Re: Oracle Application Server

In article <374B3598.3C7E9325_at_ngtele.com>,   bcoulam_at_ngtele.com wrote:
> This is a known bug. Oracle doesn't "officially" support SP4 until
> 4.0.8, but they did create a small patch for the many of us who run
SP4
> due to Y2K constraints. The following is what one of their
installation
> support group members sent to me. Follow the instructions found at the
> ftp site exactly. Everything went smoothly after that (until we tried
to
> run 4.0.7 with 8i, for which bug we had to get the 4.0.7.1 patchset --
> you might call Oracle and get 4.0.7.1 before you do anything else
since
> it includes the patch mentioned below):

> A problem has been discovered with the installation of the Windows NT
> Service
> Pack 4 on systems running OAS v4.0.6.4 & OAS 4.0.7 that causes the
> WebServer
> to fail.
>
> Likelihood of Occurrence
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> There is a 90% chance of encountering this problem. This problem only
> affects systems running Windows NT 4.0 with OAS v4.0.6.4 & 4.0.7 and
> Service
> Pack 4 installed.
>
> Possible Symptoms
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The most common symptom is that the WebServer Oracle Request Broker
> (ORB)
> process does not start.
>
> Error OWS-20214: The OAS processes can not be started, because the
> CORBA orb processes can not be started.
>
> Workaround
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> Deinstalling Service Pack 4 and returning to Service Pack 3 resolves
> the
> problem for most systems.
>
> There is a patch available for OAS 4.0.7 which will allow this version
> to
> run
> successfully with SP4. This patch can be downloaded from the
> following
> site:
>
> ftp://oracle-ftp.oracle.com/dev_tools/patchsets/internet/NT/bug768157/
>
> You may also want to make sure that your system meets all of the
> requirements
> necessary for a successful implementation of Oracle Application
Server.
> This
> information may be obtained from the following page:
>
> http://www.oracle.com/support/products/oas/nt40/html/index.html
>
> kiwi1785_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> > I am installing Oracle Application Server 4.0.
> > However, I have troubles in starting the ORB
> > processes. It just says that it can't start it
> > and please start it manually.
> >
> > I have tried to start it using owsctl command
> > line, but no luck. Please enlight me. Thank you.
> >
> > FYI: I'm running OAS on Pentium II 450 MHz, 128MB
> > RAM, NT Server SP 4, Oracle 8 for database.
> >
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>

I am experiencing similar problems. However, I am using OAS 4.0.7 under NT4 SP5 and not SP5. We have two setups. On one we put OAS on its own dedicated machine and is connected a remote 8.1.5 (8i) database. With this setup (almost) everything is fine.

On the other, we installed OAS on top of a 8.0.5 DB and this is where we get the 'Please restart manully' message. If you ignore this, all the other processes will start but you will a no response message from ORB further down the line. The strange thing is that everything appears to be working. We are still at an evaulation stage so are only playing with samples provided. With the exception of the PL/SQL contents module, they all worked but much more slowly than our two machines set up.

We have 4.0.7.1 patch but have not used it as our two machines setup appears to be okay.

Another strange thing is that on both setups, we can only get the samples to work if we start the site specically. Using the all option does not connect to the database!!!

I've logged a TAR with support but any comment is welcomed.

Cheers

PC

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