OUD - The "dsreplication enable" Command Fails with Error: "A communication problem occurred while contacting the server" (Doc ID 2873173.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 30, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 12.2.1.4.211008 version, Replication

dsreplication enable fails with A communication problem occurred while contacting the server

The command used was:
dsreplication enable --host1 HOST_NAME --port1 PORT --bindDN1 "DM_ACCOUNT" --bindPasswordFile1 PWD_FILE --replicationPort1 REPL_PORT --changelogPath1 CHANGELOG_DN_PATH --secureReplication1 --host2 HOST_NAME --port2 PORT --bindDN2 "DM_ACCOUNT" --bindPasswordFile2 PWD_FILE --replicationPort2 PORT --changelogPath2 CHANGELOG_DN_PATH --secureReplication2 --adminUID ADMIN_ID --adminPasswordFile PWD_FILE --baseDN "SUFFIX_DN" -X -n

System output:

Establishing connections and reading configuration ..... Done.

Checking registration information ..... Done.
Updating registration information ..... Done.
Updating replication configuration for baseDN "SUFFIX_DN" .....
Error modifying configuration of server
HOST_NAME:ADMIN_PORT.
Details: A communication problem occurred while contacting the server: [LDAP:
error code 80 - An internal error has occurred within the Directory Server
while processing the operation]
See /REPL_LOGFILE for a detailed log of this
operation.

Cause

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