RCU Errors: "ConnectionFactory::<init>: Could not find driver" and "isConnectionStepValidated: Failed to connect database: No suitable driver found" (Doc ID 2374634.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 25, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Running Repository Creation Utility (RCU) fails with the following error in the rcu.log:

NOTIFICATION rcu: oracle.sysman.assistants.common.dbutil.jdbc.JDBCEngine::connect: Connecting to database: user:sys, role:null, connectString:(description=(address=(host=<host>)(protocol=tcp)(port=<port>))(connect_data=(service_name=<servicename>)(server=dedicated))) 
ERROR rcu: oracle.sysman.assistants.common.dbutil.jdbc.ConnectionFactory::<init>: Could not find driver: 
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver 
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366) 
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355) 
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) 
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354) 
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425) 
...

ERROR rcu: oracle.sysman.assistants.rcu.backend.validation.StepValidator::isConnectionStepValidated: Failed to connect database: No suitable driver found for jdbc:oracle:thin:@(description=(address=(host=host.domain)(protocol=tcp)(port=<port>))(connect_data=(service_name=<servicename>)(server=dedicated))) 
ERROR rcu: oracle.sysman.assistants.rcu.backend.validation.StepValidator::isConnectionStepValidated: SQLFatalErrorException:
oracle.sysman.assistants.common.dbutil.SQLFatalErrorException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:oracle:thin:@(description=(address=(host=<host>)(protocol=tcp)(port=<port>))(connect_data=(service_name=<servicename>)(server=dedicated))) 
        at oracle.sysman.assistants.common.dbutil.jdbc.JDBCEngine.connect(JDBCEngine.java:585) 
        at oracle.sysman.assistants.rcu.backend.validation.StepValidator.connectDatabase(StepValidator.java:358) 
        at oracle.sysman.assistants.rcu.backend.validation.StepValidator.connectDatabase(StepValidator.java:253) 
        at oracle.sysman.assistants.rcu.backend.validation.StepValidator.isConnectionStepValidated(StepValidator.java:1352) 
        at oracle.sysman.assistants.rcu.ui.pages.DBConnectionPage.updateModel(DBConnectionPage.java:552) 
        at oracle.sysman.assistants.common.wizard.WizardPageExt.wizardValidatePage(WizardPageExt.java:166) 
....

Cause

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