DBCA fails with Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError" (Doc ID 1382820.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 21, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Launch of DBCA fails with error "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError"

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sysman/oii/oiil/OiilNativeException
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.attributes.InitParamAttributes.initialize(InitParamAttributes.java:559)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.attributes.InitParamAttributes.<init>(InitParamAttributes.java:529)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.StepContext.<init>(StepContext.java:309)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Host.<init>(Host.java:778)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.UIHost.<init>(UIHost.java:257)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.InteractiveHost.<init>(InteractiveHost.java:54)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.getHost(Dbca.java:164)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.execute(Dbca.java:112)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.main(Dbca.java:184)

Cause

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DBCA fails with Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError" (Doc ID 1382820.1)

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