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The managed server (in a clustered environment) starts fine but while shutting down for some reason the server state is set to FAILED_NOT_RESTARTABLE. I also noticed that the Node Manager is unable to get the process id (null).
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
Surender
here is the snapshot of the log:
<24/02/2011 5:51:45 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000360> <Server started in RUNNING mode>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Alert> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000396> <Server shutdown has been requested by admin>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to SUSPENDING>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <HTTP> <BEA-101278> <There are no active sessions. The Web service is ready to suspend.>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000163> <Stopping "async" replication service>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to ADMIN>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to SHUTTING_DOWN>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Server> <BEA-002607> <Channel "DefaultSecure" listening on 172.20.171.111:10502 was shutdown.>
<24/02/2011 5:52:24 PM> <FINEST> <NodeManager> <*Waiting for the process to die: null>*
<24/02/2011 5:52:24 PM> <INFO> <NodeManager> *<Server failed during startup so will not be restarted*>
<24/02/2011 5:52:24 PM> <FINEST> <NodeManager> <runMonitor returned, setting finished=true and notifying waiters>
Here is the full log.
FULL LOG BELOW
WLS Start Mode=Development
CLASSPATH=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/patch_wls1033/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/lib/tools.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/lib/weblogic_sp.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/lib/weblogic.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/modules/features/weblogic.server.modules_10.3.3.0.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/lib/webservices.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/modules/org.apache.ant_1.7.1/lib/ant-all.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/modules/net.sf.antcontrib_1.1.0.0_1-0b2/lib/ant-contrib.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/oracle_common/soa/modules/commons-cli-1.1.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/oracle_common/soa/modules/oracle.soa.mgmt_11.1.1/soa-infra-mgmt.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/oracle_common/modules/oracle.jrf_11.1.1/jrf.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/common/derby/lib/derbyclient.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/lib/xqrl.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/patch_wls1033/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/opt2/mweb/lib/weblogic/jconn3-6.05-EBF13251.jar:/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/lib:/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/lib/tools.jar:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/lib/weblogic.jar:
PATH=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/bin:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/modules/org.apache.ant_1.7.1/bin:/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/bin:/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/bin:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/bin:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/modules/org.apache.ant_1.7.1/bin:/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/bin:/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/bin:/usr/bin
* To start WebLogic Server, use a username and *
* password assigned to an admin-level user. For *
* server administration, use the WebLogic Server *
* console at http://hostname:port/console *
starting weblogic with Java version:
java version "1.6.0_23"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_23-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode, sharing)
Starting WLS with line:
/opt2/mweb/language/java/jdk1.6.0_23/bin/java -client -Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:CompileThreshold=8000 -XX:PermSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Dweblogic.Name=olmvssUATServer1 -Djava.security.policy=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/lib/weblogic.policy -Dweblogic.system.BootIdentityFile=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/domains/caf/mefTestDomain-olmvssUATServer1/servers/olmvssUATServer1/data/nodemanager/boot.properties -Dweblogic.nodemanager.ServiceEnabled=true -Dweblogic.security.SSL.ignoreHostnameVerification=true -Dweblogic.ReverseDNSAllowed=false -server -Xms256m -Xmx256m -XX:PermSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/lwp:/usr/lib:/lib/ucblib:/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server/native/solaris/sparc -Dcom.macquarie.runtime.environment=TST -Djava.awt.headless=true -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC -Dfile.encoding=ISO8859-1 -Xloggc:/weblogs/olmvssUATServer1/gc.log -Dweblogic.Stdout=/weblogs/olmvssUATServer1/stdout.log -Dweblogic.Stderr=/weblogs/olmvssUATServer1/stderr.log -Xverify:none -da -Dplatform.home=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033 -Dwls.home=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server -Dweblogic.home=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/weblogic1033/server -Ddomain.home=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/domains/caf/mefTestDomain -Dcommon.components.home=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/oracle_common -Djrf.version=11.1.1 -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger -Djrockit.optfile=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/oracle_common/modules/oracle.jrf_11.1.1/jrocket_optfile.txt -Doracle.domain.config.dir=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/domains/caf/mefTestDomain/config/fmwconfig -Doracle.server.config.dir=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/domains/caf/mefTestDomain/config/fmwconfig/servers/olmvssUATServer1 -Doracle.security.jps.config=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/domains/caf/mefTestDomain/config/fmwconfig/jps-config.xml -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=oracle.mds.net.protocol -Digf.arisidbeans.carmlloc=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/domains/caf/mefTestDomain/config/fmwconfig/carml -Digf.arisidstack.home=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/domains/caf/mefTestDomain/config/fmwconfig/arisidprovider -Dweblogic.alternateTypesDirectory=/modules/oracle.ossoiap_11.1.1,/modules/oracle.oamprovider_11.1.1 -Dweblogic.jdbc.remoteEnabled=false -Dem.oracle.home=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/oracle_common -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dweblogic.management.discover=false -Dweblogic.management.server=https://ecsydapp18:10412 -Dwlw.iterativeDev= -Dwlw.testConsole= -Dwlw.logErrorsToConsole= -Dweblogic.ext.dirs=/opt2/mweb/server/weblogic/patch_wls1033/profiles/default/sysext_manifest_classpath weblogic.Server
