In this example, a naming conflict was encountered when the replica attempted to replay an ADD of uid=user.200,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com. Because of this conflict, the server returns a replication conflict message. See the following example message.
[18/Feb/2010:14:53:12 -0600] category=EXTENSIONS severity=SEVERE_ERROR 
msgID=1880359005 msg="Administrative alert type=replication-unresolved-conflict 
id=bbd2cbaf-90a4-42af-94a8-c1a42df32fc6 
class=com.unboundid.directory.server.replication.plugin.ReplicationDomain 
msg='An unresolved conflict was detected for DN uid=user.200,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com. 
The conflicting entry has been renamed to 
entryuuid=69807e3d-ab27-43a3-8759-ec0d8d6b3107+uid=user.200,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com'"

The Directory Server prepends the entryUUID to the DN of the conflicting attribute and adds a ds-sync-conflict-entry auxiliary object class to the entry to aid in search.

To resolve the conflict:

  1. Search for any entry that has the ds-sync-conflict-entry objectclass and returns only the DNs that match the filter. 
    $ bin/ldapsearch --baseDN dc=example,dc=com --searchScope sub \
  "(objectclass=ds-sync-conflict-entry)" "1.1"
    The search results display the conflicting entry for uid=user.200.
    dn: entryuuid=69807e3d-ab27-43a3-8759-ec0d8d6b3107+uid=user.200,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com

dn: entryuuid=523c430e-a870-4ebe-90f8-9cd811946420+uid=user.200,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
    Note:

    Conflict entries are not returned unless the objectclass=ds-sync-conflict-entry is present in the search filter.

  2. Compare the conflict entry with the target entry.
  3. Apply the difference in two ways:
    • Use the ldapmodify tool with the Replication Repair Control.
      Note:

      You can also delete the conflict entry using this command.

    • Run bin/ldapmodify with the Replication Repair Control to make the fix.
    Note:

    When making changes using the Replication Repair Control, the updates are not propagated through replication. Examine each replica individually, and apply the necessary modifications using the request control.

    $ bin/ldapmodify -J "1.3.6.1.4.1.30221.1.5.2" \
  --filename difference.ldif