Re: Deregister a Metadata repository from a (non existent) OID

"Frank van Bortel" <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> schreef in bericht news:b4cd06e7-3769-47c0-a1cf-2d8d304f8c0a_at_s6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> On 21 nov, 12:01, "shakespeare" <what..._at_xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> "shakespeare" <what..._at_xs4all.nl> schreef in
>> berichtnews:4743ed28$0$244$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
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>>
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>> > Does anyone know how to solve this:
>>
>> > We have a metadata repository on a database server (10g rel 2), and a
>> > separate OID server (AS10g rel 2 on SLES 9.3 64 bit)
>> > Unfortunately, the OID server 'died'. No backup available (don't blame
>> > me.... some people just don't backup development environments it seems)
>> > So with the old repository intact, we want to install a new OID server.
>> > But Repca only wants to deregister the old OID if and when it can
>> > connect
>> > to it (which is technically correct, for you actually deregister the
>> > Metadata Repository from OID). But it's not there anymore....
>>
>> > BTW: I built a testcase on two different servers to deregister an
>> > EXISTING
>> > oid server. Repca refuses to deregister, because: the repository is
>> > used
>> > by OID. So what's the use of repca deregister anyway? It won't
>> > deregister
>> > non-existent nor existent OID's.....
>>
>> > Shakespeare
>>
>> Solved.... deconfig.pl did the job....
>>
>> Shakespeare
>
> Another option:
>
> delete cn=<your_sid>, cn=OracleContext,dc=<your base dn>
> from the OID.
> Use a program that actually supports cascaded deletes, such as
> LdapAdmin (http://ldapadmin.sourceforge.net/), or OIDManager
> if you're slightly masochistic

Frank,

thank you for your suggestion. This will only work when OID is still alive, so only in my test case. When the OID server is dead and gone, it's not possible to connect through LDAP anymore. I have made a Metalink SR on this, will follow up.

Shakespeare Received on Thu Nov 22 2007 - 14:26:22 CST