Manually synchronizing RM data

If you configured automatic RM data synchronization as described in Configuring RM data synchronization, you must manually synchronize RM data:
  • Before starting automatic RM data synchronization for the first time.
  • After certain synchronization errors occur. The corresponding error message indicates whether manual synchronization is necessary.
  • During housekeeping of synchronized authorizations. In rare cases, for example, when a stale authorization is deleted, the deletion is not propagated automatically to the remote hosts and must be propagated manually.
  1. On the active master instance:
    1. Ensure that the LAU key DnfRmaSync is configured as described in Configure a LAU key for a master instance.
    2. Stop the RM transfer service message flow (DNF_L_TR).
    3. Issue the export command and specify the file mode complete.
      For example, the following commands export a complete distribution file to the /tmp directory:
      dnicli -i INST1 -ou DNFSYSOU -s DNF_L_ADM
      ex -dir /tmp -lkn DnfRmaSync -filemode complete
      For more information about this command, see export.
      The generated distribution file name has a name of the form:
      rm_export_DNFSYSOU_timestamp
  2. Transfer the resulting distribution file to each remote instance.
  3. On each remote instance:
    1. The LAU key DnfRmaSync must be configured (see Configure a LAU key for a remote instance).
    2. Issue the import command and specify the file mode complete.
      For example, the following commands import a complete distribution file from the /tmp directory:
      dnicli -i INST3 -ou DNFSYSOU -s DNF_L_ADM
      im -file rm_export_DNFSYSOU_timestamp -dir /tmp 
         -lkn DnfRmaSync -filemode complete
      For more information about this command, see import
  4. On the active master instance, restart the DNF_L_TR message flow.