Viewing and managing NDS synchronization status

This topic explains the NDS Trace feature that you can use from the server console. You should use this feature to do the following:

• Determine whether NDS synchronization processes are complete.

• Diagnose NDS errors. These errors may appear when you are manipulating NDS objects with the administration utilities. NDS errors also show up on the console (using the scoadmin(1M) System Logs Manager ).

  You can identify NDS-related system messages by their numbering: -601 through -699 and F966 through F9FE.

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  NOTE: As with all NetWare system messages, an NDS system message does not necessarily indicate an error condition, but may simply indicate general NDS status.

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• Access to a ``Terminal'' window

1. Turn on the NDS Trace screen by typing the following at the server:
   
   dsadmin -s dstrace = ON

   By default, the messages are copied to the file DSTRACE.DBG in the SYS:SYSTEM directory.

   Copying NDS Trace messages to a file may be helpful if you need to ask someone else for diagnostic help.

   The messages are displayed to the console. Two types of messages are particularly important:

   • All processed = YES indicates that all pending NDS synchronization actions have been processed.

   • Messages numbered -601 through -699 and F966 through F9FE indicate NDS status or errors. For more information, see ``Error return values''.

2. To disable tracing, type
   
   dsadmin -s dstrace = OFF