Thank you for your advise. I reconfigured the oracle instance and am up and running now. Thanks! Regards Leander Coetzee T 0112828633 C 0794908729 <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>Per Qvindesland <per@norhex.com> 15/04/2009 14:25 <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to Per Qvindesland <per@norhex.com></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td>Leander Coetzee <leander.coetzee@rmb.co.za> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td>"spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [Spacewalk-list] Monitoring Broken</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> Yup definetly a oracle problem a quick google gave me this one: <a href=http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28988/trouble.htm#BABCGAFJ>http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28988/trouble.htm#BABCGAFJ</a> and this is my google result: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=('Connection+attempt+failed',+12154,+'ORA-12154:+TNS:could+not+resolve+the+connect+identifier+specified%5Cn')&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=('Connection+attempt+failed',+12154,+'ORA-12154:+TNS:could+not+resolve+the+connect+identifier+specified%5Cn')&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8</a> Regards Per Qvindesland idea=`grep -i clue /dev/brain` test -z "$idea" && echo "sorry, init 6 in progress" || sh ./answer.sh --- Original message follows --- Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Monitoring Broken From: Leander Coetzee <leander.coetzee@rmb.co.za> To: "Per Qvindesland" <per@norhex.com> CC: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> Date: 15-04-2009 14:10 Hi I have a /usr/bin/spacewalk-debug which gives me the following: Something wrong with my tns names config maybe? :) Collecting and packaging relevant diagnostic information. Warning: this may take some time... * copying configuration information * copying logs * copying ssl-build * querying RPM database (versioning of Spacewalk, etc.) * querying schema version and database charactersets RHN 13940 2009/04/15 14:07:02 +02:00: ('Connection attempt failed', 12154, 'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified\n') ERROR: mistyped your connection string? RHN 13941 2009/04/15 14:07:03 +02:00: ('Connection attempt failed', 12154, 'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified\n') Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rhn-charsets", line 84, in ? options = processCommandline() File "/usr/bin/rhn-charsets", line 78, in processCommandline &nbs! p; rhnSQL.initDB(options.db) File "/usr/share/rhn/server/rhnSQL/__init__.py", line 99, in initDB __init__DB(backend, host, port, username, password, database) File "/usr/share/rhn/server/rhnSQL/__init__.py", line 52, in __init__DB __DB.connect() File "/usr/share/rhn/server/rhnSQL/driver_cx_Oracle.py", line 332, in connect raise apply(sql_base.SQLConnectError, err_args) server.rhnSQL.sql_base.SQLConnectError: (12154, 'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified\n', 'oracleinstance', 'Connection_Connect(): server attach') * get diskspace available * timestamping * creating tarball (may take some time): /tmp/spacewalk-debug.tar.bz2 tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. * removing temporary debug tree Debug dump created, stored in /tmp/spacewalk-debug.tar.bz2 Regards Leander Coetzee T 0112828633 C 0794908729 <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=34%>Per Qvindesland <per@norhex.com> 15/04/2009 13:20 <table border> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=center>Please respond to Per Qvindesland <per@norhex.com></div></table> <td width=65%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=11%> <div align=right>To</div> <td width=88%>Leander Coetzee <leander.coetzee@rmb.co.za> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td>"spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [Spacewalk-list] Monitoring Broken</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> Have you tried to run satellite-debug? Regards Per Qvindesland idea=`grep -i clue /dev/brain` test -z "$idea" && echo "sorry, init 6 in progress" || sh ./answer.sh --- Original message follows --- Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Monitoring Broken From: Leander Coetzee <leander.coetzee@rmb.co.za> To: "Per Qvindesland" <per@norhex.com> CC: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> Date: 15-04-2009 13:04 Hi Amusing. I installed spacewalk-proxy-monitoring-0.4.2-1.el5 and stuf! f seemed to break. What log files would i need to include to give you a better description of the problem? Regards Leander Coetzee T 0112828633 C 0794908729 <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=23%>Per Qvindesland <per@norhex.com> 15/04/2009 12:59 <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to Per Qvindesland <per@norhex.com></div></table> <td width=76%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=6%> <div align=right>To</div> <td width=93%>Leander Coetzee <leander.coetzee@rmb.co.za>, "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [Spacewalk-list] Monitoring Broken</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> Hi Did you re-configure something of install anything prior to this error appeared ? Regards Per Qvindesland idea=`grep -i clue /dev/brain` test -z "$idea" && echo "sorry, init 6 in progress" || sh ./answer.sh --- Original message follows --- Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Monitoring Broken From: Leander Coetzee <leander.coetzee@rmb.co.za> To: "spacewalk-list@redhat.com" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> Date: 15-04-2009 12:42 Hello I have some nasty errors starting rhn-satellite service. 2009-04-15 12:40:! 32 Monitoring: Debug level = 0 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: Switches: status 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: ============ STATUS =============== 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: ---- Monitoring backend functionality is disabled 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: ++++ Monitoring scout functionality is enabled 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: Last action: start 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: ** Installed for SysV startup ** 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: WARNING: STARTED BUT *NOT* RUNNING 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: ERRORS ENCOUNTERED DURING LAST ACTION: 2009-04! -15 12:40:32 Monitoring: !! Monitoring configuration load failed 2009-04-15 12:40:32 Monitoring: ----------- InstallSoftwareConfig STATUS --------------- 2009-04-15 12:40:32 InstallSoftwareConfig: Last action: start 2009-04-15 12:40:32 InstallSoftwareConfig: WARNING: STARTED BUT *NOT* RUNNING 2009-04-15 12:40:32 InstallSoftwareConfig: ERRORS ENCOUNTERED DURING LAST ACTION: 2009-04-15 12:40:32 InstallSoftwareConfig: !! Couldn! 't download NOCpulse.ini: 500 Internal Server Error Web front end has a blank screen. 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