Two days ago, I upgraded two Netware 6.5 Servers to SP7. Today I installed a new third server with 6.5 SP7. When I run dsrepair and check synchronization, I get the following Server 1 DS Version 10553.73 Server 2 DS Version 10510.64 Server 3 DS Version 20216.51 (NEW) Do I need to upgrade the Edirectory on the first two servers? If so, what risk do I run, and how soon would I need to do that? Please advise. -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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fcompagnari wrote: > > Two days ago, I upgraded two Netware 6.5 Servers to SP7. Today I > installed a new third server with 6.5 SP7. When I run dsrepair and > check synchronization, I get the following > > Server 1 DS Version 10553.73 > Server 2 DS Version 10510.64 > Server 3 DS Version 20216.51 (NEW) > > Do I need to upgrade the Edirectory on the first two servers? If so, > what risk do I run, and how soon would I need to do that? Please > advise. When you install a server with the nw65sp7 overlay cd's you'll get eDir 8.8. When you patch from an earlier version to sp7 you'll stay on eDir 8.7. No need to upgrade. Just get server1 and server2 on the same version. -- Cheers, Edward
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Edward, Thanks for the direction. On the server carrying the master replica, I am running EDir 8.62, and on the other existing server carrying the read/write replica, I am running EDir 8.73, and finally on the New OES Netware sp7 server, I am running EDir 8.8. Since I have alread run the sp7 patch on these servers, can I gi back and run nwconfig and install EDir 8.7 on the server running 8.6? Please advise. Edward van der Maas;1574765 Wrote: > fcompagnari wrote: > > > > > Two days ago, I upgraded two Netware 6.5 Servers to SP7. Today I > > installed a new third server with 6.5 SP7. When I run dsrepair and > > check synchronization, I get the following > > > > Server 1 DS Version 10553.73 > > Server 2 DS Version 10510.64 > > Server 3 DS Version 20216.51 (NEW) > > > > Do I need to upgrade the Edirectory on the first two servers? If so, > > what risk do I run, and how soon would I need to do that? Please > > advise. > > When you install a server with the nw65sp7 overlay cd's you'll get > eDir > 8.8. When you patch from an earlier version to sp7 you'll stay on eDir > 8.7. No need to upgrade. Just get server1 and server2 on the same > version. > > -- > Cheers, > Edward -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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fcompagnari wrote: > On the server carrying the master > replica, I am running EDir 8.62, I would recommend upgrading this to the latest version of 8.7.3.x from http://download.novell.com. -- Peter eDirectory Rules! http://www.DreamLAN.com Get Gadgetized: http://www.DreamLAN.com/ldapgadget.html
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Your server2 does not have eDirectory 8.6.x, but rather 8.7.1 as opposed to 8.7.3 as it should have. Nommally, your support pack install should have updated your eDirectory version to 8.7.3.9 while installing SP7. The faact that it didn't is a very bad sign and typically indicates that your product database is corrupted. The consequence of this is not just that your eDirectory does not get updated, but many other components on the servert or not getting updated by a support pack either. Thefore, the first step should not be to just install eDirectory 8.7.3 on this server, but first to find out what happened and what else on your server may be in a bad state. As a first step, I suggest you therefore give us a view on your server confg for server 2. For this, could you download the latest config.nlm from http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=C6he4eKewtU~ , install it to the sys:system directory of your server and then from the server console, execute the following command: load config /sma1bjue Review the resulting config.txt file to remove any passwords and other security relevant information and then post it here. To avoid your post from being rejected, you might have to ZIP the resulting file to reduce its size and also add the string "[file]" to the message subject so that you disable the binary file filter of the news server. -- Marcel Cox http://support.novell.com/forums ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcel Cox's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8
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fcompagnari wrote: > > Edward, > Thanks for the direction. On the server carrying the master > replica, I am running EDir 8.62, and on the other existing server > carrying the read/write replica, I am running EDir 8.73, and finally > on the New OES Netware sp7 server, I am running EDir 8.8. Since I have > alread run the sp7 patch on these servers, can I gi back and run > nwconfig and install EDir 8.7 on the server running 8.6? huh ? You have NetWare 6.5 Sp7 but it has eDir 8.6.2 ? -- Cheers, Edward
