Urgent! http listener not started with services

Question

Hi,
I installed oracle 9i on my win2k, and it runs fine when I started manually with the ${ORA_HOME}\j2ee\Oracle9iDS\startinst.bat.
I then try to registrate it as services with this command: rwserver -install rep_mypcname autostart=yes
It registrated successfully and I save it is started automatically, I also saw an icon (smart agent) on my right hand bottom taskbar.
But when I tested it via http://localhost:8888/reports/
It can't find the server, and obviously no http listener is up.
All my config are default, here is my rwservlet.properties:
SERVER_IN_PROCESS=YES
Also there is no log files generated in ${ORA_HOME}\j2ee\Oracle9iDS\log\ when it is started as service, but if it is started from command line by using "startinst.bat", some log files are generated.
Am I missing some steps?
Thanks.
David

Answer 1

David,
Script startinst.bat starts the OC4J instance, not the Reports Server. When you send request to http://<server>:<port>/reports/rwservlet, it will startup an in-process Reports Server if it has not been started.
The command you run:
rwserver -install rep_mypcname autostart=yes
only install Reports Server as a service. It has nothing to do with OC4J instance, which you will still need to startup yourself. That's why http server is not up.
The difference is that if the Reports Server is up, after you start up OC4J, the in-process server will no longer need to be started.
-Jeff