Trying to start up the manager process in a fresh installation

Question

Version 11.2.1.0.3
Platform : RHEL 5.4
To configure manager process in a machine (which is going to be a target server ), I downloaded GG installer from edelivery.
Unzipped the installable in the desired location. Then I created a basic parameter file for the manager and tried to start up the manager process. But the manager process is not coming up.
This is what I've done till now after the installation of GG (By installation , I mean Unzipping and Untarring)
1. set the env variables for the database
2. Created the parameter file for manager as shown below.
$ ./ggsci
Oracle GoldenGate Command Interpreter for Oracle
Version 11.2.1.0.3 14400833 OGGCORE_11.2.1.0.3_PLATFORMS_120823.1258_FBO
Linux, x64, 64bit (optimized), Oracle 11g on Aug 23 2012 20:20:21
Copyright (C) 1995, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
GGSCI (stryker179) 1> info mgr
Manager is DOWN!
GGSCI (stryker179) 4> view param mgr
port 7809
purgeoldextracts /u04/ggData/dirdat/MS/*, usecheckpoints
dynamicportlist 7840-7849
GGSCI (stryker179) 2> start mgr
Manager started.
GGSCI (stryker179) 3> info mgr
Manager is DOWN!I haven't created any gguser at DB level. But that is not a pre-requisite for manager process. Right ?
-- Regarding the logging of GG's errors
Wish I could check some logs to see what is causing this issue ?
Where are the logs (.rpt files) stored ? I believe we have to manually create a directory called dirrpt.
For , the fresh installation, the dirrpt directory was not created. Only the following directories were found after the installation (Untar)
$ ls -alrdFt * | grep /
drwxr-x--- 7 oracle oinstall      4096 Aug 24 07:06 UserExitExamples/
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall      4096 Aug 24 07:33 cfg/
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall      4096 Aug 24 07:33 dirprm/
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall      4096 Aug 24 07:33 dirjar/

Answer 1

Hi ,
1. Did you execute CREATE SUBDIRS in GGSCI prompt?
It will create all the required folders like dirprm,dirrpt,dirdef,dirsql,dirdat...etc
Db level user is not required for starting the manager process, But you have to create mgr parameter file under dirprm folder , for that you have to execute ,
GGSCI > EDIT PARAMS MGR
in that file mention the PORT number , usually it will be 7809 ex, PORT 7809,
then start the mgr in GGSCI
GGSCI > START MGR
again if you are getting MANAGER DOWN message then check the details in ggserr.log file which is available in GG home directory where you have unzipped the binaries .
Hopefully this will help you
Annamalai.