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Edward, It seems that the nwconfig is reporting that I have 8.62, but others in this forums say it is actuallt 8.71. Please see other replies. I am pulling a test config.nlm to run on the server. Pleease feel free to look it over and respond. Edward van der Maas;1574947 Wrote: > fcompagnari wrote: > > > > > Edward, > > Thanks for the direction. On the server carrying the master > > replica, I am running EDir 8.62, and on the other existing server > > carrying the read/write replica, I am running EDir 8.73, and finally > > on the New OES Netware sp7 server, I am running EDir 8.8. Since I > have > > alread run the sp7 patch on these servers, can I gi back and run > > nwconfig and install EDir 8.7 on the server running 8.6? > > huh ? You have NetWare 6.5 Sp7 but it has eDir 8.6.2 ? > > > -- > Cheers, > Edward -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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Marcel_Cox;1574933 Wrote: > Your server2 does not have eDirectory 8.6.x, but rather 8.7.1 as > opposed > to 8.7.3 as it should have. > Nommally, your support pack install should have updated your > eDirectory > version to 8.7.3.9 while installing SP7. The faact that it didn't is a > very bad sign and typically indicates that your product database is > corrupted. The consequence of this is not just that your eDirectory > does > not get updated, but many other components on the servert or not > getting > updated by a support pack either. Thefore, the first step should not be > to > just install eDirectory 8.7.3 on this server, but first to find out > what > happened and what else on your server may be in a bad state. > > As a first step, I suggest you therefore give us a view on your server > confg for server 2. > > For this, could you download the latest config.nlm from > 'NOVELL: Downloads' > (http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=C6he4eKewtU~) , install it > to > the sys:system directory of your server and then from the server > console, > execute the following command: > load config /sma1bjue > > Review the resulting config.txt file to remove any passwords and other > security relevant information and then post it here. To avoid your > post > from being rejected, you might have to ZIP the resulting file to > reduce > its size and also add the string "[file]" to the message subject so > that > you disable the binary file filter of the news server. > > -- > Marcel Cox > 'Untitled Document' (http://support.novell.com/forums) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Marcel Cox's Profile: 'NOVELL FORUMS - View Profile: Marcel_Cox' > (http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8) -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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Config.txt +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: CONFIG.TXT | |Download: http://forums.novell.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1152| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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Ok, the source of your problem is btrieve 8.50. I assume you had this version of Btrieve installed before you upgraded to NetWare 6.5 and because the NetWare 6.5 upgrade does not look at Btrieve, it installs whatever version is included with NetWare 6.5 (e.g. an older version) which is then unable to open the products database and while the upgrade itself went OK, the product information was not updated. While this btrieve problem itself now seems to be fixed (the product database entries are visible in config.txt), the initial product versions reported in the product database are wrong and in the case of eDirectory and eDirectory related products, the support pack install script won't touch eDirectory if it sees a version installed that is different from the version normally found on this NetWare version. In your case, eDirectory shows version 8.6.2 and the suport pack installs left that alone. Some other eDirectory related services like NMAS and the Certificate server are also affected by this version mismatch. Here is how you should proceed to bring that server into a good shape again: 1) Fix your autoexec.ncf. While not directly related to the eDirectory version problem, your autoexec.ncf does have some problems that could cause issues and it is best to fix those problems now. I will just quote the few lines that need to be changed with "xxx" at the beginning of a line indicating the line needing to be deleted and an "+++" at the beginning of the line indicating you need to add that line: xxx MOUNT ALL xxx IPMINIT.NCF load conlog maximum=100 +++ bstart.ncf ; Network driver LOADs and BINDs are initiated via ; INITSYS.NCF. The actual LOAD and BIND commands ######## End Drivers/Protocols ######## ; are contained in INITSYS.NCF and NETINFO.CFG. ; These files are in SYS:ETC. sys:etc\initsys.ncf +++ MOUNT ALL +++ IPMINIT.NCF Also remove bstart later on from your autoexec.ncf. Here is the reason for the changes: - bstart.ncf starts btrieve. For btrieve 8.50 it is essential that it is started through bstart.ncf. Otherwise, it will be loaded automatically form initsys.ncf without the correct startup parameters - mount all is not that essential but it is typically executed after the network is initialized - ipminit.ncf is the IP address management tool and it *must* be loaded after