Troubleshooting PowerHA SystemMirror federated security

You can view failure messages from log files in the /var/hacmp/log/fsec directory.

Use the following table to help troubleshoot any problems with federated security.

Table 1. Troubleshooting federated security
Problem Solution
You are configuring a non-IBM LDAP server, and the SMIT commands are not working. The following error message is displayed: Not able to communicate with server. Verify that the rsh function and the rcp function are working correctly from the source system to the target system.
The Security and Users SMIT panel for LDAP configuration is not working correctly. The following error message is displayed: Could not complete the command. Try the following solution:
  • Verify that the LDAP client is able to communicate with the LDAP server.
  • Correct any errors in the cspoc.log file.
  • Run verification and synchronization on the cluster.