Symantec Directory : Problem starting DSA after cloning the machine

Products

• CA Directory

Issue/Introduction

You had cloned a Symantec Directory machine and made a stand along node. This node is isolated (not on the network) so it can be used for testing purpose without impacting other nodes/network in the company. Unfortunately, the DSA fails to start on this node reporting following errors in ALARM log file:

** FATAL ERROR **: Assertion failed (/net/cadir-master/release/B14_1_01.new/dxgrid/src/dsa/dxgrid/caDxgrid.c1573)
** ALARM **: DSA_E1280 Error in initialization files
** ALARM **: DSA_I1240 DSA shutting down

Environment

Release : 14.1

Resolution

The problem is related to the transaction log file.

i.e. dsaname.tx file that remained on the machine as part of the cloning process.

Under $DXHOME/data folder, delete ALL the files except the dsaname.db file.

Once done, start the DSA as you would normally do and it should start successfully.