Overview, NDS Error Codes

Use this information to manage your servers when NDS® error conditions exist. NDS error codes are usually displayed in decimal numbers. Sometimes an application displays these codes using hexadecimal values.

Error code numbers can be categorized as follows:

- NDS Operating System Error Codes

> Certain NDS background processes or operations require the use or functionality provided by the operating system on which NDS is running. These functions, such as communication and transaction servers, can return operating system specific error codes to NDS. These error codes are then passed on to the NDS background process or operation that initiated a request. In NetWare 4.x, versions of NDS can also generate operating system error codes.

> Generally, all operating system error codes that are generated by NDS have a negative numerical representation while all other operating system error codes have a positive numerical representation. The numerical range for operating system error codes generated by NDS is -1 through -256, while the numerical range for operating system error codes is 1 through 255.

> To provide backward compatibility with older applications, NDS will return the positive numerical error code rather than the negative error code normally used by NDS. Therefore, any occurrence of an error code within the range of 1 to 255 or -1 to -255 should be treated as the same error.

- NDS Client Error Codes

> Certain NDS background processes or operations require the use or functionality provided by other NDS servers. Use of these functions, such as bindery services, requires that an NDS server act as an NDS client to the server providing the functionality. Consequently, these functions can result in client-specific error codes being returned to the NDS background processes and operations. These error codes are generated by the NDS client that is built into NDS (DS.NLM). The NDS client error codes fall in the range of codes numbered -301 through -399 (or FED3 through FDA6).

- Other NDS Error Codes

> Certain NDS background processes or operations require the use or functionality provided by other NLM programs, such as TIMESYNC.NLM or UNICODE.NLM. If any of these modules encounter an error, it can be passed on to the DS.NLM. Unicode* and other errors in this category range from -400 to -599.

- NDS Agent Error Codes

> Error codes numbered -601 through -799 (or FDA7 through F9FE) and -6001 and later represent errors that originated in the NDS Agent software in the server that are returned through NDS.

> Because the NDS database is designed as a loosely consistent database, temporary errors are normal. You should not be alarmed if NDS error conditions exist temporarily. However, some errors might persist until the error condition is resolved.

List of NDS Errror Codes

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