Error updating Server Instance DefaultServer ports: (null)

Ankit Gupta-Oracle

I have JDeveloper 11g, when I try to start the server by clicking Run > Start Server Instance I get this error:
**** Error updating Server Instance DefaultServer ports: (null)
[Server Instance DefaultServer was not started]

The IntegratedWLSConnection tests are also failing as server is not up.

To me it seems to be some configuration issue but I don't know which setting to change.
I have been facing this problem for a quite a time, please help me out with this otherwise I have no option other than re-install.

I am able to start the server from DefaultDomain > startWebLogic.cmd on the default port 7101.

625743

I am also getting this problem. I have just installed Studio Edition Version 11.1.1.1.0 and update a project from the previous version

Edit:
Now fixed - see later message

Edited by: user622740 on 16-Jul-2009 04:33

Arunkumar Ramamoorthy-Oracle

Can you try by renaming the system folder and then invoke jdev, start the server and see if it works?

625743

OK, I've fixed the problem. I discovered that when I created a database connection I got an error message saying that there was an illegal character in the path at index 30

file:\C:\DOCUME~1\U08654\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMP

Index 30 is the space character. It took me a while to work out that our desktops have the generation og 8.3 names disabled, by setting

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8Dot3NameCreation=1

I think this must have been set by desktop after installation, when the 8.3 name for "Documents and Settings" had already been created. Anyway I changed the temp directory (I changed both environment variables TMP and TEMP, I don't know which JDeveloper uses) to

C:\DOCUME~1\u08654\Temp

I also created an actual directory at that location!

I restarted JDeveloper and started with a completely fresh workspace. The create network connection worked without the error pop-up, and the server started without the "Error updating Server Instance DefaultServer ports: (null)" message.

Note that these steps were not necessary for the JDeveloper 11.1.1.0.2 release, which worked fine with a TEMP path containing spaces, so I think this is a minor regression with the later version.

Edited by: user622740 on 17-Jul-2009 00:21 - title change to show thai I have fixed it

712415

Hello,

Even i m getting the same error while Starting the default server.Port is 7101. I have just installed Studio Edition Version 11.1.1.1.0 and update a project from the previous version.Below is the error message.

****** Error updating Server Instance DefaultServer ports: (null)**
**[Server Instance DefaultServer was not started].**

Please let me know the appropriate fix for this.

Thanks,
-Santosh.

625743

See post before yours in this thread for how I fixed this problem

Ankit Gupta-Oracle

Re-Install also did not help.

I also have one more strange problem. The Integrated Weblogic Server Connection vanishes everytime I open JDeveloper. So I have to create it manually before deploying the application.

Ankit Gupta-Oracle

Hi Guys

I finally got it working.

This space in the path to window's temp directory was causing these issues.
I resolved this issue by changing the Environment Variables(change both User and System Variables) TEMP and TMP from
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp
to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP.

Now I am able to start the Integrated Weblogic Server from inside as well the IntegratedWLSConnection is not vanishing now.

:):):)Cheers:):):):)
Ankit