OID Reports "LDAP: Error Code 53 - Server Currently In Read Only Mode", Though it is in Read Write Mode (Doc ID 1114966.1)

Last updated on APRIL 30, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

• ODM shows that OID is set to ReadWrite, but attempting to change it (either via ODM or ldapmodify) fails with:
  
  
  LDAP: error code 53 - Server currently in read only mode. Update operations not allowed]

• Discoverer install fails with j2ee_instance_jazn.log
  
  
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  Log output of the Tool retry follows :
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  Configuration failed for IAS
  oracle.ias.configtool.config.ConfigException: IAS Instance exists already. Base Exception: oracle.ias.configtool.config.ConfigException: javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException: [LDAP: error code 53 - Server currently in read only mode. Update operations not allowed]; remaining name 'orclApplicationCommonName=<APPLICATION_NAME>,cn=IAS Instances, cn=IAS, cn=Products, cn=OracleContext'
  Configuration failed for IASProperty
  Configuration failed for IAS
  Configuration succeeded for LDAP

Changes

OID was recently upgraded and although there were errors during upgrade, they were addressed successfully.

Cause

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