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When starting DB Control Console an error message shows: System Error 5 Has Occurred (Doc ID 865617.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 31, 2021

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 10.2.0.2 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 10.2 to 11.2]
z*OBSOLETE: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)



Symptoms

After installing a database and the respective EM DBConsole on a Windows 2008 Server OS and trying to start the DB Control Console, the following error shows up:

D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin>emctl start dbconsole
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control Release 10.2.0.1.0
Copyright (c) 1996, 2006 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
http://<HOSTNAME.DOMAIN>:1158/em/console/aboutApplication

Error opening logfile for output in nmeula_new
Error opening logfile for output in nmeula_new
Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control ...System error 5 has occurred.

Cause

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