Unable to start Essbase Studio Server

Question

Hi All,
Am getting an error message when I start Essbase studio. The installation and configuration went without any errors. I have downloaded the jdbc driver for mysql, renamed it and placed it in the correct location. Yet when I start the studio server I get the error message described below. I have also attached the contents of the server.properties. Do let me know if you guys have any suggestions.
server.properties:
#Wed Mar 03 15:17:26 EST 2010
catalog.autoinit=true
catalog.username=essuser_qa
catalog.url=sqlserver\://NYSQLSVR\:1433
catalog.password=rfBjPy3lHIDM8QeIikYgIg\=\=
catalog.db=essbase_qa.dbo
error message:
15:32:21 03/03/10 INFO Starting up
15:32:21 03/03/10 INFO Oracle Essbase Studio Server. Version 11.1.1.3.00, Build 090, June 25 2009
15:32:27 03/03/10 (system) WARNING Failed to load driver for sap
15:32:27 03/03/10 (system) SEVERE Cannot load Teradata connector
15:32:27 03/03/10 (system) WARNING Failed to load driver for teradata
15:32:27 03/03/10 (system) WARNING Failed to load driver for netezza
15:32:30 03/03/10 (system) SEVERE Cannot initialize catalog storage. Make sure that server.properties has correct information
-------------- Exception --------------
com.hyperion.cp.catalog.exceptions.CatalogInitializationException: catalog.CatalogInitializationException.StorageInitializationFailure
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.storage.StorageFactory.getStorageInstance(StorageFactory.java:155)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.transaction.TransactionManager.initialize(TransactionManager.java:64)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.Catalog.initialize(Catalog.java:98)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.Catalog.initialize(Catalog.java:156)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.Catalog.<init>(Catalog.java:85)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.Catalog.<clinit>(Catalog.java:73)
     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
     at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.CatalogInitializer.run(CatalogInitializer.java:54)
     at com.hyperion.cp.server.RequestListener$SystemTask.run(RequestListener.java:1302)
     at com.hyperion.cp.server.RequestListener.runSystemTask(RequestListener.java:167)
     at com.hyperion.cp.server.RequestListener.<init>(RequestListener.java:129)
     at com.hyperion.cp.server.ServerMain.main(ServerMain.java:204)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.storage.StorageFactory.getStorageInstance(StorageFactory.java:149)
     ... 12 more
Caused by: com.hyperion.cp.catalog.exceptions.CatalogInitializationException: No table ESSBASE_QA.DBO.CP_NONE_TRANSACTIONS found
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.storage.StorageEngine.validateSignature(StorageEngine.java:193)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.storage.StorageEngine.<init>(StorageEngine.java:87)
     at com.hyperion.cp.catalog.storage.SQLStorageEngine.<init>(SQLStorageEngine.java:20)
     ... 17 more
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Answer 1

You could try :-
1. Execute the script “catalog_schema_drop.sql” under $HYPERION_HOME\products\Essbase\EssbaseStudio\server\database\common\MSSQLServer to drop the existing Catalog tables
2. Bring up the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and login as sa
a.Expand the Databases node
b.Expand the “epmesbStudio” under the Database node
c.Expand the “Security” node
d.Right click on “Schemas” under the database “epmesbStudio” to bring up the “Schema” dialog:
e.From the Schema dialog, enter ”epmEsbStudio” for both Schema name and Schema owner, then click OK to create the schema.
f. Verify that the schema “epmEsbStudio” is created:
3. Expand the Users node under Security: (you should see the user “epmEsbStudio” listed under Users)
a. Bring up the user Properties for “epmEsbStudio” by right click on “epmEsbStudio” then select Properties
b. From the user Properties dialog, you can see the Default schema is dbo. Change the default schema to “epmEsbStudio”, which is the schema that we create in the above steps by click on the list button to bring up the Select Schema dialog:
c. Click on the Brows button from the Select Schema dialog, and select “epmEsbStudio” from the list and click OK
d.The selected schema should place in the Select Schema dialog. Click OK on the Select Schema dialog:
e. Now the schema “epmEsbStudio” should appeared as Default schema on the user Properties dialog.
f. Now make sure the Database role membership “db_owner” is selected (select this option if it is not already select).
g. Click OK to save the settings
4. Bring up the Query editor from the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio by click on the “New Query” and make sure the
5.Disconnect the query editor to any database by right click on the query editor select Connection To Disconnect
6.Connect the query editor to the database epmEsbStudio by right click on the query editor select Connection To Connect to bring up the Connection to Database Engine dialog
7. From the Connection to Database Engine dialog provide the SQL Server name, Authentication type, and enter “epmEsbStudio” as the user name and provide the password for this user, then click on the Options button, then select the Connection Properties tab and enter “epmesbStudio” for Connection to database. Click on the Connect button (you should be able to connected without any error or warnings)
8. Type the following statement in the query editor, and execute it. The query should be executed without any problem.
Create table Test (
col1 varchar(5)
go
9. Verify the table is created under the “epmEsbStudio” Schema:
10.Delete the table “Test”
11.Start the Essbase Studio Server
The properties file should read
Example in server.properties
catalog.db=epmesbStudio.epmEsbStudio
catalog.username=epmesbStudio
You can change "epmEsbStudio" to match your database being used for studio
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/