IZ79784: DCA GLOBAL CATALOG SERVER ATTRIBUTE DOES NOT CHANGE IT'S VALUE

IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Active Directory Agent 6.2.1.1-TIV-ITM_ADO-IF0003
IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Active Directory Agent 6.2.1.1-TIV-ITM_ADO-IF0004
IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Active Directory Agent 6.2.1.1-TIV-ITM_ADO-IF0005
ITCAM for Microsoft(R) App: Active Directory Agent 6.2.2-TIV-ITM_ADO-IF0002

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• DCA Global Catalog Server attribute in Domain Controller
  Availability attribute group does not change its value from
  TRUE to FALSE when the domain controller is taken out of global
  catalog from the Active directory.
  
  
  Detailed Recreation Procedure:
  1. Start the ADO Agent.
  2. On TEP portal find value of DCA Global Catalog Server
     attribute as TRUE in Domain Controller Availability attribute
     group.
  3. Now go to the agent machine.
  4. Open Active Directory Sites and Services Console.
  5. Navigate To NTDS setting.
  6. Right Click on NTDS setting choose properties.
  7. Uncheck the Global Catalog Checkbox.
  8. Now refresh the Domain Controller Availability attribute
     group.
  9. The value of DCA Global Catalog Server attribute is still
     TRUE instead of FALSE.
  10.This can be verified in the AD Agent logs(k3z) from the
     line:-
     "IsGlobalCatalogServer:  TRUE"
  
  Related Files and Output:
  <%CANDLE_HOME%>\TMAITM6\Logs\
  This can be verified in the AD Agent logs(k3z) from the line:-
  "IsGlobalCatalogServer:  TRUE"
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• DCA Global Catalog Server attribute does not change it's
  value from TRUE to FALSE.
  

Problem conclusion

• Now DCA Global Catalog Server attribute changes it's
  value from TRUE to FALSE.
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
     | interim fix | 6.2.1.1-TIV-ITM_ADO-LA0002
     | interim fix | 6.2.2-TIV-ITM_ADO-IF0001
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ITM ACT DIR OPT

• Fixed component ID

  5724C71AO

Applicable component levels

• R621 PSY

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