The majority of synchronization problems involve the connection state of the external servers and the synchronization of the data between the two endpoints. Make sure PingDataSync can properly fail over to another endpoint or server instance if the connection fails on the highest priority external server.
Another factor in troubleshooting synchronization is determining if the
Use the resync tool to validate Sync Classes and data mappings from one endpoint to another. The tool provides a dry-run option that verifies data operations without actually affecting the data.
While many PingDataSync issues are deployment-related and are directly affected by the hardware, software, and network structure used in the synchronization topology, most failures usually fall into one of the following categories:
- Entry Already Exists
- When an add operation was attempted on the destination server, an entry with the
same
DN already exists.distinguished name (DN) DN A name uniquely identifying an object within the hierarchy of a directory tree. - No Match Found
- A match was not found at the destination based on the current Sync Classes and
correlation rules (DN and
attribute mapping ). When this value has a high count, correlation rule problems are likely.attribute mapping Matching corresponding attributes between an IdP and an SP to identify federated users or add supplemental user information. - Failure at Resource
- Indicates that some other error happened during the synchronization process that does not fall into the first two categories. Typically, these errors are communication problems with a source or destination server.
Statistics for these and other types of errors are kept in the cn=monitor
branch and can be viewed directly using the status command.