Re: Intelligent Agent problem

OIA tries to configure itselfs, and you shouldn't try to do that manually. It did come as far as the configuration but why it didn't create the dbsnmp*.log files escapes me.

It you didn't do so already:
make sure your TNS_ADMIN variable (either an Unix env var or a string value in the Wintel registry in the hklm\software\oracle subtree) points to a directory with a valid tnsnames.ora.
Also make sure the files with the .q extension in %ORACLE_HOME%\network\agent are deleted. In addition to the dbsnmp*.log files there should also be a nmi_conf.log file.
I did remember one of the two methods on NT to start OIA didn't work, maybe I choose the wrong one.
OIA should be capable of working without SNMP present. Resolved the problem last week on a Solaris box. The usual fiddling around and regrettably I didn't write down what I did to resolve it.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"wayne" <pdxbq_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:BJT_5.457823$4d.59776326_at_news02.optonline.net...
>
> <sybrandb_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > In article <8jN_5.457474$4d.59595575_at_news02.optonline.net>,
> > "wayne" <pdxbq_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I try to start up the intelligent agent (IA) 8.1.6 on a NT machine
 and get
> > > the error: the media is write protected.
> > > Here is what I did:
> > > 1) I logged in as NT administrator
> > > 2) verify that oracleora816agent is not running by
> > > a) looking at the control pane, services,.....
> > > b) using net start command at the os prompt
> > > 3) try to start the IA with "net start oracleora816agent" command
> > > 4) I got the above mentioned error message.
> > > 5) I suspect that this is related to the preferred credential which
 oem21
> > > uses to run the jobs on that node. So I set up the perferred
 credential in
> > > the OEM for that node using "administrator" (it is not good idea but
 I just
> > > want to assign enough priviliges for the moment)
> > > 6) I try to start the IA and get the same error message.
> > >
> > > Could someone advise me how to specify the OS user which an IA will
 use? Is
> > > this set in the OEM or there is some other places in the IA I need to
> > > configure?
> > >
> > > Thnaks in advance
> > >
> > > wayne
> > >
> > >
> >
> > IIRC, the OIA should either start automagically or get started by
> > lsnrctl dbsnmp_start
> It failed to start automatically and I tried "lsnrctl dbsnmp_start". The
> command produced no error but I got the message "the db subagent not
> started" when I use "lsnrctl dbsnmp_status" to verify. What does this
 mean?
> I looked at the SNMP support reference guide without much success.
>
> I don't know why but there is a note in the OEM Configuration Guide 2.0
> mentioning explicitly that do not use the lsnrctl command to start the
> intelligent agent for windows NT.
>
> > You might be able to find further error messages in dbsnmpc.log and
> > dbsnmpw.log.
>
> I wasn't find any dbsnmp*.log file. why?
>
> > As long as your run as administrator on that box it should work.
> > On initial start the OIA will create snmp_ro.ora and snmp_rw.ora and
> > services.ora.
> I did find these files. I also deleted them and regenerated them by trying
> to restart the agent. Actually, this means the starting process didn't
 fail
> right away but went for some distance, right?
>
> >The directory it tries to use might be write protected.
> > It is not related to the preferred credentials issue.
>
> I checked the $TEMP, $ORACLE_HOME/network and all its sub directories. The
> read/write permissions are right.
>
> any other way to fix the problems?
>
> Thanks Syrand.
>
> >
> >
> > Hth,
> >
> > --
> > Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
> >
> > All standard disclaimers apply
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
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Received on Sun Dec 17 2000 - 11:02:43 CST