<24/02/2011 5:49:03 PM EST> <Info> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000377> <Starting WebLogic Server with Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM Version 19.0-b09 from Sun Microsystems Inc.>
<24/02/2011 5:49:29 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <BEA-090169> <Loading trusted certificates from the JKS keystore file /opt2/mweb/server/security/ecg.keystore.>
<24/02/2011 5:49:35 PM EST> <Info> <Management> <BEA-141107> <Version: WebLogic Server Temporary Patch for 10007548 Wed Jan 12 15:49:58 IST 2011
WebLogic Server 10.3.3.0 Fri Apr 9 00:05:28 PDT 2010 1321401 >
<24/02/2011 5:49:49 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STARTING>
<24/02/2011 5:49:49 PM EST> <Info> <WorkManager> <BEA-002900> <Initializing self-tuning thread pool>
<24/02/2011 5:49:50 PM EST> <Notice> <LoggingService> <BEA-320400> <The log file /weblogs/olmvssUATServer1/olmvssUATServer1.log will be rotated. Reopen the log file if tailing has stopped. This can happen on some platforms like Windows.>
<24/02/2011 5:49:50 PM EST> <Notice> <LoggingService> <BEA-320401> <The log file has been rotated to /weblogs/olmvssUATServer1/archive/olmvssUATServer1.log00049. Log messages will continue to be logged in /weblogs/olmvssUATServer1/olmvssUATServer1.log.>
<24/02/2011 5:49:50 PM EST> <Notice> <Log Management> <BEA-170019> <The server log file /weblogs/olmvssUATServer1/olmvssUATServer1.log is opened. All server side log events will be written to this file.>
<24/02/2011 5:49:54 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <BEA-090171> <Loading the identity certificate and private key stored under the alias mqcsydapp11 from the JKS keystore file /opt2/mweb/server/security/ecg.keystore.>
<24/02/2011 5:49:55 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <BEA-090169> <Loading trusted certificates from the JKS keystore file /opt2/mweb/server/security/ecg.keystore.>
<24/02/2011 5:50:31 PM EST> <Notice> <Security> <BEA-090082> <Security initializing using security realm myrealm.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:05 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STANDBY>
<24/02/2011 5:51:05 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STARTING>
<24/02/2011 5:51:34 PM EST> <Notice> <Log Management> <BEA-170027> <The Server has established connection with the Domain level Diagnostic Service successfully.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:35 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000138> <Listening for announcements from cluster olmvssUATCluster on 239.192.0.0:7001.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:35 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000133> <Waiting to synchronize with other running members of olmvssUATCluster.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:42 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000142> <Trying to download cluster JNDI tree from server olmvssUATServer2.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:42 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000164> <Synchronized cluster JNDI tree from server olmvssUATServer2.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:42 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to ADMIN>
<24/02/2011 5:51:43 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to RESUMING>
<24/02/2011 5:51:43 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000162> <Starting "async" replication service with remote cluster address "null">
<24/02/2011 5:51:43 PM EST> <Notice> <Server> <BEA-002613> <Channel "DefaultSecure" is now listening on 172.20.171.111:10502 for protocols iiops, t3s, CLUSTER-BROADCAST-SECURE, ldaps, https.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:43 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000330> <Started WebLogic Managed Server "olmvssUATServer1" for domain "mefTestDomain" running in Production Mode>
<24/02/2011 5:51:43 PM EST> <Error> <Cluster> <BEA-000166> <Some other cluster in this domain is configured to use the same multicast address as olmvssUATCluster. Clusters cannot use the same multicast address.>
<24/02/2011 5:51:45 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000102> <Joining cluster olmvssUATCluster on 239.192.0.0:7001>
<24/02/2011 5:51:45 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to RUNNING>
<24/02/2011 5:51:45 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000360> <Server started in RUNNING mode>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Alert> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000396> <Server shutdown has been requested by admin>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to SUSPENDING>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <HTTP> <BEA-101278> <There are no active sessions. The Web service is ready to suspend.>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000163> <Stopping "async" replication service>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to ADMIN>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to SHUTTING_DOWN>
<24/02/2011 5:52:21 PM EST> <Notice> <Server> <BEA-002607> <Channel "DefaultSecure" listening on 172.20.171.111:10502 was shutdown.>
<24/02/2011 5:52:24 PM> <FINEST> <NodeManager> <Waiting for the process to die: null>
<24/02/2011 5:52:24 PM> <INFO> <NodeManager> <Server failed during startup so will not be restarted>
<24/02/2011 5:52:24 PM> <FINEST> <NodeManager> <runMonitor returned, setting finished=true and notifying waiters>

