Peter,

> We are also having huge problems backing up the NDS from any of our Netware 5
> servers. I have tried using the 3.1.5,
>  3.1.6 and the 3.1.7 clients. I have tried backing up to both our VM ADSM
> servers, one running at 2.1.0.19 and one at level
>  3.1.2.20. None of the combinations work and all give the same symptoms. This
> all worked fine with Netware 4.xx. The
>  following is the type of messages we see:
>
>  Normal File --> 2,097,152 .[Root].O=xxxx.CN=yyyyyyyy
>
>  There is no such entry in the directory
>
>  ... this is retried 4 times
>
>  ANS1228E Sending of object '.[Root].O=xxxx.CN=yyyyyyyy' failed
>
>  ANS1301E Server detected system error

same problem for our NDS backup. IBM told us about an open apar, which
will fix the problem. Apar text is following.

Rolf



APAR Identifier ...... IC24689      Last Changed ........ 99/09/02
FAILURE TO BACK UP NDS WITH NETWARE 5.0 -- ERROR MESSAGES ANS1228E
AND ANS1301E, LOSING OU PART OF CONTEXT FOR THE OBJECT.

Symptom ...... IN INCORROUT         Status ........... OPEN
Severity ................... 2      Date Closed .........
Component .......... 565511902      Duplicate of ........
Reported Release ......... 31C      Fixed Release ............
Component Name ADSM CLIENTS         Special Notice
Current Target Date ..00/01/02      Flags
SCP ................... PC/DOS
Platform ............ DOS


Status Detail: Not Available

PE PTF List:

PTF List:


Parent APAR:
Child APAR list:


ERROR DESCRIPTION:
Reference IC23590, when backing up the NDS on Netware 5.0 a novell
api function call now returns different information than with
previous versions of Netware. If the database has been partition
ed, the api function call NWSMTSScanNextDataSet used to return
only objects within current partition, now it returns all object
starting at the scan source throughout the tree.  Customers see
ans1228e and ans1301e error messages, and the objects they are
trying to backup are dropping the OU part of the context.


LOCAL FIX:
None at this time.

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