Configuration Failed in Some Way...may be a ORA-00955 Error

[goody3335]

I'm trying to install vcloud director.  I get to the configuration and tell it which IPs to use, where the db server is, the name of the service, username, password, keystore, etc, etc.

It starts to configure and then says:

Configuration failed in some way; the Cloud Director service will not be started. 

Before, I was getting an error that had an event id ORA-00955 which apparently means that the table already exists.  I looked it up in the logs and it looks like it was trying to create a table called CATALOG.  I'm a total Oracle newb, so I'm not sure if I'm right on that or not.

Anyway, I've tried looking in the logs for other errors, but haven't really found anything.  I'm no longer getting the ORA-00955 error, but I haven't done anything to correct that error either.  I've tried creating a new database, but I also get the same results (first the Oracle error and then just a generic one).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[sjoglekar · Accepted solution]

It seems like you already have few tables created from your previous attempts to run the configure script. The best way would be to delete the user from the oracle and recreate the vcloud user and restart the configuration script. The following KB described the best way to create a DB for vcloud:

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1025768

If this does not help, then attach the logs from '/opt/vmware/logs' folder here,

HTH,

Sangeeta

[goody3335]

Thanks for your help!  I was trying to use the SYSTEM user.  I followed the video you posted and everything works.

Thanks again!