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In an environment like yours - generally - I would mirror the drive used for data and install the OS on the other drive. Apart from the system don't store anything else of importance on it. You could compliment this with an externally attached firewire drive (or two) if you wish? One as a nightly or weekly or monthly scheduled clone/backup of the Server OS itself and similarly one for the Data. That way if the Server drive goes down Student Data is not affected. Replacing the Drive and getting the server up and running again should not take too long if that happens.
Depending on how many simultaneous logins you're trying to provide for then you may want to consider Replicas for load balancing purposes? is it safe to assume 380 kids = 380 workstations?
Educational needs in general are different to Business ones. Based on what you're saying it makes no sense (for me) to cache student profiles locally - unless it's for performance reasons? If Students are not going to be impacting the network bandwidth with video editing/rendering etc leave their profiles on the server. Management in many ways is simpler/easier that way. Yes multiple simultaneous syncing at log out does/will have an impact on the network as a whole although you can control what gets synced. There's no need to sync everything.
Another way of doing this is to have students log in locally with a standard 'generic' student account. They work as normal and save/upload their data to their Server-based home folder. Access to the parent folder housing student homes can be defined as an auto-mounting share point via a Computer Group MCX. Students will 'see' everyone else's home folder but will have no access to them other than their own.
There are still further ways of doing this depending on the environment? For example AD-OD Integrated environments and dual homes?
Ultimately it will depend on what you want to achieve? AFAICS there's no reason you can't have with 10.6 what you have with 10.3? If it's been working flawlessly for the last 5 years and provided you've prepared the ground properly first, it should continue in the same way for the next 5?
HTH?
Tony

