OAC: Unable to Start the Managed Server (bi_server1) (Doc ID 2521595.1)

Last updated on JULY 11, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

When trying to start the services the process fails, in the <DOMAIN_HOME>/servers/bi_server1/logs/bi_server1.out file this error is seen:

<timestamp> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Server subsystem failed. Reason: A MultiException has 2 exceptions.  They are:
1. weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAPException: [EmbeddedLDAP:171525]Error loading initial replica file. Check the EmbeddedLDAP log for more details.
2. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: post construct on weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP

A MultiException has 2 exceptions.  They are:
1. weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAPException: [EmbeddedLDAP:171525]Error loading initial replica file. Check the EmbeddedLDAP log for more details.
2. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: post construct on weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP

    at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.create(ClazzCreator.java:392)
    at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.SystemDescriptor.create(SystemDescriptor.java:487)
    at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.AsyncRunLevelContext.findOrCreate(AsyncRunLevelContext.java:305)
    at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.RunLevelContext.findOrCreate(RunLevelContext.java:85)
    at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Utilities.createService(Utilities.java:2126)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAPException: [EmbeddedLDAP:171525]Error loading initial replica file. Check the EmbeddedLDAP log for more details.
    at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.loadInitialReplicaFile(EmbeddedLDAP.java:1030)
    at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.start(EmbeddedLDAP.java:342)
    at weblogic.server.AbstractServerService.postConstruct(AbstractServerService.java:76)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
> 
<timestamp> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FAILED.> 
<timestamp> <Error> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000383> <A critical service failed. The server will shut itself down.> 
<timestamp> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FORCE_SHUTTING_DOWN.>

This only happens on a non-IDCS enabled instance.

Cause

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