Sunday 12 June 2016

Adpatch Worker Fails with "ORA-01031: insufficient privileges"

While Applying Patch on Customer environment, adpatch failed with error

Worker log has the below error.
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GRANT select on DBA_USERS_WITH_DEFPWD to em_oam_monitor_role

AD Worker error:
The following ORACLE error:

ORA-01031: insufficient privileges


occurred while executing the SQL statement:

GRANT select on DBA_USERS_WITH_DEFPWD to em_oam_monitor_role

Error occurred in file

/test12/applmgr/1200/ad/12.0.0/patch/115/sql/ademusr.sql

with arguments '&systempwd &un_fnd &pw_fnd &un_apps &pw_apps'.

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Solution
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1.Login to oracle database server as oracle user

2. Connect to sqlplus as sysdba and run the failed sql statement
sqlplus / as sysdba

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

SQL> GRANT select on DBA_USERS_WITH_DEFPWD to em_oam_monitor_role
  2  ;

Grant succeeded.

SQL>


3. Use adctrl to skip the failed worker (Option 8) and continue with Patching

Weblogic Admin Server Startup Fails with "weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid"

After Changing Weblogic Password in boot.properties, Admin Server Fails to Startup.
Below error is reported in Admin Server Logfile.

<May 10, 2017 10:10:18 AM CDT> <Critical> <Security> <BEA-090402> <Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.> 


Solution
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1.Shutdown Admin Server and Nodemanager
2.Go to $DOMAIN_HOME/servers/Admin Server>/data
3.Delete the boot.properties
4.Delete the whole ldap folder
5.Start the node-manager
6.Start Admin Server

Monday 23 May 2016

"lsnrctl: symbol lookup error: lsnrctl: undefined symbol: nlgh" while starting Oracle Database listener

After Applying PSU, database listener failed to start with below error

 $ lsnrctl start testdb
lsnrctl: symbol lookup error: lsnrctl: undefined symbol: nlgh


Solution
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1.Relink network executables using below command

$  make -kf ins_net_server.mk install
/bin/chmod 755 /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/
 - Linking tnslsnr
rm -f tnslsnr
gcc -o tnslsnr -m64 -z noexecstack -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/network/lib/ -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/stubs/  /testdb/oracle/product/11204/network/lib/s0nsgl.o /testdb/oracle/product/11204/network/lib/snsglp.o -lclntsh  `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lnro11 `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lnnz11 -lzt11 -lztkg11 -lclient11 -lnnetd11  -lvsn11 -lcommon11 -lgeneric11 -lmm -lsnls11 -lnls11  -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lxml11 -lcore11 -lunls11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lnls11 `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lnro11 `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lclient11 -lnnetd11  -lvsn11 -lcommon11 -lgeneric11   -lsnls11 -lnls11  -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lxml11 -lcore11 -lunls11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lnls11 -lclient11 -lnnetd11  -lvsn11 -lcommon11 -lgeneric11 -lsnls11 -lnls11  -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lxml11 -lcore11 -lunls11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lnls11   `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/sysliblist` -Wl,-rpath,/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib -lm    `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/sysliblist` -ldl -lm   -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib -lons -lnl11  -ln11 -lnlsnr11 -lnlsnrc11 -lnsgr11 -lnms -lncm11 -lnmsp -lpeer -lnro11 -ln11   -lnl11 -lnlsnr11 -lnlsnrc11 -lnms -lncm11 -lnmsp -ln11     -lm
mv -f /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/tnslsnr /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/tnslsnr0
mv tnslsnr /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/tnslsnr
/bin/chmod 751 /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/tnslsnr
 - Linking lsnrctl
rm -f lsnrctl
gcc -o lsnrctl -m64 -z noexecstack -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/network/lib/ -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/stubs/  /testdb/oracle/product/11204/network/lib/s0nsglc.o -lclntsh  `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lnro11 `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lnnz11 -lzt11 -lztkg11 -lclient11 -lnnetd11  -lvsn11 -lcommon11 -lgeneric11 -lmm -lsnls11 -lnls11  -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lxml11 -lcore11 -lunls11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lnls11 `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lnro11 `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/ldflags`    -lncrypt11 -lnsgr11 -lnzjs11 -ln11 -lnl11 -lclient11 -lnnetd11  -lvsn11 -lcommon11 -lgeneric11   -lsnls11 -lnls11  -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lxml11 -lcore11 -lunls11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lnls11 -lclient11 -lnnetd11  -lvsn11 -lcommon11 -lgeneric11 -lsnls11 -lnls11  -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lxml11 -lcore11 -lunls11 -lsnls11 -lnls11 -lcore11 -lnls11   `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/sysliblist` -Wl,-rpath,/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib -lm    `cat /testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib/sysliblist` -ldl -lm   -L/testdb/oracle/product/11204/lib -lnl11  -ln11 -lnlsnr11 -lnlsnrc11 -lnsgr11 -lnms -lncm11 -lnmsp -lpeer -lnro11 -ln11   -lnl11 -lnlsnr11 -lnlsnrc11 -lnms -lncm11 -lnmsp -ln11     -lm
mv -f /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/lsnrctl /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/lsnrctl0
mv lsnrctl /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/lsnrctl
/bin/chmod 751 /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/lsnrctl


2. Restart Database Listener

$ lsnrctl start testdb

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production on 16-MAY-2016 02:00:20

Copyright (c) 1991, 2013, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Starting /testdb/oracle/product/11204/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...

TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production
System parameter file is /testdb/oracle/product/11204/network/admin/testdb/listener.ora
Log messages written to /testdb/log/network/testdb.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=dblocalhost)(PORT=1523)))

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=dblocalhost)(PORT=1523)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
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Alias                     testdb
Version                   TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production
Start Date                16-MAY-2016 02:00:20
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
Listener Parameter File   /testdb/oracle/product/11204/network/admin/testdb/listener.ora
Listener Log File         /testdb/log/network/testdb.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=dblocalhost)(PORT=1523)))
Services Summary...
Service "testdb" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "testdb", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully