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WLS Managed Server Restart Fails With: "Server failed. Reason: There is either a problem contacting the database or there is another instance of SERVERNAME running" (Doc ID 2412518.1)

Last updated on JULY 26, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebLogic Server - Version 10.3.6 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

As part of testing Server migration, the managed server was killed using kill -9 and NodeManager attempts to restart the server on the same machine. However, the restart failed with the following error:

Changes

 

Cause

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