Windows listener +service does not start automatically eventhough Automatic

Question

Hi
When I restart the database server, the listener is not starting automatically , so as the service.
Both are set to start automatically.
This was working before and all of a sudden, this problem appeared.
I dont remember changing any setting on the database side but on windows server side, not sure if anything is changed.
The error we received:
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The OracleServiceGEOOAP service failed to start due to the following error: %%1053 Service error on GEPGPO01-V
The OracleOraDb11g_home1TNSListener service failed to start due to the following error: %%1053 Service error on GEPGPO01-V
alert log
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Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to:
(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))
VERSION INFORMATION:
     TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production
     Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production
Time: 11-MAR-2011 15:44:26
Tracing not turned on.
Tns error struct:
ns main err code: 12638
TNS-12638: Credential retrieval failed
ns secondary err code: 0
nt main err code: 0
nt secondary err code: 0
nt OS err code: 0
listener.log
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Fri Mar 11 15:44:23 2011
11-MAR-2011 15:44:23 * service_update * geop * 0
11-MAR-2011 15:44:29 * service_died * geooap * 12547
TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact
11-MAR-2011 15:44:30 * service_died * geop * 12547
TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact
Fri Mar 11 15:44:37 2011
11-MAR-2011 15:44:37 * (CONNECT_DATA=(SID=GEOOAP)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\Program Files\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle\toad.exe)(HOST=D00661)(USER=app_nathv))) * (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.4.136.230)(PORT=65288)) * establish * GEOOAP * 12505
TNS-12505: TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
11-MAR-2011 15:44:41 * (CONNECT_DATA=(SID=GEOOAP)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\Program Files\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle\toad.exe)(HOST=D00661)(USER=app_nathv))) * (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.4.136.230)(PORT=65289)) * establish * GEOOAP * 12505
TNS-12505: TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
11-MAR-2011 15:44:43 * (CONNECT_DATA=(SID=GEOOAP)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\Program Files\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle\toad.exe)(HOST=D00661)(USER=app_nathv))) * (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.4.136.230)(PORT=65290)) * establish * GEOOAP * 12505
TNS-12505: TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
Fri Mar 11 15:53:46 2011
So now we have to manually restart the listener and service , for the database to be opened. Is it possible to give direction what areas need to check, to solve this issue?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Krithi,
Can you confirm my understanding here:
* Since a short time the automatic startup of the listener and Oracle instance fail.
* You can manually startup the listener and database instance without any problem, and then all runs as expected
so far so good?
What's your procedure to start the listener and DB instances?
Are you performing the startups with your own user account, or SYSTEM, or a dedicated Oracle account?
Are the windows services running under SYSTEM, a dedicated Oracle user....??
Could it be that the system administrator installed something (like a new Oracle client) which would have changed some settings?
Can you compare the environment variables (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, PATH) between the account YOU use for manual startup and those for the user account used to (auto)start the services?
Maybe you can try to plan a reboot after you have set the problematic services to run under your profile?
Well.... a few points to investigate if not yet considered.
HTH,
Thierry