Re: How do I get my nds running again

[David Gersic]

On Fri, 15 May 2009 07:36:02 +0000, grpadmin wrote:

> I get the message
>
> "A previous instance of ndsd was not shutdown cleanly. Ignoring old pid
> file.
> A core file exists in the dib
> directory:/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib/core.7489. Please search
> the knowledge base and/or contact support."
>
> When trying to run rcndsd start. How can solve this problem ? eDir 8.8.4
> sles 10 sp2

That message is just telling you that ndsd crashed, producing a core file
(memory dump), and didn't get shut down cleanly. It *should* start anyway.

Is it not starting for you?

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[David Gersic]

On Sun, 17 May 2009 07:56:01 +0000, grpadmin wrote:

> After several reboots (for a whole day), it started. Is this the way it
> works ? And is there no quick response to this issue ?

No, this is not normal. But you haven't really given us much to work with
to help you here. Is this a new problem?

> I was just
> starting migrating to Linux (OES sp2) and this was the first server.

For OES/Linux problems, you might be better off asking in the OES support
forums. Here in edirectory.unix, the questions are normally about the
Unix versions (Solaris, HPUX, AIX, etc.) of eDirectory.