Open directory Server admin APP, crashes

HI all.
ON my 10.7.2 lion server for some reason my server admin app keeps crashing under the Open
directory Section...
Here are the screen shots..

Also I cant make any changes under the Open Directory in server Admin...
Everything is greyed OUT...

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Message was edited by: zebardy

Hi
It's easy enough to 'connect' any version of OS X Server to any other version of OS X Server. Use the Join button in the Users & Groups Preferences Pane. Alternatively use the Directory Utility itself.
You seem to be misunderstanding what an Open Directory Master and Replica are? They are not what I think you think they are. They are not a 'back-up' of each other if you're providing more than the shared Directory Service.
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http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/OpenDirAdmin_v10.6.pdf
Page 55 onwards.
From Page 64:
"The Open Directory master and its replicas must use the same version of Mac OS X Server. . ."
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HTH?
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This server has a FQDN, and when I check to see if the hostname resolves in DNS, it totally does. DNS is not turned on as a service, but DNS server settings are correct and the server can hit the outside internet just fine.
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Jan 14 17:49:35 server slapd[111]: => bdb_idl_delete_key: c_get failed: DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK: Locker killed to resolve a deadlock (-30994)
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