OC4J Fails to startup with "ERROR Failed to set the internal configuration of the OC4J JMS Server" (Doc ID 372412.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 05, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

You are running Oracle Containers For J2EE (OC4J) version 10.1.3 on a system configured whose IP address is dynamic rather than static or can change (for example a laptop running DHCP or where Virtual Private Network (VPN) software can cause a change at the network level).

OC4J has been running successfully for some time but suddenly one of the OC4J instances may fail to start and raise the following error:

This problem applies to both the "standalone" and "Application Server" installation types for OC4J and can affect any defined OC4J instance (use the home, OC4J_that is using the OC4J "lightweight" JMS implementation

Changes

Either:

1. A change has taken place at the network level since you last started this OC4J instance.

   Possibilities include (but are not limited to) the following examples:

   • your server goes down abruptly and after a restart the IP address has changed
     (by getting a new DHCP address for instance)
   • you initiate a new VPN connection (which will change the IP address of your machine)
2. You have started a second OC4J instance and have it's configuration incorrectly pointing to the *same* persistence store directory as a different OC4J instance

Cause

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