Source:  Inventory Service Manager

Severity:  Critical

Explanation:  This error occurs when the Inventory Service Manager reads the Database Location policy attached to the server and the policy is not configured properly with the database server details. The Service Manager is unable to authenticate and read the Database Location policy.

Action:  Ensure that the Database Location policy is properly configured. For more information, see Configure the Policies for the Database in Workstation Inventory in Deployment.

Action:  Run the NDS Repair Service (DSRepair Service). See the NDS documentation Web site for more information about the NDS DSRepair utility.

Restart the Inventory services.

Action:  If the problem persists, contact Novell Technical Services.