the network is initialized Once you have corrected your autoexec.ncf, the next step is to manually upgrade to eDirectory 8.7.3.x. You do this with the edir_873_ir3_nw.iso installation CD from the following download location: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=NUBsf-ZwOaE~ It is *essential* that you use the IR3 installation as the other older installation CD has bugs in the instation code that could make the upgrade go wrong. Finally, once you have upgraded your server to eDriectory 8.7.3 this way, reapply SP7. This will bring your eDirectory to version 8.7.3.9 and it will also update NMAS and the Certificate server. -- Marcel Cox http://support.novell.com/forums ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcel Cox's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8
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Marcel, Thank you for this vital information. Once I upgrade this server as suggested, should I then go on and upgrade the two older servers with the 8.8 from the OES Netware Discs? Please advise. Marcel_Cox;1575209 Wrote: > Ok, the source of your problem is btrieve 8.50. I assume you had this > version of Btrieve installed before you upgraded to NetWare 6.5 and > because the NetWare 6.5 upgrade does not look at Btrieve, it installs > whatever version is included with NetWare 6.5 (e.g. an older version) > which is then unable to open the products database and while the > upgrade > itself went OK, the product information was not updated. > While this btrieve problem itself now seems to be fixed (the product > database entries are visible in config.txt), the initial product > versions > reported in the product database are wrong and in the case of > eDirectory > and eDirectory related products, the support pack install script won't > touch eDirectory if it sees a version installed that is different from > the > version normally found on this NetWare version. > In your case, eDirectory shows version 8.6.2 and the suport pack > installs > left that alone. > Some other eDirectory related services like NMAS and the Certificate > server are also affected by this version mismatch. > > Here is how you should proceed to bring that server into a good shape > again: > > 1) Fix your autoexec.ncf. While not directly related to the eDirectory > version problem, your autoexec.ncf does have some problems that could > cause issues and it is best to fix those problems now. I will just > quote > the few lines that need to be changed with "xxx" at the beginning of a > line indicating the line needing to be deleted and an "+++" at the > beginning of the line indicating you need to add that line: > > xxx MOUNT ALL > xxx IPMINIT.NCF > > load conlog maximum=100 > +++ bstart.ncf > ; Network driver LOADs and BINDs are initiated via > ; INITSYS.NCF. The actual LOAD and BIND commands > ######## End Drivers/Protocols ######## > ; are contained in INITSYS.NCF and NETINFO.CFG. > ; These files are in SYS:ETC. > sys:etc\initsys.ncf > +++ MOUNT ALL > +++ IPMINIT.NCF > > Also remove bstart later on from your autoexec.ncf. > Here is the reason for the changes: > - bstart.ncf starts btrieve. For btrieve 8.50 it is essential that it > is > started through bstart.ncf. Otherwise, it will be loaded automatically > form initsys.ncf without the correct startup parameters > - mount all is not that essential but it is typically executed after > the > network is initialized > - ipminit.ncf is the IP address management tool and it *must* be > loaded > after the network is initialized > > Once you have corrected your autoexec.ncf, the next step is to > manually > upgrade to eDirectory 8.7.3.x. You do this with the > edir_873_ir3_nw.iso > installation CD from the following download location: > 'NOVELL: Downloads' > (http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=NUBsf-ZwOaE~) > It is *essential* that you use the IR3 installation as the other older > installation CD has bugs in the instation code that could make the > upgrade > go wrong. > Finally, once you have upgraded your server to eDriectory 8.7.3 this > way, > reapply SP7. This will bring your eDirectory to version 8.7.3.9 and it > will also update NMAS and the Certificate server. > > -- > Marcel Cox > 'Untitled Document' (http://support.novell.com/forums) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Marcel Cox's Profile: 'NOVELL FORUMS - View Profile: Marcel_Cox' > (http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8) -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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fcompagnari wrote: > should I then go on and upgrade the two older servers with >the 8.8 from the OES Netware Discs? No. You can only upgrade with the eDirectory 8.8.2 download files. The OEs NetWare disks can only be used for new installations, not for upgrades. -- Marcel Cox http://support.novell.com/forums ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcel Cox's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8
