EM 12c: Database and Listener Targets not Discovered with the Guided Process in Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control (Doc ID 2357284.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 18, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Enterprise Manager (EM) 12.1.0.4.0 Cloud Control
Database target Add Using Guided Process

Discovering a database (or related component) target in EM 12.1.0.4 Cloud Control using the Add Using Guided Process option fails because the expected targets are not listed for selection after target host entry.

This error message in is found in <agent base>/agent_inst/sysman/log/gcagent_sdk.trc:

2018-01-27 02:49:12,892 [2099242:GC.Executor.30655 (host:XXXXXX:DiscoverTargets) (host:<Hostname>:DiscoverTargets:Discovery)] ERROR - Stderr from discovery run for pluginId oracle.sysman.db : sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token '('
sh: -c: line 0: 'ps -ef | grep -w (DESCRIPTION_LIST | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}''
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token '('
sh: -c: line 0: 'ps -ef | grep -w (DESCRIPTION_LIST | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}''
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token '('
sh: -c: line 0: 'ps -ef | grep -w (DESCRIPTION_LIST | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}''

Cause

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