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

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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