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Marcel, As per your direction, I made all the changes in the autoexec.ncf. I also created a cd from the file: edir_873_ir3_nw.iso. When I try to install it, it states that only certain NW 5.1 and 6 servers can be upgraded to this. If you run nwconfig and look at the installed prdcuts, it still show up as 8.6.2. Any thoughts? Marcel_Cox;1575209 Wrote: > Ok, the source of your problem is btrieve 8.50. I assume you had this > version of Btrieve installed before you upgraded to NetWare 6.5 and > because the NetWare 6.5 upgrade does not look at Btrieve, it installs > whatever version is included with NetWare 6.5 (e.g. an older version) > which is then unable to open the products database and while the > upgrade > itself went OK, the product information was not updated. > While this btrieve problem itself now seems to be fixed (the product > database entries are visible in config.txt), the initial product > versions > reported in the product database are wrong and in the case of > eDirectory > and eDirectory related products, the support pack install script won't > touch eDirectory if it sees a version installed that is different from > the > version normally found on this NetWare version. > In your case, eDirectory shows version 8.6.2 and the suport pack > installs > left that alone. > Some other eDirectory related services like NMAS and the Certificate > server are also affected by this version mismatch. > > Here is how you should proceed to bring that server into a good shape > again: > > 1) Fix your autoexec.ncf. While not directly related to the eDirectory > version problem, your autoexec.ncf does have some problems that could > cause issues and it is best to fix those problems now. I will just > quote > the few lines that need to be changed with "xxx" at the beginning of a > line indicating the line needing to be deleted and an "+++" at the > beginning of the line indicating you need to add that line: > > xxx MOUNT ALL > xxx IPMINIT.NCF > > load conlog maximum=100 > +++ bstart.ncf > ; Network driver LOADs and BINDs are initiated via > ; INITSYS.NCF. The actual LOAD and BIND commands > ######## End Drivers/Protocols ######## > ; are contained in INITSYS.NCF and NETINFO.CFG. > ; These files are in SYS:ETC. > sys:etc\initsys.ncf > +++ MOUNT ALL > +++ IPMINIT.NCF > > Also remove bstart later on from your autoexec.ncf. > Here is the reason for the changes: > - bstart.ncf starts btrieve. For btrieve 8.50 it is essential that it > is > started through bstart.ncf. Otherwise, it will be loaded automatically > form initsys.ncf without the correct startup parameters > - mount all is not that essential but it is typically executed after > the > network is initialized > - ipminit.ncf is the IP address management tool and it *must* be > loaded > after the network is initialized > > Once you have corrected your autoexec.ncf, the next step is to > manually > upgrade to eDirectory 8.7.3.x. You do this with the > edir_873_ir3_nw.iso > installation CD from the following download location: > 'NOVELL: Downloads' > (http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=NUBsf-ZwOaE~) > It is *essential* that you use the IR3 installation as the other older > installation CD has bugs in the instation code that could make the > upgrade > go wrong. > Finally, once you have upgraded your server to eDriectory 8.7.3 this > way, > reapply SP7. This will bring your eDirectory to version 8.7.3.9 and it > will also update NMAS and the Certificate server. > > -- > Marcel Cox > 'Untitled Document' (http://support.novell.com/forums) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Marcel Cox's Profile: 'NOVELL FORUMS - View Profile: Marcel_Cox' > (http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8) -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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fcompagnari wrote: >states that only certain NW 5.1 and 6 servers can be upgraded to this. >If you run nwconfig and look at the installed prdcuts, it still show up >as 8.6.2. Any thoughts? In that case, you need to "manually" update your product database. The following TID describes the way you do it: http://support.novell.com/docs/Tids/Solutions/10063842.html Based on that TID, create an IPS file that updates the product numbers for the products that have wrong versions. Use product version numbers that are just below the versions found on a proper SP7 server. The reinstall SP7 on the problem server. This should then update the problem products to the correct versions. -- Marcel Cox http://support.novell.com/forums ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcel Cox's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8
