Monthly Archives: May 2012

Some VirtualBox Commands

Posted by on May 10, 2012 No comments

VBoxManage Commands

By default, the VBoxManage command (VBoxManage.exe) on Windows is located in the C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox directory. You need to change to this directory or place this directory in the PATH environment variable.

1. To list all existing virtual hard drives:

VBoxManage list hdds

For example:

UUID:        1817c1f6-6888-4105-b46d-e3135a99cfcb
Parent UUID: base
Format:      VDI
Location:    C:VasudevVirtualBoxWindows XPWindows XP.vdi
State:       inaccessible
Type:        normal

UUID:        260bd00a-d35e-47b5-8c4d-1821ec008818
Parent UUID: 1817c1f6-6888-4105-b46d-e3135a99cfcb
Format:      VDI
Location:    E:VirtualBoxWindows XPSnapshots/{260bd00a-d35e-47b5-8c4d-1821ec0
08818}.vdi
State:       created
Type:        normal

UUID:        712e180b-bbf0-4d0d-ac64-81d545a5669e
Parent UUID: 1817c1f6-6888-4105-b46d-e3135a99cfcb
Format:      VDI
Location:    E:VirtualBoxWindows XPSnapshots/{712e180b-bbf0-4d0d-ac64-81d545a
5669e}.vdi
State:       created
Type:        normal

2. To remove an existing or inaccessible virtual hard drive:

VBoxManage closemedium      disk|dvd|floppy <uuid>|<filename>
                            [--delete]

For example:

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe closemedium disk 1817c1f6-6888
-4105-b46d-e3135a99cfcb
VBoxManage.exe: error: Cannot close medium 'C:VasudevVirtualBoxWindows XPWin
dows XP.vdi' because it has 2 child media
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c), componen
t Medium, interface IMedium, callee IUnknown
Context: "Close()" at line 1186 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe closemedium disk 260bd00a-d35e
-47b5-8c4d-1821ec008818

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe closemedium disk 712e180b-bbf0
-4d0d-ac64-81d545a5669e

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe closemedium disk 1817c1f6-6888
-4105-b46d-e3135a99cfcb

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>

3. To start a virtual machine without a console (i.e. ‘headless’):

VBoxManage startvm          <uuid>|<name>...
                            [--type gui|sdl|headless]

dsfdfs

4. After manually copying a VirtualBox hard drive in Windows Explorer and adding it to a newly created VM in the VirtualBox GUI, the following error appears:

Failed to open the hard disk J:VirtualBoxPatch11iPatch11i1.vdi.
Cannot register the hard disk 'J:VirtualBoxPatch11iPatch11i1.vdi' 
{d2696d49-07c6-46bd-9e31-84b4c5fa649b} because a hard disk 
'I:VirtualBoxOEL5VIS4BIOEL5VIS4I1.vdi' with UUID 
{d2696d49-07c6-46bd-9e31-84b4c5fa649b} already exists.
Result Code: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057)
Component: VirtualBox
Interface: IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}

Use the internalcommands parameter with VBoxManage.exe to set a change the hard drive’s UUID:

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe internalcommands
Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 4.1.16
(C) 2005-2012 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.

Usage: VBoxManage internalcommands <command> [command arguments]

Commands:

  loadsyms <vmname>|<uuid> <symfile> [delta] [module] [module address]
      This will instruct DBGF to load the given symbolfile
      during initialization.

  unloadsyms <vmname>|<uuid> <symfile>
      Removes <symfile> from the list of symbol files that
      should be loaded during DBF initialization.

  sethduuid <filepath> [<uuid>]
       Assigns a new UUID to the given image file. This way, multiple copies
       of a container can be registered.

  sethdparentuuid <filepath> <uuid>
       Assigns a new parent UUID to the given image file.

  dumphdinfo <filepath>
       Prints information about the image at the given location.

  listpartitions -rawdisk <diskname>
       Lists all partitions on <diskname>.

  createrawvmdk -filename <filename> -rawdisk <diskname>
                [-partitions <list of partition numbers> [-mbr <filename>] ]
                [-relative]
       Creates a new VMDK image which gives access to an entite host disk (if
       the parameter -partitions is not specified) or some partitions of a
       host disk. If access to individual partitions is granted, then the
       parameter -mbr can be used to specify an alternative MBR to be used
       (the partitioning information in the MBR file is ignored).
       The diskname is on Linux e.g. /dev/sda, and on Windows e.g.
       \.PhysicalDrive0).
       On Linux or FreeBSD host the parameter -relative causes a VMDK file to
       be created which refers to individual partitions instead to the entire
       disk.
       The necessary partition numbers can be queried with
         VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions

  renamevmdk -from <filename> -to <filename>
       Renames an existing VMDK image, including the base file and all its exten
ts.

