The data source is unavailable: <servername>
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The data source is unavailable: <servername>

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Article ID: 220485

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Products

Messaging Gateway

Issue/Introduction

The Directory Data Service logs (dds.log) show an error connecting to the data source.

Environment

Release : 10.7.4

Component : Default-Sym

Cause

There are multiple things that can cause this issue:

  1. The data source is unavailable (offline, etc).
  2. The service is unable to connect to the data source (network issues, firewalls, proxies, etc)

Resolution

Check network connectivity. 

Review the configuration of the LDAP source Creating a data source

Additional Information

About using the directory data service