Microsoft KB Archive/197852

= Troubleshooting Directory Service Manager for NetWare =

Article ID: 197852

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q197852



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 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 crashes or power outage causes unexpected errors, or the DSMN Service fails to start. To use DSMPACK, following these steps:


 * 1) Open a command prompt.
 * 2) Change to the DSMN database path (%SystemRoot%\System32\Syncagnt).
 * 3) Stop the DMSN service (for example, by typing "net stop mssync").
 * 4) Type "dsmpack /r" to defragment and repair the database.
 * 5) 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 can be used to check the synchronization state of a user (for example, in the logon script). The syntax for DSMCHK 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 on DSMCHK, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

154760 How to Use the DSMN Utility to Verify Synchronized Passwords

DSMDUMP dumps the database used by DSMN to the screen. This is useful in verifying that all your accounts and groups are replicated correctly. To use DSMDUMP, follow these steps:


 * 1) Open a command prompt.
 * 2) Change to the DSMN database path (%SystemRoot%\System32\Syncagnt).
 * 3) Stop the DMSN service (for example, type "net stop mssync").
 * 4) Type dsmdump.
 * 5) Restart the DSMN service.

If might be useful to redirect DSMDUMP'S output to a file, for example, type "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

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