Dbcontrol 11g Fails To Start Due To Time Zone Errors: Mismatch detected between timezone in env (Doc ID 1455760.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 19, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Unable to start DBconsole.

Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.2.0.3.0
Copyright (c) 1996, 2011 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
https://<HOSTNAME> :5500/em/console/aboutApplication
Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control ............................................................................................. failed.
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Logs are generated in directory <DB ORACLE_HOME>/<HOSTNAME_SID>/sysman/log

emdb.nohup file shows:

----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:23 2012::Console Launched with PID 18132 at time Fri Mar 23 09:07:23 2012 -----
----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:23 2012::osname is solaris -----
----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:24 2012::heap size used is 384M -----
----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:24 2012::perm size used is 400M -----
----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:24 2012::joptions used are -server -Xmx384M -XX:MaxPermSize=400M -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=40  -----
----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:25 2012::tzOffset for -07:00 is -420(min), but agent is runnning with tzOffset -360(min)
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----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:25 2012::trying again after waiting for 1 sec to account for daylight transition
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----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:25 2012::tzOffset for -07:00 is -420(min), but agent is runnning with tzOffset -360(min)
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----- Fri Mar 23 09:07:26 2012::Mismatch detected between timezone in env (UTC) and in <DB ORACLE_HOME>/<HOSTNAME_SID>/sysman/config/emd.properties (-07:00). Forcing value to latter.. -----

$ which emctl
/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db/bin/emctl

$ <DB ORACLE_HOME>/bin/emctl resettz agent
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.2.0.3.0
Copyright (c) 1996, 2011 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Updating <DB ORACLE_HOME>/<HOSTNAME_SID>/sysman/config/emd.properties...
----- Tue May 1 10:24:24 2012::tzOffset for -07:00 is -420(min), but agent is runnning with tzOffset -360(min)
 -----
----- Tue May 1 10:24:24 2012::trying again after waiting for 1 sec to account for daylight transition
 -----
----- Tue May 1 10:24:24 2012::tzOffset for -07:00 is -420(min), but agent is runnning with tzOffset -360(min)
 -----
resetTZ failed.
The agentTZRegion in:
<DB ORACLE_HOME>/<HOSTNAME_SID>/sysman/config/emd.properties
is not in agreement with what the agent thinks it should be.
Fix your environment.
Pick a TZ value that corresponds to time zone settings listed in:
<DB ORACLE_HOME>/sysman/admin/supportedtzs.lst

Cause

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