EM 13C: Agent Failed To Start With Error "Registry Manager failed at Startup" (Doc ID 2957297.1)

Last updated on JUNE 29, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

 EM 13.5 Agent failed to start with below error:

<agent_base>/agent_13.5.0.0.0/bin/emctl start agent
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 5
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Starting agent ........ failed.
Registry Manager failed at Startup
Consult emctl.log and emagent.nohup in: <agent_base>/agent_inst/sysman/log

<AGENT_INST>/sysman/log/gcagent.log reports:

2023-03-06 03:21:38,301 [1:85C40EE0] ERROR - Agent failed to Startup for Registry Manager

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Missing registry file: <agent_base>/agent/agent_inst/sysman/registry.xml
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.metadata.RegistryManager.checkRegistryFile(RegistryManager.java:424)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.metadata.RegistryManager.getRegistryFile(RegistryManager.java:414)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.metadata.RegistryManager.init(RegistryManager.java:381)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.metadata.RegistryManager.tmNotifier(RegistryManager.java:306)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.tmmain.lifecycle.TMComponentSvc.invokeNotifier(TMComponentSvc.java:1052)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.tmmain.lifecycle.TMComponentSvc.invokeInitializationStep(TMComponentSvc.java:1137)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.tmmain.lifecycle.TMComponentSvc.doInitializationStep(TMComponentSvc.java:970)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.tmmain.lifecycle.TMComponentSvc.notifierDriver(TMComponentSvc.java:860)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.tmmain.TMMain.startup(TMMain.java:289)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.tmmain.TMMain.agentMain(TMMain.java:649)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.tmmain.TMMain.main(TMMain.java:638)

2023-03-06 03:21:38,302 [1:85C40EE0] INFO - Error while starting up (will do a shutdown)

Cause

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