Problem: Deployment to WL10.3 Server Instance started as Windows Service

Question

Hi Everybody,
I have deployed my J2EE Application to a Standalone WebLogic Server Instance (in development mode) started from the Windows Command Level via startWebLogic.cmd. I also tested the deployment to a Clustered Managed Server Environment(1 AdminServer+2 MS Servers in the cluster; development mode), all servers started from the command line. The application could be tested and everything worked fine.
But:
When I set up the WebLogic Server Instance(s) as a Windows Service(s) (following the instructions http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs103/server_start/winservice.html) my application can’t be deployed at startup time.
I get 3 ClassNotFoundExceptions:
- on startup class "DMS-Startup" (oracle.dms.wls.DMSStartup)
- on startup class "ODL-Startup" (oracle.core.ojdl.weblogic.ODLConfiguration)
- on startup class "JPS Startup Class" (oracle.security.jps.wls.JpsWlsStartupClass)
The Service is started but under Administration Console/Deployments the Enterprise Application is marked as “New” and not as “ Active”. The other Deployments: adf.oracle.domain(1.0, 11.1.1.0.0), jsf(1.2, 1.2.7.1) and jstl(1.2, 1.2.0.1) are shown as “Active”.
I tried to redeploy the Application directly from the JDeveloper to the running Standalone WLS Instance (Single Server) - as I did before.
The Deployment failed:
[Deployer:149034]An exception occurred for task [Deployer:149026]deploy application ... on AdminServer.: .
weblogic.management.DeploymentException:
#### Deployment incomplete.
#### Nov 25, 2008 9:58:53 PM
Deployment Failed
Why does the deployment work on the WLS Instance started from command line and why does it fail when started as Windows Service?
I am Using WLServer 10.3 and the JDeveloper 11g on a Windows Vista OS - both installed via jdevstudio11110install.exe. My Web Application uses BC and ADF Faces.
The Windows Service is set up by doing the following in a server-specific script placed under the USERDOMAIN_HOME directory:
set DOMAIN_NAME=mydomain
set USERDOMAIN_HOME=C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\mydomain
set JAVA_OPTIONS=Dweblogic.Stdout = … Dweblogic.Stderr=…
set MEM_ARGS=-Xms40m –Xmx250m
call "C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\bin\installSvc.cmd"
And there’s one more problem with the Windows Service:
I’m not able to Uninstall the service from a server-specific script, first setting the DOMAIN_NAME and the SERVER_NAME=AdminServer and than
using call "C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\bin\uninstallSvc.cmd".
I must do this directly in the registry.
Is anything missing? What’s wrong?
Please help!
Thanks
Anita
Edited by: user586097 on 26.11.2008 11:55
Edited by: user586097 on 26.11.2008 12:00
Edited by: user586097 on 26.11.2008 12:02

Answer 1

This thread was very helpful to get WebLogic 11g running as a Windows service. My problem was that I couldn't get the Enterprise Manager application to deploy correctly on startup, so I had to tweak both the installSvc.cmd and my script that installs the service (by copying important Java Options from the startup script that works as noted above). It was too hard to discern what exactly Enterprise Manager needed, so I copied a whole bunch.
What I ended up doing was using this as a script to install the Windows service:
echo off
SETLOCAL
set DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain
set USERDOMAIN_HOME=C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\base_domain
set SERVER_NAME=AdminServer
set PRODUCTION_MODE=false
set JAVA_OPTIONS=-client -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:CompileThreshold=8000 -XX:PermSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dweblogic.Name=AdminServer -Djava.security.policy=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\weblogic.policy -Xverify:none -da -Dplatform.home=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3 -Dwls.home=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3\server -Dweblogic.home=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3\server -Ddomain.home=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\USER_P~1\domains\BASE_D~1 -Doracle.home=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1 -Djrf.version=11.1.1 -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger -Djrockit.optfile=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1\modules\oracle.jrf_11.1.1\jrocket_optfile.txt -Doracle.security.jps.config=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\USER_P~1\domains\BASE_D~1\config\fmwconfig\jps-config.xml -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=oracle.mds.net.protocol -Dweblogic.alternateTypesDirectory=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1\modules\oracle.ossoiap_11.1.1,C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1\modules\oracle.oamprovider_11.1.1 -Dsso.filter.enable=true -DUSE_JAAS=false -Djps.policystore.hybrid.mode=false -Djps.combiner.optimize.lazyeval=true -Djps.combiner.optimize=true -Djps.auth=ACC -noverify -Doracle.core.ojdl.logging.usercontextprovider=oracle.core.ojdl.logging.impl.UserContextImpl -Dtangosol.coherence.log=jdk -Dwc.oracle.home=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_WC1 -DjiveHome=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\USER_P~1\domains\BASE_D~1\config\fmwconfig\servers\AdminServer\owc_discussions_11.1.1.1.0 -Dtangosol.coherence.log=jdk -Doracle.core.ojdl.logging.usercontextprovider=oracle.core.ojdl.logging.impl.UserContextImpl -Doracle.mds.bypassCustRestrict=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Dem.oracle.home=C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_WC1 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dweblogic.management.discover=true -Dwlw.iterativeDev= -Dwlw.testConsole= -Dwlw.logErrorsToConsole= -Dweblogic.ext.dirs=C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\patch_wls1031\profiles\default\sysext_manifest_classpath
call "C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\bin\installSvc.cmd"
ENDLOCAL
and slightly modifying my installSvc.cmd to:
set CLASSPATH=%WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH%;%CLASSPATH%;C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1\soa\modules\commons-cli-1.1.jar;C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1\soa\modules\oracle.soa.mgmt_11.1.1\soa-infra-mgmt.jar;C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_WC1\webcenter\modules\oracle.portlet.server_11.1.1\oracle-portlet-api.jar;C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1\modules\oracle.jrf_11.1.1\jrf.jar;C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3\common\eval\pointbase\lib\pbclient57.jar;C:\Oracle\MIDDLE~1\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\xqrl.jar
It needed those extra .jars to deploy properly.
Edited by: user11090163 on Sep 2, 2009 9:04 AM