Error: -676 in Replica Ring Report Sync Status

(Last modified: 07Jan2003)

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fact

NetWare 4.10

Novell NetWare 4.11

Novell NetWare 5.0

Novell Directory Services

symptom

Error: -676 in Replica Ring Report Sync Status

Error: -676 FFFFFD5C INVALID CONN HANDLE

-676 Invalid Connection Handle in DSTrace

DSRepair | Report Synchronization Status showed -676 errors for the partition in question.

REPLICA: FS1
         SERVER: FS2  -676

cause

An attempt was made to use an invalid NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) connection handle or an invalid TASK ID of an NCP connection. An internal error occurred in the NDS connection and task management handling.

fix

1.  Delete the problem server's connection to the source server (FS1) in MONITOR | Connections | <DEL>
2.  If this doesn't resolve the problem, reset the connection and task management tables by unloading and reloading the DS.NLM. (UNLOAD DS,  LOAD DS)

document

Document Title:	Error: -676 in Replica Ring Report Sync Status
Document ID:	10026883
Solution ID:	1.0.55947307.2542456
Creation Date:	17Feb2000
Modified Date:	07Jan2003
Novell Product Class:	NetWare Novell eDirectory

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