Admin console cannot connect to Node Manager

Question

I've just installed WLS 10.3.2, configured a domain (TEST), a machine (PHILO), a server (TEST1), and a node manager running on PHILO. I logged onto PHILO, ran "startNodeManager.sh", no problems, it says it's listening on 5556, like I configured. However, when I attempt to start the server TEST2 (associated with machine PHILO and in the domain TEST) from the admin gui I get the following error:
For server TEST1, the Node Manager associated with machine PHILO is not reachable.
All of the servers selected are currently in a state which is incompatible with this operation or are not associated with a running Node Manager or you are not authorized to perform the action requested. No action will be performed.
If I log onto the local server where the admin node is running, I can telnet to PHILO 5556, so why can't the node manager be reached?

Answer 1

I have a similar problem trying to start my Managed server. I get the following error:
Unexpected response from server: § ☻ ☻☻F
weblogic.management.scripting.ScriptException: Error occured while performing st
art : Server with name geo-apps failed to be started
at weblogic.management.scripting.ExceptionHandler.handleException(Except
ionHandler.java:48)
at weblogic.management.scripting.LifeCycleHandler.startServer(LifeCycleH
andler.java:501)
at weblogic.management.scripting.WLScriptContext.start(WLScriptContext.j
ava:477)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyObject.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.python.pycode._pyx16.start$80(<iostream>:1270)
at org.python.pycode._pyx16.call_function(<iostream>)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyFunction.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.pycode._pyx15.f$0(D:\product\Oracle\11.1.1\Middleware\user
projects\domains\basedomain\ServerStart.py:4)
at org.python.pycode._pyx15.call_function(D:\product\Oracle\11.1.1\Middl
eware\user_projects\domains\base_domain\ServerStart.py)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Unknown Source)
at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.execfile(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.management.scripting.WLST.main(WLST.java:131)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.WLST.main(WLST.java:29)
Problem invoking WLST - Traceback (innermost last):
File "D:\product\Oracle\11.1.1\Middleware\user_projects\domains\base_domain\Se
rverStart.py", line 4, in ?
File "<iostream>", line 1280, in start
File "<iostream>", line 1744, in raiseWLSTException
WLSTException: Error occured while performing start : Error starting the server
: Error occured while performing start : Server with name geo-apps failed to be
started
Use dumpStack() to view the full stacktrace