanks. -G. > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users------- End of Original Message -------