kcc_topology error message in samba4 log

[Andreas Oster]

Am 17.05.2012 14:01, schrieb Andrew Bartlett:
> On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 09:50 +0200, Andreas Oster wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am currently using samba version 4.0.0alpha21-GIT-212e805. There are
>> currently two samba4 DCs. For some testing I have raised the log level
>> to 3 and found following error message:
>>
>> [2012/05/17 09:47:15,  1]
>> ../source4/dsdb/kcc/kcc_topology.c:1402(kcctpl_color_vertices)
>>   ../source4/dsdb/kcc/kcc_topology.c:1402: failed to find nCName
>> attribute of object
>> CN=74dfc34e-4927-4c24-b41e-61f02fb20b4f,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=novanetwork,DC=loc
>> [2012/05/17 09:47:15,  1]
>> ../source4/dsdb/kcc/kcc_topology.c:3158(kcctpl_create_connections)
>>   ../source4/dsdb/kcc/kcc_topology.c:3158: failed to color vertices:
>> NT_STATUS_INTERNAL_DB_CORRUPTION
>> [2012/05/17 09:47:15,  1]
>> ../source4/dsdb/kcc/kcc_topology.c:3415(kcctpl_create_intersite_connections)
>>   ../source4/dsdb/kcc/kcc_topology.c:3415: failed to create connections:
>> NT_STATUS_INTERNAL_DB_CORRUPTION
>>
>> Is this something I have to worry about ? How can this be fixed ?
> 
> We really should not use that error code, it's just too scary.  I don't
> think this is to panic about in the short term, but more a sad artefact
> of the fact that our KCC effort hasn't had the resources to continue of
> late. 
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
> 
Hello Andrew,

thank you for your answer. For me, the message
"NT_STATUS_INTERNAL_DB_CORRUPTION", was a little frightening but from
what you wrote I understand that this is "normal" behavior.

best regards

Andreas