AppSync: Unable to discover Oracle database on AIX host

Summary: Re-discovery also failed with Unable to discover Oracle database. Filesystem discovery works fine.

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Symptoms

New AIX client install
 

GUI ERROR
Application discovery was not completed successfully.
Check AppSync logs for errors, correct them and re-discover the host.
 
Below are the errors found in the AppSync logs:

AppSync Server Log

<DATE> INFO [default task-37] [com.emc.archway.service.eventservice.EventServiceBean]
5d30882f-66c5-4989-975c-52e1f5302d12->>> EVENT [GENL_000055]:
An error occurred while running getInitfileParameters on host
<Client-Host-Name>.
<DATE>  INFO [default task-37] [com.emc.archway.service.eventservice.EventServiceBean]
5d30882f-66c5-4989-975c-52e1f5302d12->>> EVENT [GENL_000023]:
An error occurred while communicating with the AppSync Host Plug-in.
Check to see if agent service is running, and restart if necessary.
<DATE>  DEBUG [default task-37] [com.emc.archway.commands.application.oracle.DiscoverOracleCommandBean]
5d30882f-66c5-4989-975c-52e1f5302d12->>> Got no response from agent
<DATE> ERROR [default task-37] [com.emc.archway.commands.application.DiscoverApplicationsCommandBean]
5d30882f-66c5-4989-975c-52e1f5302d12->>> Exception Occurred: EmptyResponseFromAgentException,
Message: An error occurred while running getInitfileParameters on host
<Client-Host-Name>.

 
AppSync Client Logs

<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > Connected to:
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
<DATE>  oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>
select 'AppSync_entry:'|| name||'////'|| value from v$spparameter where ISSPECIFIED='TRUE'
and name not like 'instance_mode' and  name not like 'INSTANCE_MODE'
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > ERROR at line 1:
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 3
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > ORA-01116: error in opening database file 1
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > ORA-01110: data file 1: '/ahsprod/ctmhrprd/u02/oradata/CTMHRPRD/system01.dbf'
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > ORA-27092: size of file exceeds file size limit of the process
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > Additional information: 131071
<DATE> oracle.py[4146]:_sqlQuery() SQL*plus > Additional information: 384001

Cause

Default ulimit file size to small.

Resolution

Please change /etc/security/limits file
default:   fsize = 2097151     (Changed to -1)

Affected Products

AppSync

Products

AppSync
Article Properties
Article Number: 000168176
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2025
Version:  3
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