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13c Agent Failed to Start With Error "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/Category" (Doc ID 2853069.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 17, 2023

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager Base Platform - Version 13.3.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

EM 13.3 Agent failed to start with below error

<agent_base>/agent_13.3.0.0.0/bin/emctl start agent
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/Category
at oracle.sysman.emd.targetIntg.TargetInstaller.<clinit>(TargetInstaller.java:83)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.Category
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:312)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
... 1 more
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 3
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Starting agent ...........................................................................................................................failed.
Consult emctl.log and emagent.nohup in: <agent_base>/agent_inst/sysman/log

 

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