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# sk180541 - Failed to merge with peer's Internal CA database

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk180541 |
| Date Created | 2023-01-25 |
| Last Modified | 2026-04-09 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82, R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |
| Platform | Open Server |

## Symptoms

- * High Availability synchronization fails with this error:

  *Failed to merge with peer's Internal CA DB*

* Moving the *$FWDIR/conf/InternalCA.p12* file from the Primary Security Management Server to the Secondary Security Management Server does not help.

* cpm.elg shows the following Error on the (Active) CMA: 01/04/26 12:38:40,460 INFO internal.ha.MgmtHaSvcImpl \[qtp-318413468-756301\]: async peer result for opId b1903c9a-012f-433a-a3f7-5eaf990307f2 peer 6f47508a-b30a-4150-b474-91afd93ab639: MANUAL_SYNC, SYNC_ERROR, Poland_Management_Server_HA - Unexpected failure, null for domain name 'Poland_Office' , id \[9cad80a0-9a24-4166-a70b-12b4dbb4dd99\] 01/04/26 12:38:40,461 ERROR ha.fwm_handlers.AsyncFwmCallHandlerBase \[SYNC_THREAD_756873\]: peerId 6f47508a-b30a-4150-b474-91afd93ab639 operation MANUAL_SYNC with opId b1903c9a-012f-433a-a3f7-5eaf990307f2 failed: Poland_Management_Server_HA - Unexpected failure for domain 9cad80a0-9a24-4166-a70b-12b4dbb4dd99

## Cause

Corruption of the `ca.jrnl` file on the Secondary Security Management Server.

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