Troubleshooting Directory Service Manager for NetWare

ID: Q201265

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SUMMARY

Directory Service Manager for NetWare (DSMN) comes with three utilities that are useful for troubleshooting: DSMPACK, DSMCHK, and DSMDUMP.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: DSMPACK is installed by default; DSMCHK and DSMDUMP must be manually expanded from the installation medium.

DSMPACK

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 crash or power outage causes unexpected errors or the DSMN Service fails to start. To use it, follow 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

DSMCHK can be used to check the synchronization state of a user (for example, in the logon script). The syntax 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 in greater detail about DSMCHK, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q154760 How to Use the DSMN Utility to Verify Synchronized Passwords

DSMDUMP

DSMDUMP dumps the database used by DSMN to the screen. This utility is useful to verify that all your accounts and groups are replicated correctly. To use it, follow 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 dsmdump.

Restart the DSMN service.

NOTE: If might be useful to redirect dsmdump's output to a file, by typing something such as 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

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbnetwork
Version : winnt:3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo