OBIEE 12C Silent Installation Failed With Error: "Service instance initialization failed" (Doc ID 2228704.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 02, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

After Installing OBIEE for the first time, the error message is observed in saw log: 

Error message in saw log:

[OBIPS] [ERROR:16] [] [saw.soap.makesession] [<ecid>] [tid: <TID>] [SI-Name: ] [IDD-Name: ] [IDD-GUID: ] [userId: ] Authentication error. Invalid session ID or session expired (session ID ending with '')
Service instance initialization failed.
LCM Config XML file parsing error.[[
File:soapservicesimpl.cpp
Line:207
Location:
  saw.soap.makesession
  saw.soap.sessionrequesthandler
  saw.SOAP
  saw.httpserver.request.soaprequest
  saw.rpc.server.responder
  saw.rpc.server
  saw.rpc.server.handleConnection
  saw.rpc.server.dispatch
  saw.threadpool.socketrpcserver
  saw.threads
]]

Exception No Such Service instance Path Not Present <Domain_Home>/user_projects/domains/APCC_domain_t/bidata/service_instances/apcc/metadata/services.xml

Cause

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