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Oracle VM Server in locked state. "Error init XMLRPC Server: [Errno 98] Address already in use" when trying to restart Oracle VM Server Agent (Doc ID 2390517.1)

Last updated on MARCH 05, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.2.6 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Oracle VM Servers in locked state, no jobs can be started.
After an apparently successful restart of the ovs-agent, we see the error "DEBUG (xmlrpc:423) Error init XMLRPC Server: [Errno 98] Address already in use" in the ovs-agent.log .

Cause

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