Upgrading iPE reports Failed to connect to database and Node name doesn't match slave errors

Upgrading iPE reports Failed to connect to database and Node name doesn't match slave errors

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Article ID: KB0081060

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Products Versions
TIBCO iProcess Engine (Oracle) All supported versions

Description

During the upgrade of iProcess Engine (Oracle) the messages below are displayed after completing the "Select components to configure" dialogue:

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Using utilities to check the node information,

%SWDIR%\util\plist -n
%SWDIR%\util\swadm show_servers

results in "Error -1001: Database Connect Error: see sw_warn file for details" messages being returned.

The messages written to the sw_warn.log are:

2018/04/18 14:43:17.696116(<unknown>:0:4360:1::::unknown_swuser:idl.c:83006:6104): 1945-Database error: fil_init() OCIServerAttach Failed (Statement ID - 0) (ORA-12557: TNS: protocol adapter not loadable)

2018/04/18 18:00:09.759137(<unknown>:0:5616:1::::unknown_swuser:idl.c:83006:6104): 1945-Database error: fil_init() OCIServerAttach Failed (Statement ID - 0) (ORA-12154: TNS: could not resolve the connect identifier specified)

Issue/Introduction

Upgrading iPE reports Failed to connect to database and Node name doesn't match slave errors

Environment

TIBCO iProcess Engine (Oracle) Windows platform

Resolution

Ensure the ORACLE_HOME\NETWORK\ADMIN directory has sufficient permissions for the iProcess users to be able to read the tnsnames.ora file.