  converttoraw [-format <fileformat>] <filename> <outputfile>
       Convert image to raw, writing to file.

  converthd [-srcformat VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW]
            [-dstformat VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW]
            <inputfile> <outputfile>
       converts hard disk images between formats

  modinstall
       Installs the necessary driver for the host OS

  moduninstall
       Deinstalls the driver

  debuglog <vmname>|<uuid> [--enable|--disable] [--flags todo]
           [--groups todo] [--destinations todo]
       Controls debug logging.

  passwordhash <passsword>
       Generates a password hash.

  gueststats <vmname>|<uuid> [--interval <seconds>]
       Obtains and prints internal guest statistics.
       Sets the update interval if specified.

WARNING: This is a development tool and shall only be used to analyse
         problems. It is completely unsupported and will change in
         incompatible ways without warning.

Syntax error: Command missing

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe internalcommands sethduuid J:
VirtualBoxPatch11iPatch11i1.vdi
UUID changed to: d716cc7b-749a-4e0d-83b5-c0abc379f18a

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe internalcommands sethduuid J:
VirtualBoxPatch11iPatch11i2.vdi
UUID changed to: 280d9129-f190-4422-82e1-083f6f750814

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe internalcommands sethduuid J:
VirtualBoxPatch11iPatch11i3.vdi
UUID changed to: e577df83-d2e5-49e9-9a2c-18a29dd8fc84

C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe internalcommands sethduuid J:
VirtualBoxPatch11iPatch11i4.vdi
UUID changed to: bf722d45-9fdd-4a9f-a9ec-f646f6156c3d

 

 

 

 

 

load: class oracle/apps/fnd/formsClient/FormsLauncher.class not found

Posted by on May 3, 2012 No comments

Problem:

After installing fresh Release 12 instance (12.1.3), attempted to log on to application from client PC (Windows XPSP3). Was able to log on to R12, but forms could not be launched. The following message was displayed on the Java console:

load: class oracle/apps/fnd/formsClient/FormsLauncher.class not found.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.apps.fnd.formsClient.FormsLauncher.class
	at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Unknown Source)
	at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.apps.fnd.formsClient.FormsLauncher.class

However, other client machines (Windows 7) were able to log on and launch the forms.

Solution:

After enabling logging (Control Panel > Java > Advanced tab > Debugging, check all options), the ‘java.net.SocketException: Connection reset’ error was seen in the Java console. This indicated a network issue rather than a Java or browser issue. The EBS server (192.168.63.49) was on a different network from the client PCs (200.65.1.x). Therefore, a network route was added to keep the connection alive:

route add 192.168.63.0 mask 255.255.255.0 200.65.1.1 -p

SQL Developer Vendor Code 17002

Posted by on May 2, 2012 1 comment

Problem:

When connect to an 11i E-Business Suite database using SQL Developer, the following error appears:

An error was encountered performing the requested operation:

IO Error: Connection reset

Vendor code 17002

Sometimes, the error reads:

An error was encountered performing the requested operation:

IO Error: Got minus one from a read call

Vendor code 17002

Issuing the tnsping command against the instance returns the following:

C:>tnsping vis3

TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.0.1.4.1 - Production on 02-MAY-2012 10:21:29

Copyright (c) 1997 Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Used parameter files:
C:OracleDevSuiteHomenetworkadminsqlnet.ora

Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias
Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION= (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=oel5vis3.localdomain)
(PORT=1524)) (CONNECT_DATA= (SID=VIS3)))
TNS-12537: TNS:connection closed

Pinging the instance on the database node completed successfully.

The problem started occurring after applying ATG RUP7.

Solution:

AutConfig was run as part of applying ATG RUP 7 patches. This regenerated the sqlnet.ora, which included the following two lines:

tcp.validnode_checking = yes
tcp.invited_nodes=(OEL5VIS3.localdomain)

This blocked all SQL connections to the server. Since this instance is a test environment, the above lines in sqlnet.ora were commented off and the listener bounced.

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