Upgrading OES 11SP1 to OES11 SP2 problems

Trying to upgrade a OES11-SP1 Server OES11-SP2
but run into problems at Final stage of eDirectory Upgrade
Server is looking for OLD Master replica - which no longer exists
History
Some month ago due to server crashes I added a Server (this time as a Virtual Server)
Copied Data includin GW system
Ran NDSREPAIR to make this the Master Replica (old server now disregarded)
deleted OLD CA and recreated CA on the new server
reconfigured GW etc
(single Server - no external replicas - this server)
Everything running fine for some months
Now needed to upgrade to OES11 SP2 and at final stage ie. when upgrading edirectory its looking for OLD IP
only option is ABORT - so my upgraded did not finish
I'm doing this as a Physical Media upgrade as per OES Manual
I went back to my BACKUP of the VM
I made sure /etc/sysconfig/edir_oes11_sp1 file had the correct IP
I went into YaST > OES Configuration and made sure there is NO mention of OLD IP in any of them LDAP, eDirectory, CIFS etc
are there any other config files I need to check??
Any pointers much appreciated.

On 9/29/2014 2:06 AM, bharat1 wrote:
>
> The old server kept crashing.
> I added a new server to the Tree and started copying data off after
> shutting down Groupwise on the master.
>
> Server crashed after copying GW (all files) and part way through copying
> other files
> at that point tried various things but had to abandon the old box and
> make this one master.
> I manged to sort GW & had to take out HDD from the old server to access
> other data
> and setup CA etc
> That was some months ago
>
> I'm using physical Media method to upgrade from SP1 to SP2
> I'm following the docs Upgrading to SP2
> I get past the NCC config > Upgrading the Server Software during upgrade
> and then get to Upgrading eDirectory
> Unfortunately the only option is Upgrade or Abandon at this stage!!
>
> Is there no other way to interrogate eDirectory settings
> I'm sure I'm not the first to have a crashed server !
> and won't be the last
>
> I thought of adding a permanent 2nd IP like you suggest but not tried it
> yet !!
> guess I'll have to try that next... (since its a VM I can have multiple
> attempts)
>
>
not sure if this is too late to help - we ran into something similar a
while back. The wrong ip address it was looking for was in a file
/etc/sysconfig/novell/edir2_oes11
after changing the ip address in that file we were able to complete the
ugprade

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>>> On 9/5/14 at 12:56, in message
<[email protected]>,
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> HI Niel,
>
> xyzl;2318555 Wrote: >
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>
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>
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