OEM problems

Question

Hello, all!
I'm not having an easy time getting Enterprise Manager working. If you can help, I'll appreciate it a lot!
I'm working with Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 on a Win2000 machine. I have two Oracle homes; I'm using the first one installed.
I am part way through the process laid out in Chapter 1 of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide. I've done everything up to "Start Intelligent Agent".
The next step is "Start Management Servers".
- The database with the OEM repository database is started and open.
- I'm working on the machine hosting the repository.
- The configuration parameters associated with the repository are correct.
- The Win2K "Services" window shows OracleOra81Agent is started.
- The Win2K "Services" window shows the OracleOra81ManagementServer is NOT started.
- When I attempt to start the OracleOra81ManagementServer, I get a dialog box saying, "Could not start the OracleOra81ManagementServer service on Local Computer. The service did not return an error. This could be an internal Windows error or an internal service error. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator." (I'm the administrator!)
- Associated with the attempt to start the management server service are three messages in the Event Viewer:
-- an information event, event ID 110, "The service is entering production run mode."
-- an error, event ID 113, "The process termination failed for JRE. %2. "
-- an error, event ID 112, "The service has terminated abnormally. See the file C:\Program Files\Oracle\ora81\sysman\log\oms.nohup for details."
- The file "C:\Program Files\Oracle\ora81\sysman\config\omsconfig.properties" contains (in full):
--- start omsconfig.properties ---
#OMS Configuration Properties
#Sat Aug 25 10:47:47 CDT 2001
OEM.REPOSITORY.PASSWORD=<<clip>>
oem.BootHost=localhost
OEM.REPOSITORY.DATABASE=eagle
oem.BootPort=7771
OEM.REPOSITORY.USER=OEM_REP_OWNER
OEM.REPOSITORY.DATABASE_ORIG=eagle
tracing.enabled=true
tracing.level=5
logging.enabled=true
logging.dir=c:\Progra~1\Oracle\Ora81\sysman\log
logging.filename=oms.log
logging.max_size=20
logging.save_previous_log=true
oem.tracing.enabled=true
oem.tracing.level=5
--- end omsconfig.properties ---
- The only files on my hard disk meeting the test "oms.* are not log files (oms.htm, oms.gif).
Questions:
- Why won't my management server service start?
- Why have I no log files?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
. . . Garry

Answer 1

Oracle Database Service on Windows 2000 in AutoStart Mode with
Logon as SYSTEM
(Bug 1397927) If you have installed an Oracle database service
on Windows 2000, when logging in as SYSTEM user (Local System),
with startup mode set to Automatic, it is possible that the
Oracle database service starts but the database does not start
automatically. The following error message is written to the
ORADIM.LOG file in the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\DATABASE
directory.
ORA-12640: Authentication adapter initialization failed
It has also been observed that the services like Oracle
Enterprise Management Agent, Oracle Enterprise Manager
Management Server and Oracle Internet Directory may also fail
for the same reason because they cannot connect to the database.
The workarounds for this problem are:
Remove the line sqlnet.authentication_services=(NTS) from
SQLNET.ORA or set sqlnet.authentication_services=(NONE) in
SQLNET.ORA.
Start the database manually after the Oracle database service
has started using SQL*Plus connecting as user name INTERNAL.
Note that the INTERNAL user name will not be available after
release 8.1.7.
Start the service as a specific user:
Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Services. The Services
dialog box appears.
Select the service you want to start.
Click the Startup button. The Service dialog box appears.
Click This account and specify the user name and corresponding
password.
http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle8i/htdocs/relnotes_nt_8
17.htm