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Essbase fails to start after EPM 11.2.15 Configuration

Issue: After configuring EPM 11.2.15, Essbase 21c fails to start. The configtool.log displays the following error messages:

Phase Start Essbase is in status IN_PROGRESS
Phase Start Essbase is in status FAILED

[EPMCFG] [ERROR] [EPMCFG-01020] [oracle.EPMCFG] [tid: <tid>] [ecid: <ecid>] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.essbase.config.EssbaseServerTaskProcessor] Error: [[
java.lang.RuntimeException: E21c configuration failed
at com.hyperion.essbase.config.EssbaseServerTaskProcessor.configureE21C(EssbaseServerTaskProcessor.java:1742)
at com.hyperion.essbase.config.EssbaseServerTaskProcessor.execute(EssbaseServerTaskProcessor.java:246)
at com.hyperion.essbase.config.EssbaseServerTaskProcessor.execute(EssbaseServerTaskProcessor.java:221)
at com.hyperion.config.wizard.impl.RunAllTasks.executeCustomTask(RunAllTasks.java:789)
at com.hyperion.config.wizard.impl.RunAllTasks.execute(RunAllTasks.java:492)
at com.hyperion.config.wizard.impl.RunnAllTasksState.run(RunnAllTasksState.java:92)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)

The essbase21c_config.log shows the following:

INFO [44] com.oracle.wizard.operation.helper.LoggerHelper - WLSTException: Error occurred while performing redirect : Could not find the file to redirect wlst output to: nul : nul (The system cannot find the file specified)

Workaround:To resolve this issue:

1. Create a folder named test on the local drive (for example, C: drive).
2. Navigate to the following path:

   MIDDLEWARE_HOME\essbase\modules\oracle.essbase.sysman\scripts

3. Modify the following scripts:

   Table 7-2 Script Modifications

   Script	Replace	With
   status_servers.py	redirect('nul','false')	redirect('c:\\test\\output-nul.txt','false')
   start_servers.py	redirect('nul','false')	redirect('c:\\test\\output-nul.txt','false')

4. Restart Essbase.

Essbase 21c Configuration Failure Due to Invalid Port Range.

Issue:Essbase 21c configuration fails when the specified port range is less than 1000.

Workaround: Ensure that the values set for the following parameters are greater than or equal to 1000 to enable succesful configuration.

Name: ESSBASE_SERVER_MIN_PORT, value:

Name: ESSBASE_SERVER_MAX_PORT, value: