Service won't start after Oracle 8i installation

[bhunter]

I just installed Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition, and I am having some trouble getting one of the services to start. As a result, I am not able to login to the the console because the management server is not running. I am running Oracle on a Windows NT machine, and the event viewer reports the following:

The OracleOraHome81Agent service hung on starting.

When I try to start the management console, I get an error message telling me to verify the hostname and the state of the management server. I know that this service didn't start so it make sense that I can't login. Does anyone have a clue as to what might be going on? It is frustrating because I basically have an install that I can't do anything with at the moment.

Thanks.

 

[Guest_imported]

Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I am running into the same thing. Ours is the standard edition of 8.17

 

[bhunter]

Hi,

I'm still learning quite a bit about Oracle, but I think I know what you need to do. Did you create a repository for the Oracle Management Server? If you haven't done this then the service won't be able to start. Start up the "Configuration Assistant" and create a new repository. In the process you will create a repository user. When you are finished, the management server should be started. You should be able to login to the Management Console at that point. The first time you login use username: sysman and pw: oem_temp. Give that a try and let me know how it works.