I am trying to setup Microsoft office mail and need assistance - I am receiving the error, unable to find server and DNS setting in the Network

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Here is my situation. We are running Edge 3.0 using SQL Server 2005. I have a Webi report that I created with an existing Universe and the report is able to run fine. I didn't create the Universe, but I had to add new tables to the Universe.
For some reason when I went to create a System DSN to connect to the Universe, it didn't save the System DSN, but I was able to save it as a User DSN using the same name as the System DSN created on the BOXI Server. I was able to add the new tables and objects.
I then went to add the new objects to the existing web report and ran the query, I then received the error "A database error occured. The database error text is: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Statement(s) could not be prepared.. (WIS 10901)". If I removed the new objects, I am able to run the Query fine.
When I add the new objects, I can look at the SQL, copy it and run it in MS SQL Server. Once I try to run the query with the new objects, I get the previously stated database error. Then I try to generate the SQL and get the message that Webi can't generate the SQL even though I was able to see the SQL if I hadn't run it.
I am not sure why I am getting this error, because the report is able to run before adding any new objects. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks

The issue was that I needed to get permission on my computer to create a system DSN and not use a local DSN. My local policy was changed on my computer.
But I am now writing a different report and getting the same error. Let me explain the situation.
The report was created and running fine, but the database was created by someone and it only contained partial data. The database is created in a star schema. I had to add more dimension tables. The fact table already had all the columns for the new dimension tables but had a default value of -1. Once I added the missing dimension tables, I reran the DI job that re-populated the fact table with data from all dimension tables. When I go now and run the report if I only run a query with the old dimensions, then the report runs fine and returns data. If I add a object from the newly created dimension fields then I get the error 'A database error occured. The database text is: ... Statement(s) could not be prepared. (WIS 10901)'.
I am not sure where the problem is. The report is using the same System DSN and the SQL created from the new dimensions works just fine in SQL Server Management Studio. We use Windows AD authentication and use an Windows users as our system account to access the database and it has read permissions.
Any help would be great. Thanks

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The set up is a follows:
The modem goes into the Time capsule router and from the time capsule there is the mac mini server and also a network printer. There are 4 other computers wirelessly 'attached' to the time capsule.
I am very confused about some of the terminology and the set up procedure.
First of all, I might have made a mistake when I did my initial setup without being attached properly to a public IP address. I set up my server inadvertently as hobbes.private. When I go to the server preferences now the DNS is listed as hobbes.private. First of all, is there anyway to change that?
The set up goes as follows:
I have a public IP address which is set at the router. From the router there is a designated IP address which goes to the server.
I have my A records and MX records set up.
my Domain name is hobbeswiki.com
the IP address is 114.160.205.178
When I do an NS lookup IP address, I get this:
Non-authoritative answer:
178.205.160.114.in-addr.arpa name = p4018-ipngnfx01morioka.iwate.ocn.ne.jp.
I've been told that this is normal.
I use a company in australia for my domain name and they have given me 2 name servers:
ns1.secure.net
ns2.secure.net
The router then takes the info and then gives me an IP address for the server
its a 10.X.X.X number.
When I set up my server properly with the IP address, it set up as hobbes.local and under available servers, under network in the server admin, it gives me
Ethernet (en0) Family IPv4 the 10.X IP address and the DNS name as hobbes.local
I tried setting up DNS but it won't take.
I don't know how to set up kerberos, but I want to get the functionality of the podcasting etc, but it tells me I need it.
I have an SSL certificate.
With all this info, how can I set this server up and do I need to start from scratch? Do I need to erase the current server and start from the beginning? Is this hobbes.private causing problems?
In the DNS settings there are just so many different names for different things and I'm not sure what goes where.
I have a lynda.com account, but I'm not sure their info is the same as mine and they have words like server.samplename.com etc...
Can someone help?
The web set up works and I've got a couple users and groups set up to try things out, so it's not a complete failure.... I just can't get anything else to work.
Thank you!
Yomogi

Yes you can. Ideally make also sure that your ISP sets the PTR record for 217.36.255.25 to myserver.address.com

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Hi Gurus,
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<Aug 14, 2013 9:26:44 AM MST> <Critical> <Security> <BEA-090402> <Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot id
entity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot id
entity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are enc
rypted.>
<Aug 14, 2013 9:26:44 AM MST> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Server subsystem failed. Reason: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Auth
entication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have
been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first
time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.
weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (bo
ot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file wit
h the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.
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        Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090303]Authentication Failed: User epm_admin weblogic.security.providers.authentication.LDA
PAtnDelegateException: [Security:090295]caught unexpected exception
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        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
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        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Aug 14, 2013 9:26:44 AM MST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FAILED>
<Aug 14, 2013 9:26:44 AM MST> <Error> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000383> <A criticalservice failed. The server will shut itself down>
<Aug 14, 2013 9:26:44 AM MST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FORCE_SHUTTING_DOWN>
I have deleted password and username in boot.properties of Admin Server and bi_security1 folder but no use. Other option, i have deleted boot.properties then in the bi services prompt entered weblogic server username and password. Now also same issue.
please help me, to resolve this issue.
Thanks

we need to change the Weblogic Username and Password which is saved in boot.properties file
Thanks,
Madhu

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I have previewed my book but after cliking BUY BOOK it compiles it OK but then it always states an error after of during uploading it to the store. How can I rectify this?

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Try posting at the Web Development / Standards Evangelism forum at MozillaZine. The helpers over there are more knowledgeable about web page development issues with Firefox. <br />
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=25 <br />
You'll need to register and login to be able to post in that forum.

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