Re: OAS 4.0 + NT4.0 + Svc Pak4.0

All I can see is James' reply. If you're still looking for your answer... 4.0.7 was incompatible with SP4. You needed the special y<name?>.dll patch or upgrade to 4.0.7.1. I'm sure both will be unsupported soon. And unfortunately, 4.0.8.1 only runs on the 40-bit version of SP5. SP6 is just wrong until Oracle says they have certified OAS on it. Skip 4.0.8 altogether. It is one of the buggiest releases of anything from Oracle I've ever experienced. I've applied three patches on top of 4.0.8.1 and have finally gotten my production system back to where it was on 4.0.7.1.

"James W. Anderson" wrote:

> There have been numerous problems reported with OAS 4.0.8 and 4.0.8.1 running NT
> SP4, therefore Oracle Support Services recommends upgrading to SP5 before
> installing OAS 4.0.8/8.1.
>
> FYI, there are numerous problems reported on Oracle MetaLink regarding OAS 4.x
> installations conflicting with other Oracle products, and the best solution so
> far seems to be to install OAS last. Some OAS modules are outdated and cause
> the Universal Installer tool to crash, which is what Oracle8i, Express Server
> 6.3 and other Oracle products use for their installations. One of the tips on
> Metalink recommends creating an NT user account specifically for OAS, and using
> that account to install OAS, and to start the OAS services. Finally, you should
> remove all OAS paths from the system PATH variable and create a user-level PATH
> for that user and paste.
>
> I strongly recommend you backup your registry before installing OAS, incase you
> need to fall back.
>
> Dong Chung wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I installed the ORACLE APPLICATION SERVER 4.0.7 and when i tried to
> > start it i received this error:
> >
> > "ORB is not responding. Please restart manually...
> > OWS-20214: The OAS processes can not be started, because the CORBA orb
> > processes can not be started."
> >
> > I found a post regarding the problem and it sounds like there is a
> > compatibility issue between OAS 4.0.7 and NT Svc Pack 4.0.
> >
> > So I upgraded NT service pack to 6.0a version.
> > But still have the same problem.
> >
> > Oracle Installation manual lists Svc pack 3.0 as a requirement.
> >
> > Would anyone have any idea of how I can solve this issue.
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > D.C. Chung
Received on Mon Jan 24 2000 - 21:55:44 CET