oidctl status Fails to Show Correct Information

Last updated on MARCH 08, 2017

Applies to:

Symptoms

• After starting OID using opmnctl, oidctl shows it as not running, using either of the SID or service name in the command:
  
  
  oidctl connect=ld3p status
    oidctl:Checking Oracle Internet Directory Processes ...
    Process oidmon is not running
    OIDLDAPD instance is not configured
...
  oidctl connect=ld3p.oracle.com status
    oidctl:Checking Oracle Internet Directory Processes ...
    Process oidmon is not running
    OIDLDAPD instance is not configured
...



• opmnctl status shows OID as Alive:
  
  
  Processes in Instance: ld3p.dbtest1
-------------------+--------------------+---------+---------
ias-component | process-type | pid | status
-------------------+--------------------+---------+---------
DSA | DSA | N/A | Down
HTTP_Server | HTTP_Server | N/A | Down
LogLoader | logloaderd | N/A | Down
dcm-daemon | dcm-daemon | N/A | Down
OID | OID | 5935172 | Alive



• A ps command shows the OID processes running:
  
  
  oracle 1114248 1 2 07:45:38 - 5:16 oidldapd connect=ld3p control=5099602 dispatcher=1 worker=2 debug=33554432 configset=0 instance=1 key=272919841 host=dbtest1 trcdimension=511 logchange=TRUE port=389 sport=636

oracle 5099602 1 3 07:45:37 - 0:45 /ld3p_orabase/product/oas10.1.4/bin/oidldapd connect=ld3p -p 389 -i 1 -conf 0 -sport 636 -sslenable 2 key=272919841

oracle 5935172 6193198 0 07:45:37 - 0:18 /ld3p_orabase/product/oas10.1.4/bin/oidmon connect=ld3p -opmnuid 680460306 start



• opmn.xml shows the same connect string as used in the oidctl comand:
  
  
  - <process-set id="OID" numprocs="1">
  - <module-data>
  - <category id="oidctl-parameters">
      <data id="connect" value="ld3p" />
      <data id="startoidldapd" value="true" />
  </category>
  - <category id="oidmon-parameters">
      <data id="connect" value="ld3p" />
      <data id="run-oidctl" value="true" />
  </category>
...


• ldapbind is successful to this OID
• oidctl status returns the correct information when using the hostname:
  
  
  oidctl host=dbtest1.oracle.com status
    oidctl:Checking Oracle Internet Directory Processes ...
    Process oidmon is alive as PID = 16061
    Checking OIDLDAPD instance 1 ... 
    Process oidldapd (dispatcher) is alive as PID = 16072 port=389 sslport=636
        oidldapd (server) is alive as PID = 16083
...



• $TNS_ADMIN is set to the OID $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin directory
• $PATH shows the OID $ORACLE_HOME/bin first
• $ORACLE_SID is set to the SID (ld3p)
  
• nslookup returns identical information for hostname, and hostname.domain
  
• ods.ods_process table shows the same records whether connecting with the listener (sqlplus ods/<pwd>@ld3p) or not (sqlplus ods/<pwd>), and the hostname listed is fully qualified (dbtest1.oracle.com)
• /etc/resolv.conf correctly shows a line with the domain:
  
  
  domain oracle.com
nameserver <ip>
nameserver <ip>


• sqlnet.ora correctly shows TNSNAMES first in the NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH
  
• tnsnames.ora includes the domain for the HOST parameter for this database
• The command 'hostname' returns only the hostname (no domain listed)
• Every line is commented out in the /etc/netsvc.conf
• "netstat -a" returns "dbtest1.<port>" instead of "dbtest1.oracle.com.<port>"
• The issue reported here was on AIX, which may or may not be relevant
  

Cause