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I have downloaded and created the NW EDIR 8.7.3 Disco (from edir_873_ir3_nw.iso). When I try to install thes, I gewt the following notification: This installation con only be run on a Netware 5.1 Server (with Support Pack 5.1.6) or a Netware 6 Server (with Support Pack Version 6.0.3). Press enter to continue: The installation then ends. Am I missing something?? Marcel_Cox;1575209 Wrote: > Ok, the source of your problem is btrieve 8.50. I assume you had this > version of Btrieve installed before you upgraded to NetWare 6.5 and > because the NetWare 6.5 upgrade does not look at Btrieve, it installs > whatever version is included with NetWare 6.5 (e.g. an older version) > which is then unable to open the products database and while the > upgrade > itself went OK, the product information was not updated. > While this btrieve problem itself now seems to be fixed (the product > database entries are visible in config.txt), the initial product > versions > reported in the product database are wrong and in the case of > eDirectory > and eDirectory related products, the support pack install script won't > touch eDirectory if it sees a version installed that is different from > the > version normally found on this NetWare version. > In your case, eDirectory shows version 8.6.2 and the suport pack > installs > left that alone. > Some other eDirectory related services like NMAS and the Certificate > server are also affected by this version mismatch. > > Here is how you should proceed to bring that server into a good shape > again: > > 1) Fix your autoexec.ncf. While not directly related to the eDirectory > version problem, your autoexec.ncf does have some problems that could > cause issues and it is best to fix those problems now. I will just > quote > the few lines that need to be changed with "xxx" at the beginning of a > line indicating the line needing to be deleted and an "+++" at the > beginning of the line indicating you need to add that line: > > xxx MOUNT ALL > xxx IPMINIT.NCF > > load conlog maximum=100 > +++ bstart.ncf > ; Network driver LOADs and BINDs are initiated via > ; INITSYS.NCF. The actual LOAD and BIND commands > ######## End Drivers/Protocols ######## > ; are contained in INITSYS.NCF and NETINFO.CFG. > ; These files are in SYS:ETC. > sys:etc\initsys.ncf > +++ MOUNT ALL > +++ IPMINIT.NCF > > Also remove bstart later on from your autoexec.ncf. > Here is the reason for the changes: > - bstart.ncf starts btrieve. For btrieve 8.50 it is essential that it > is > started through bstart.ncf. Otherwise, it will be loaded automatically > form initsys.ncf without the correct startup parameters > - mount all is not that essential but it is typically executed after > the > network is initialized > - ipminit.ncf is the IP address management tool and it *must* be > loaded > after the network is initialized > > Once you have corrected your autoexec.ncf, the next step is to > manually > upgrade to eDirectory 8.7.3.x. You do this with the > edir_873_ir3_nw.iso > installation CD from the following download location: > 'NOVELL: Downloads' > (http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=NUBsf-ZwOaE~) > It is *essential* that you use the IR3 installation as the other older > installation CD has bugs in the instation code that could make the > upgrade > go wrong. > Finally, once you have upgraded your server to eDriectory 8.7.3 this > way, > reapply SP7. This will bring your eDirectory to version 8.7.3.9 and it > will also update NMAS and the Certificate server. > > -- > Marcel Cox > 'Untitled Document' (http://support.novell.com/forums) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Marcel Cox's Profile: 'NOVELL FORUMS - View Profile: Marcel_Cox' > (http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8) -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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fcompagnari wrote: >I have downloaded and created the NW EDIR 8.7.3 Disco (from >edir_873_ir3_nw.iso). When I try to install thes, I gewt the following >notification: > >This installation con only be run on a Netware 5.1 Server (with Support >Pack 5.1.6) or a Netware 6 Server (with Support Pack Version 6.0.3). You already told that a couple of days ago and I gave you an alternate suggestion on how to proceed. -- Marcel Cox http://support.novell.com/forums ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcel Cox's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8
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Marcel, My apologies, I misread your suggestion to update to closest, and changed the products.dat file to read what it really was set at. I have since changed that and am completely up to good patches. Both older servers are on 8.7.3.9 and the new server is 8.8. thanks for all your help on this. Marcel_Cox;1583538 Wrote: > fcompagnari wrote: > > >I have downloaded and created the NW EDIR 8.7.3 Disco (from > >edir_873_ir3_nw.iso). When I try to install thes, I gewt the > following > >notification: > > > >This installation con only be run on a Netware 5.1 Server (with > Support > >Pack 5.1.6) or a Netware 6 Server (with Support Pack Version 6.0.3). > > You already told that a couple of days ago and I gave you an alternate > suggestion on how to proceed. > > -- > Marcel Cox > 'Untitled Document' (http://support.novell.com/forums) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Marcel Cox's Profile: 'NOVELL FORUMS - View Profile: Marcel_Cox' > (http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8) -- fcompagnari ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcompagnari's Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=19852 View this thread: http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=331817
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