Sorry, had to fix a typo. It's the type when you don't include the word "not" it changes the entire meaning.
I have been working today on getting ARS 7.0 patch 1 installed on my desktop computer. The installation program has never completed successfully. I have attempted the installation about 20-25 times today. I installed the Oracle instance on Friday with no errors. I can login to SQL Plus without errors. WinXP Pro Oracle 10g R2 ARS 7.0 I think the problem has something to do with the ARAdmin user not able to connect to the Oracle instance. Arcache will Not add a user. The message states that it cannot connect to ARS. I have tried the install with and without PortMapper. The last status window displayed is "Preparing to import forms and data...". This is after the database is created and the Remedy service is started. The message goes away and there is no message box on the screen for about 45 seconds. Then the installation stops with "Failed to create a valid Admin user. This installation cannot complete importing of forms and data. A valid Admin user will need to be created and forms and data manually imported." After researching one of the errors I added the ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_HOME environment variables (and then rebooting). The last time I programmed and installed Oracle databases was in 2003. I have done a lot of searching online and the List. Could someone please point me in the right direction. It's probably one small setting that is causing all these errors. Thanks. ARERROR.LOG ----------------------- Mon Aug 28 13:32:30 2006 390600 : This version of the Action Request System(R) is ready for use or evaluation without purchasing or activating an authorization key. For unlimited capabilities, contact your sales representative. (ARNOTE 27) Mon Aug 28 13:32:30 2006 390600 : Failure while trying to connect to the SQL database. Please ensure the SQL database is running or contact the Database Administrator for help (ARERR 550) Mon Aug 28 13:32:30 2006 ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error Mon Aug 28 13:32:30 2006 390600 : Cannot initialize contact with SQL database (ARERR 551) Mon Aug 28 13:32:30 2006 Stop server Mon Aug 28 13:32:30 2006 390600 : AR System server terminated -- fatal error encountered (ARNOTE 21) ----------------------- CSS.LOG ----------------------- 2006-08-28 13:28:52.812: [ OCROSD][2472]utgdv:1:could not open registry key SOFTWARE\Oracle\ocr os error The system could not find the environment option that was entered. 2006-08-28 13:28:52.921: [ OCRRAW][2472]proprinit: Could not open raw device 2006-08-28 13:28:52.921: [ default][2472]a_init:7!: Backend init unsuccessful : [33] 2006-08-28 13:28:52.921: [ CSSCLNT][2472]clsssinit: error(33 ) in OCR initialization ------------------------ SQLNET.LOG ----------------------- Fatal NI connect error 12541, connecting to: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=TPA9PN0321.pbsj.com)(PORT=1521 ))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=tpa9pn03)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_ 1\bin\emagent.exe)(HOST=TPA9PN0321)(USER=OraUser)))) VERSION INFORMATION: TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production Windows NT TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production Time: 28-AUG-2006 13:26:39 Tracing not turned on. Tns error struct: ns main err code: 12541 TNS-12541: TNS:no listener ns secondary err code: 12560 nt main err code: 511 TNS-00511: No listener nt secondary err code: 61 nt OS err code: 0 ----------------------- Stephen _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org