update : during install to port 700 sysem creates all files and appears to run under restart it and attempts to start doing "Steams?" over 445 -- Not a MSSQL guru not sure why it does that or why it moved the port...
the application server service bmc server does not start after a failed install give some ms error 1067 On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 5:15 AM, JD Hood <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > I've learned to watch for the installer to seemingly stall at the point > where it does that restart. If it does stall, I immediately head to the > ar.cfg to see if the DB host values ("Sybase-Server-Name:" or similar?) are > correct and if not, edit them with notepad to get it going again. It is a > bit forgiving since the restart will keep trying to connect to the DB for a > loooooong time (not sure how long or how many attempts), but as soon as I > save the file, it seems to pick it up and continue on the next attempt. > > The cause could be self-inflicted, as in -- the customer initially gives > me DB info without specifying the port and I try 1433 to start, only to > have the DBA later say, "Oh yeah, I changed the port to (blah)...". Then it > seems the installer config file may on some occasions appear to stubbornly > keep referencing the initial incorrect value or something (I'm not sure > exactly what/why). > > I've also been given DB hosts that, during the install, I find they can't > be resolved in DNS and I have to edit the hosts file mid-install to get the > DB to ping by hostname. I usually do check that before install, but > sometimes you work with folks who seem quite competent and the last thing > you expect is that they stand up a DB server and for whatever reason, they > don't mention that they either forgot or intentionally didn't create a DNS > entry for it. Weirder things have happened... > > Best of luck and I hope you get it figured out! > -JDHood > > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Zandi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Weird. I have several servers in one case I could make it work with. >> Host name,700 >> In the ar.conf. Never seen that one before. Lol >> But the ones that were patched and then unmatched we cannot get to work >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 7, 2014, at 3:00 PM, JD Hood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ** >> Have you tried editing the ar.cfg manually? I've edited it in the middle >> of an active install to get around this. >> >> Good Luck!! >> -JDHood >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 11:22 AM, patrick zandi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> ** >>> ENV 2008 r2 64 bit server >>> Server is VM with ARS 8.1.01.001 actively running fine against a MSSQL >>> cluster. >>> >>> All of a sudden all systems stopped working >>> >>> so we tried a fresh install, and now (after if was working for months) a >>> bug/error where during the install it creates the instance on the cluster >>> using a unique port 700 lets say, and then it restarts the ARS application >>> and starts connecting to 1433 ? >>> What in the World --- support is almost non resistant. I opened a >>> Critical ticket but is is being thrown under the bus. >>> >>> Any Idea's >>> >>> Question: BMC Does not even reference using the mssql client... and is >>> there a way to tell the application to use the client, just wondering. >>> >>> -- >>> Patrick Zandi >>> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ >> >> >> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ >> >> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ >> > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > -- Patrick Zandi _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
