Start Up Error On New Node Created by unpack Command: "missing the file config.xml"

(Doc ID 2340850.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 01, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle WebLogic Server - Version 10.3.5 to 10.3.5
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Start up error on new node after running the unpack command in the new node and attempting to start the managed server for the first time, we encounter the below error.
./startManagedWebLogic.sh oam_server1

weblogic.management.ManagementException: [Management:141249]The configuration directory /WLserver/webhome/Domainhome_OAM/user_projects/domains/oam_domain/config is missing the file config.xml and the admin server is not available to download it.
  at weblogic.management.provider.internal.RuntimeAccessImpl.parseNewStyleConfig(RuntimeAccessImpl.java:213)
  at weblogic.management.provider.internal.RuntimeAccessImpl.(RuntimeAccessImpl.java:115)
  at weblogic.management.provider.internal.RuntimeAccessService.start(RuntimeAccessService.java:41)
  at weblogic.t3.srvr.ServerServicesManager.startService(ServerServicesManager.java:462)
  at weblogic.t3.srvr.ServerServicesManager.startInStandbyState(ServerServicesManager.java:167)
  at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeStandby(T3Srvr.java:881)
  at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.startup(T3Srvr.java:568)
  at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:469)
  at weblogic.Server.main(Server.

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