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4206.0. " Accounts.lmx not replicating to PW 5.0d member and PW 5.0d backup" by NETRIX::"frais::[email protected]" (FRSAS::ARNOLD) Fri Mar 14 1997 08:49

PRODUCT or COMPONENT:  PATHWORKS for VMS V. 5.0-430D on all Servers
     OpenVMS(ALPHA) V6.2 on Alpha 400 4/233 128 MB  PDC                       
MDC's VMS 6.1 on Vax 3100-20 with 32MB memory
     VMS 6.1 on DECSTATION 3100-20 with 32MB memory BDC + MDC's
     UCX Version 3.3 ECO 12 on all Systems
     Decnet Area 10.x on all Pathworks Server
     designated router is also a VMS system
     IP Network 172.16.x.x mask:255.255.0.0 on all
     systems


Customer has a Alpha 400/4/233 as PDC and one BDC and about 20 MDC's 
on the Domain Vorstand.
All System running VMS with Pathworks (DECNET and TCP/IP enabled)
and UCX.Every couple of hours or so the BDC or the MDC's lose UAS
synch with the PDC system and cannot get it back until a Pathworks
restart on both systems the PDC and the MDC (or BDC).     
When changing the pathworks domain role for example from member 
to standalone and back to member with the command 
$ Accounts /role:member (for example), the NETLOGON service fails
to start with an Error Message (Service Control is Busy).
Also, even with NETLOGON running on the failing MDC or BDC, using 
$ NET ACCOUNTS /SYNC would not sync with the PDC.
The error reported by NET ERROR is:
NET3210:  Failed to authenticate with AVRZ38, the domain controller
for domain VORSTAND.                   
I have set the Account Guest, PDChostname, MDChostname to a zero
password with the command:
AVRZ38> net user GUEST * <return> <return>
AVRZ38> net user AVRZ38 * <return> <return>
AVRZ38> net user VDVV04 * <return> <return>                           
VDVV04> net user GUEST * <return> <return>
VDVV04> net user AVRZ38 * <return> <return>
VDVV04> net user VDVV04 * <return> <return>

AVRZ is the Primary Domain Controller
VDVV04 is one of the Member Domain Controller

If the Systems lose the Pathworks synch. I can connect the PDC 
and the MDC with one Twisted Pair Cable (for example) but
the systems cannot get the synch. back until a Pathworks
restart on both systems.

I have some IRIS trace on FRSAS:: (address 63.139) DECNET 
Default Account.
ADMMEM-B.DWC   I wanted to change the role from
               the PW Admin Menue on node VDVV04
               (Failed to start netlogon or no synch. Accounts.lmx!!)

MEMBER-B.DWC   I wanted to change the role with the command
               $ Net accounts/role:member on node VDVV04.
               (Failed to start netlogon or no synch. Accounts.lmx!!)

PWREST-B.DWC  I wanted to change the role after a pathworks restart on the 
              MDC system (Failed to start Netlogon or no 
              synch. Accounts.lmx)
                          
PWREB-B.DWC   I wanted to change the role after a system
              reboot on the MDC system (Failed to start Netlogon
              or no synch. Accounts.lmx)                  

Synch-B.DWC  I did a $ Net Accounts/synch on the MDC after reboot it
              doesn't work.

Member-O.DWC I wanted to change the role on the MDC after 
             a pathworks restart on both system 
             the PDC and the MDC. (It works)

Synch-O.DWC  I did a $ Net Accounts/synch on the MDC after a pathworks restart
             on both system the PDC and the MDC. (It works)



thanks in advance for any suggestion.
Stefan Arnold   
A1 mail address FRAIS::ARNOLD
Vaxmail FRSAS::ARNOLD

[Posted by WWW Notes gateway]

Stefan,

your trace files won't be visible outside the FRS LAN unless you put them on a
node with a DECnet address in area 49 or specify one of the 49.* nodes on your
LAN to act as a gateway. From your signature it seems that FRAIS::FRSAS:: might
work, but you better say so in the first place.

Regards,
Hans.

Thanks Hans,

I put the Iris Trace Files now on Node FRSTI:: Decnet Adress 49.749
in the DECnet Default Acount.


regards
Stefan 
[Posted by WWW Notes gateway]