NT server with NDS CE disappear from SLP scope

[Marc Fombaron]

Hi,

My environment : NW5.1 NDS8.59 servers running SLPDA with named scoped
(not unscoped).
NT 4 servers running NDS CE and domain migrated in NDS.
NT server have a replica (Master) of the partition that hosts the
server object, the partition is also replicated (RW) on NW servers.
Client32 on NT servers configured with IP address of NetWare DA and
scope.

Now for the problem :
The NT servers register correctly in the scope the following services
when they boot : bindery.novell, ndap.novell and smdr.novell.
But after a few days the records disappear, especialy the
bindery.novell service.
This is annoying because I can't administer those servers easily from
remote locations because I can't see the server in the scope.

I've tried to set the bindery.novell as static but it still disappears.

Any idea ?

Marc

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[Terry Rodecker]

Hi Marc,

SLP is not something NDS CE did very well. Take a look at TID
#10024588 for some generic SLP troubleshooting steps. In the meantime,
let me do a little bit of research on this one.

--
Terry Rodecker
Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
Using VA 5.50 build 311

[Mike]

Can DS still communicate when the services are not showing? When you
do a slpinfo /d on the NT box does the DA still show up? What is the
client version on the NT box running CE? I'd be running at least 4.71.
Out of curiosity, what are you using to manage the NT boxes? iMonitor
didn't come around till CE's upgrade, eDirectory 8.5. RconJ doesn't
control NT boxes.... what are you remotely managing with?

[Marc Fombaron]

> Can DS still communicate when the services are not showing?

Yes no problems with DS communnications.

>When you do a slpinfo /d on the NT box does the DA still show up?

Yes on the client side everything is Ok. It is just the bindery.novell
records for the NDS CE servers that disappear from the scope.

>What is the client version on the NT box running CE?
> I'd be running at least 4.71.

It's 4.6.x (the one that comes with NDS CE for NT).

> Out of curiosity, what are you using to manage the NT boxes?
> iMonitor
> didn't come around till CE's upgrade, eDirectory 8.5. RconJ
> doesn't
> control NT boxes.... what are you remotely managing with?

I don't have to control the NT boxes remotely, I only administrate the
corporate NDS, the NT boxes are administrated locally.

Thanks for your help.

Marc

[Mike]

I guess I'm having a hard time understanding the resulting problem
here... you originally said:

This is annoying because I can't administer those servers easily from
remote locations because I can't see the server in the scope.

and then you just said:

I don't have to control the NT boxes remotely, I only administrate the
corporate NDS, the NT boxes are administrated locally.

In any case, try updating the client to 4.71. If you had the
eDirectory update for Corporate Edition, it would require you to have
the 4.7 series of the client. At least try it on one of the servers
experiencing this problem.