Admin Server Start Exception: Error occurred while performing nmStart

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Hello All I recently intalled OBIEE 12c in my machine Windows 10. Installation was successful and all the services were up, eventually when i restarted my machine, i was unable to start the services using start.cmd and gives me below : C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\bitools\bin>start.cmd BI_PRODUCT_HOME set as C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\bi\ ORACLE_HOME set as C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home Starting domain; Using domainHome: C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\bi\bin\..\..\user_projects\domains\bi ... Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ... Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell Type help() for help on available commands

NodeManager already running Reading domain... /Servers/AdminServer/ListenPort=9500 Accessing admin server using URL t3://DESKTOP-CCNOE28:9500 Starting AdminServer ... Admin Server Start Exception: Error occurred while performing nmStart : Error Starting server AdminServer : Received error message from Node Manager Server: [Server start command for WebLogic server 'AdminServer' failed due to: [Server failed to start up but Node Manager was not aware of the reason]. Please check Node Manager log and/or server 'AdminServer' log for detailed information.]. Please check Node Manager log for details. Use dumpStack() to view the full stacktrace : Reading domain... Use dumpStack() to view the full stacktrace : Reading domain... /Servers/AdminServer/ListenPort=9500 Accessing admin server using URL t3://DESKTOP-CCNOE28:9500 Requesting credentials ... Enter Weblogic login details at prompt Weblogic Username:weblogic Weblogic Password: Starting AdminServer ... The command prompt closes automatically after certain time from here.... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you

AG2023 · Answer

Thank you Gianni.

Lots of information.

Gianni Ceresa · Answer

Hi,

I would suggest you go on a linux VM as it's free (Windows Server you can get it for trial I guess but at some point it will expire). So for linux I generally take Oracle Enterprise linux for the simple reason that Oracle also use this one (as they release it).

If you install it (latest version works fine, so 7.3) with a GUI then the install is covered in many blogs, for example you can check http://bisoftdiary.com/obiee12c_linux_installation  .

If you prefer a linux without GUI then you can install using response files, you find hints here for example: https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/obiee-12c-silent-installation-on-ol7-12212

If you still prefer to stay on a Windows Server VM you can then follow that kind of blog post https://realtrigeek.com/2016/04/07/installing-obiee-on-windows/

Finally my preferred way to install and use OBIEE lately: docker !

You find all the required things on GitHub https://github.com/gianniceresa/docker-images and also https://gianniceresa.com/2016/09/a-simple-way-to-have-an-obiee-setup-why-not-docker/  and https://gianniceresa.com/2016/09/a-full-obiee-in-1-command-docker-compose-can-do-it/  .

If you look inside the Dockerfile you also find all the commands for an install on linux without GUI.

As you see you have lot of options, without forgetting SampleApp as Christian said in his post above.

So install Virtualbox and then decide which way you want to follow (Windows or Linux, if Linux gui or no gui).

On windows 10 I still didn't test docker natively (too recent for me) so can't really say if it's a possible approach, if you are on a Mac it will works just fine or you can also install a linux VM and install docker there inside (but of course will require to be get familiar with docker first if you aren't already).

I would say the most important is that as long as you use a supported OS all the possible you will maybe have (honestly 98% chances you don't see a single one) are things easier to answer as it's possible other already get there at some point, while a Windows 10 depends too much on what else you have on your system etc (it's a too personal system compared to a clean VM install).

AG2023 · Answer

Giani Ceresa

Thank you for your response. Could you please provide few installation steps to install OBIEE on VM.