My VCD server does not start up following an abrupt guest OS shutdown. The VCD is configured as a SUSE-based appliance, with an internal Oracle Express database.
Trying to restart the service manually, yields this error in cell.log (/opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs/cell.log) :
Error starting application: Error connecting to the database: jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521/xe
I can sign in at the admin console (IP:5480), but not the vcloud director UI.
Values from global.properties ( /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/etc/global.properties)
database.jdbcUrl = jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521/xe
database.username = vcloud
database.password = <encrypted value>
database.collation =
What has been tried so far :
- Several restarts of the vmware-vcd service and of network service.
- Verified (using netstat) that Oracle listener is running at port 1521 on the machine.
- Restarted the Oracle database using /etc/init.d/oracle-xe restart
- Ran /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin/.configure script. Provided database creds as vcloud/vcloud, vcloud/vmware, vcloud/VCloud.
Could not connect to database. Please reenter.
The following database types are supported:
1. Oracle
2. Microsoft SQL Server
Enter the database type [default=1]: 1
Enter the host (or IP address) for the database: 127.0.0.1 (also tried with actual host IP)
Enter the database port [default=1521]:
Using default value "1521" for port.
Enter the database service name [default=orcl]: xe
Enter the database username: vcloud
Enter the database password:
Connecting to the database: jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521/xe
Could not connect to database. Please reenter.
Any help with restoring the VCD would be very much appreciated.