Re: Oracle Application Server

From: Bill Coulam <bcoulam_at_ngtele.com>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:43:21 -0600
Message-ID: <374B3598.3C7E9325@ngtele.com>

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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Received on Tue May 25 1999 - 18:43:21 CDT