Oafm,Forms and Oacore Not Starting Up

Oafm,Forms and Oacore Not Starting Up After IP Address Change [ID 412980.1]

Applies to:

Oracle Applications Manager - Version: 12.0.0 to 12.1.3 - Release: 12 to 12.1
Oracle Application Install - Version: 12.0.0 to 12.1.3   [Release: 12 to 12.1]
Oracle Applications Technology Stack - Version: 12.0 to 12.1.3   [Release: 12.0 to 12.1]
Linux x86-64
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Application Install - Version: 12.0.0 to 12.1.3
***Checked for relevance on 17-Apr-2011***

Symptoms

Checked for relevance by ATG-ICM Subject Matter Expert (SME): 01-February-2007

oafm, forms and oacore not starting up after IP adress change of the Oracle Applications Server                    

Error from the logs:

adformsctl.sh or adformsctl..cmd: exiting with status 204
adoafmctl.sh or adoafmctl.cmd: exiting with status 204
adoacorectl.sh or adoacorectl.cmd: exiting with status 204

Processes in Instance: PROD_xxxx.xxxx.com

iAS Component	process-type	pid	Status
OC4J	oafm	19011	Down
OC4J	forms	19394	Down
OC4J	oacore	19284	Down
HTTP_Server	HTTP_Server	18915	Alive
ASG	ASG	N/A	Down

Changes

A change has taken place at the network level since you last started this OC4J instance

Cause

The OC4J lock files contains the IP adress, after the ip adress change the lock files includes the wrong Ip  adress which caused the OJ4J to fail

Solution

1 - Be sure to have a valid Backup
2 - Open a new shell and set your apps environment
3 - cd <ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME>
4 - adopmnctl.sh stop or adopmnctl.cmd stop for windows

5 - Check if it is really down: ps -ef | grep <USER> grep opm for windows check if all java.exe processes are gone.

6 - Delete the following:

rm -fr $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/j2ee/oacore/persistence/*
rm -fr $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/j2ee/oafm/persistence/*
rm -fr $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.3/j2ee/forms/persistence/*

for windows

rm -fr %INST_TOP%\ora\10.1.3\j2ee\oacore\persistence\*
rm -fr %INST_TOP%\ora\10.1.3\j2ee\oafm\persistence\*
rm -fr %INST_TOP%\ora\10.1.3\j2ee\forms\persistence\*

Use use the explorer to validate if they are deleted for windows.

6 - Execute autoconfig at the Application Tier
7 - Start all Applications Services
8 - Check if the issue has been resolved: adapcctl.sh status or for windows adapcctl.cmd status