An ndsrepair "reclaim free space" will not complete.

(Last modified: 28Feb2003)

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fact

Novell eDirectory 8.7 for All Platforms

symptom

An ndsrepair "reclaim free space" will not complete.

ERROR: "Unable to reclaim unused space in DIB. -6036"

An ndsrepair structure and index check completes fine.

An ndsrepair rebuild database does not fix the problem.

cause

DIB corruption, orphaned flaim block

fix

The DIB needs to be physically rebuild, block by block.

This is done by selected "Rebuild entire database" and then deselecting "Perform database structure and index check". On UNIX, the ndsrepair commands are:

ndsrepair -R -l no -u no -m no -i no -f no -d yes -t no -o no -r no -v no -c no

You can then reclaim free space with these options:

ndsrepair -R -l no -u no -m no -i no -f yes -d no -t no -o no -r no -v no -c no

For additional information on eDirectory 8.7, please see the following solution. NOVL81742 - eDirectory 8.7 Readme Addendum

note

When dsrepair runs a reclaim free space, it checks the DIB database block by block. If it encounters a corrupted block, it intentionally aborts.

document

Document Title:	An ndsrepair "reclaim free space" will not complete.
Document ID:	10080648
Solution ID:	NOVL87482
Creation Date:	28Feb2003
Modified Date:	28Feb2003
Novell Product Class:	Novell eDirectory

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