Re: OAS407 & NT Service Pack 5

From: R. D. Loga <rickloga_at_athenet.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:36:50 -0500
Message-ID: <930170524.603.68_at_news.remarQ.com>

Per Oracle, OAS 407 only supported with SP3: "Method1:
Oracle Application Server cannot start the CORBA orb process because it can't
find the host IP address.

Make sure that your machine is connected to the network. Also make sure that the
machine's IP address is unique. If you are connected to the network and your IP address is OK, then add a fully qualified hostname.domain to your local hosts file.

Another reason for the OWS-20214 error could be because you have incorrectly entered the IP address not the host name when prompted during install. If this
is the cause of the failure then de-install OAS and re-install making sure that
you use the fully qualified hostname.domainname when prompted not the machine's
IP address.

Solution Explanation:

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If your hostname.domainname were correctly entered during install then the error, OWS-20214 is usually caused because Oracle can't find the host machine.

OAS communicates to its components using the CORBA Object Request Broker (ORB). The ORB uses TCPIP in OAS version 4+.

There two common possibilities for the error at orb startup:

1. The machine is not recognised by the DNS server. From the command prompt issue the following command: nslookup <host.domain>

$ nslookup goldsup1.oracle.com

   Here is an example reply...

   Server: dns4.oracle.com
   Address: 192.168.160.15

   Name: goldsup1.oracle.com
   Address: 192.168.162.208

   Here is an example of an unknown URL:

$ nslookup zfdz3.oracle.com

   Server: dns4.oracle.com
   Address: 198.192.160.15

• dns4.oracle.com can't find zfdz3.oracle.com: Non-existent host/domain

This message indicates that you have found the DNS server but that server does
not have a translation for the hostname. If the nslookup does not find the DNS server check the IP address for the DNS machine in your TCPIP configuration.

If the command found the DNS server but failed to find your hostname, then register the machine with the DNS server. Make sure your IP address is unique
and register your IP address and name with the DNS server administration. If you don't know your IP address contact your network administrator.

2. If you are on an intranet then consider the following:

   Create an entry in the local hosts file for the machine.

   Host files normally reside in ...

       UNIX: /etc/hosts
       NT: WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

   Edit the Unix /etc/hosts file or the WinNT hosts file and add a line similar

   to the following:

   # IP ADDR       Hostname.Domain      Alias
   192.168.160.4   zfdz3.oracle.com     zfdz3

Shutdown the OAS listeners in the correct order, shutdown the TNS Listener. Restart the TNS Listener then re-start OAS.

Please note that if you have Service Pack 4 or 5 installed, they are not supported
under OAS 4.0.x Please uninstall SP4 or SP5 and revert back to SP3.

Method 2:

A problem has been discovered with the installation of the Windows NT   Service Pack 4 on systems running OAS v4.0.xthat causes the Application Server
  to fail.

Likelihood of Occurrence

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  There is a 90% chance of encountering this problem. This problem only   affects systems running Windows NT 4.0 with OAS v4.0.x and Service Pack 4 or 5
  installed.

  **NOTE:**
  The problem occurs regardless of the order in which the two products   (OAS v4.0.x and Service Pack 4/5) are installed.

Possible Symptoms

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  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

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[Quoted]   Deinstalling Service Pack 4 or 5 and returning to Service Pack 3 resolves the
  problem for most systems.

  Note: Oracle Application Server v4.0.x is currently supported to work with

        Windows NT 4.0 and Service Pack 3.

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 Jean De Bulge <nospam.jbulck_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:37702c24$0$13507_at_sol6...

> Hi *,
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> after installing NT Service Pack 5, OAS407 doesn't start up any more...
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> '...waiting for ORB to be ready...'
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> Anybody knows about a needed patch?
> Where can I get it?
>
> Thank you very much!
> J.
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Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 22:36:50 CEST