Error Starting Essbase After Applying Microsoft Patches "Failed to initialize EPM Shared Services Security instance." (Doc ID 1377201.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to start Essbase in the foreground and Shared Services after MS Security Patches were applied, the following error occurs:

Failed to initialize EPM Shared Services Security instance. Oracle Instance is not defined.It needs to be defined either as an environment variable or as a system argument.. Verify EPM System Registry configuration.

Warning: Invalid or Obsolete Configuration Setting - essbase.cfg(15): "InstanceName Essbase1"

Exception in thread "main" EPMCSS-00002: Failed to initialize EPM Shared Services Security instance. Oracle Instance is not defined. It needs to be defined either as an environment variable or as a system argument.. Verify EPM System Registry configuration.

Changes

Microsoft patches were applied.

Cause

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