Weblogic is not getting started

[Debbie Tom]

Hi all,

Wen i start weblogic i get the following error:

<Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000364> <Server failed during initialization. Exception:weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]
java.lang.ClassCastException
at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initialize(EmbeddedLDAP.java:266)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeHere(T3Srvr.java:816)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:670)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:344)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
--------------- nested within: ------------------
weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]
at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initialize(EmbeddedLDAP.java:276)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeHere(T3Srvr.java:816)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:670)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:344)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
>
<Oct 17, 2005 11:18:38 AM IST> <Emergency> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000342> <Unable to initialize the server: weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]>
***************************************************************************
The WebLogic Server did not start up properly.
Exception raised: 'weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]'
Reason: weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]
***************************************************************************

and the startup is failing.
Can someone help me?

[Santosh Maskar]

Try to delete the ldap folder from "yourdomain/servername/ldap"
and then restart the server.

[Debbie Tom]

Hi Santosh,

Thanks for ur reply.But still i get the same error.



Error creating logFile: /usr/local/bea81/user_projects/domains/brindomain/brinserver/ldap/log/EmbeddedLDAP.log (Permission denied)
<Oct 17, 2005 4:19:15 PM IST> <Error> <EmbeddedLDAP> <000000> <Error opening the Transaction Log: /usr/local/bea81/user_projects/domains/brindomain/brinserver/ldap/ldapfiles/EmbeddedLDAP.tran (Permission denied)>
<Oct 17, 2005 4:19:15 PM IST> <Error> <EmbeddedLDAP> <000000> <Error Instantiating 'dc=brindomain': null>
<Oct 17, 2005 4:19:15 PM IST> <Critical> <EmbeddedLDAP> <BEA-171522> <An error occurred while initializing the Embedded LDAP Server. The exception thown is java.lang.ClassCastException. This may indicate a problem with the data files for the Embedded LDAP Server. If the problem is with the data files and it can not be corrected, backups of previous versions of the data files exist in /usr/local/bea81/user_projects/domains/brindomain/brinserver/ldap/backup.>
<Oct 17, 2005 4:19:15 PM IST> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000364> <Server failed during initialization. Exception:weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]
java.lang.ClassCastException
at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initialize(EmbeddedLDAP.java:266)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeHere(T3Srvr.java:816)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:670)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:344)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
--------------- nested within: ------------------
weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]
at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initialize(EmbeddedLDAP.java:276)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeHere(T3Srvr.java:816)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:670)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:344)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
>
<Oct 17, 2005 4:19:15 PM IST> <Emergency> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000342> <Unable to initialize the server: weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]>
***************************************************************************
The WebLogic Server did not start up properly.
Exception raised: 'weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]'
Reason: weblogic.server.ServiceFailureException: Error initializing Embedded LDAP Server - with nested exception:
[java.lang.ClassCastException]
***************************************************************************

[Santosh Maskar]

Originally posted by Debbie Tom:

Error creating logFile: /usr/local/bea81/user_projects/domains/brindomain/brinserver/ldap/log/EmbeddedLDAP.log (Permission denied)
<Oct 17, 2005 4:19:15 PM IST> <Error> <EmbeddedLDAP> <000000> <Error opening the Transaction Log: /usr/local/bea81/user_projects/domains/brindomain/brinserver/ldap/ldapfiles/EmbeddedLDAP.tran (Permission denied)>

you need to have the create/update permission for /usr/local/bea81/user_projects/domains/brindomain/brinserver/ldap/log folder