Could not start ArcSDE -- Check Network, $SDEHOME disk, DBMS settings

[VadivelanPalanichamy]

Hi,

I am new to ArcSDE.   We have ArcSDE 9.3 (windows 2003) running in dev/qa/prod pointing to oracle 10g spatial. 

I am trying to install sde in my local machine (windows xp).   I have got the following steps from the person who installed in the dev/qa/prod machines.

1) sdesetup -o upgrade -d ORACLE10G -u sde -p sde -i esri_sde

2) sdeservice -o create -d ORACLE -n -p sde -i esri_sde -u domain\username -P pwdWord

3) Now go to : C:\ArcSDE\ora10gexe\etc
   Open DBInit.sde.
   Replace the existing text with :
   set LOCAL=xy_darc

4) Now start the sde service:

   sdemon -o start
   password : sde


After step 4) I am getting Could not start ArcSDE -- Check Network, $SDEHOME disk, DBMS settings and dbinit.sde.


Any help/ideas on this.

[ZachWalker]

Im having a similar issue.  Did you get this resolved?

[JonHall]

have you checked the logs in \Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcSDE\sqlexe\etc\ ?

[HelenYang]

Can you connect from your machine to the oracle database using sql?

[VadivelanPalanichamy]

Hi,

Yes, I am able to connect the oracle database using Oracle SQL developer............

[VadivelanPalanichamy]

any help on this. 

vadivelan. p

[VadivelanPalanichamy]

I installed in Windows 2003.. no issue in starting the service..  It seems it is OS problem. 
I have seen in the ArcSDE supported OS.. windows xp is not listed.

[VinceAngelo]

I'm running 9.2sp6, 9.3.1sp2, and 10.0sp1 on an XP host without difficulty. 
Perhaps you're not using SP3 with all the roll-up patches?

- V

[ForrestJones]

Hi vadivelan,

You might want to check the $SDEHOME\etc\sde_<sdeservicename>.log and giomgr_<sdeservicename>.log.

Those should have some more information that might help.