Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting

Connection Manager Problems

This section provides suggested solutions for some common problems related to the use of Connection Manager.

CMAN Refuses to Start

Symptom

You issue a CMCTL START command to start Connection Manager, and you receive the following messages:

ADMIN Status:
(STATUS=(VERSION=8.1.6.0.0)(STARTED=26-SEP-2000 10:27:37)(STATE=RUNNING))
Failed to start service, error 0.
TNS-04002: CMCTL: error while starting the Connection Manager

The Connection Manager Administrator (CMADMIN) has started, but the Connection Manager Gateway (CMGW) has not.

Possible solution

The problem may lie in your cman.ora file. Check the number of parentheses in the address list entry for cman. If the address list can’t be parsed because the syntax is incorrect, cman won’t start and you’ll get an error such as the one shown here.

CMADMIN Is Running and Cannot Be Stopped

Symptom

The Connection Manager Administrator (CMADMIN) process is running by itself and won’t shut down when you issue a CMCTL STOP command.

Possible solution

There are two possible solutions for this problem. CMCTL STOP stops both CMADMIN and CMAN, but only if they are both running. If CMADMIN is running by itself, you should be able to stop it using the CMCTL STOP ADM command. If you are running on Windows NT, another solution is to go to the Services control panel, and stop the CMAdmin service.

You Have Hung Connections

Symptom

Clients have connected via Connection Manager, and the Connection Manager instance has subsequently been aborted. ...