Error When Starting the Naming Service on iAS 10g

Subject:	Error When Starting the Naming Service
	Doc ID:	334774.1	Type:	PROBLEM
	Modified Date :	29-JAN-2009	Status:	PUBLISHED

In this Document   Symptoms   Cause   Solution   References Applies to: Oracle Reports Developer - Version: 10.1.2.0.2 This problem can occur on any platform. "Checked for relevance on 28-Jan-2009." Symptoms Attempting to start the Naming Service gives error : org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE: vmcid: SUN minor code: 201 completed : no naming server is not responding. Restarting ... namingservice 14021 naming service started successfully org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE: vmcid: SUN minor code: 201 completed : no naming server is not responding. Restarting ... naming service started successfully org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE: vmcid: SUN minor code: 201 completed : no naming server is not responding. Restarting ... naming service started successfully etc. Cause The port passed in parameter to namingservice is busy namingservice <port number> To check if a port is used : on Windows netstat -a on UNIX lsof -i:PORT Solution Use another port number or Free the port (stop the application using this port) or In some cases, it may be necessary to restart the platform