Symptom
Unable to start Report Application Server
Reproducing the Issue
- Install Crystal Reports Server 2008 without the GUI (X Server) Components on SUSE LINUX Server
- Unable to start the RAS Server
- Create new Report Application Server, but it does not start
Crystal Reports Server 2008
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9
Cause
Resolution
Install X Server components on SUSE LINUX before installing Crystal Reports Server 2008
See Also
- Check to see if you can View a report with the page server
- Schedule a report with the Job Server put a -trace and -crpetrace on the process to see how far it is getting before it dies.
ps -u
NB: There are a number of processes that run on a Unix install that mimic the Windows registry and allow you to use a Windows COM DLLs (.so objects in Unix). The main processes are:
1. Xvfb - X Server. You will see five of these in memory by default. These are used to mimic a display driver (which our print engine needs to render the reports).
2. XvfbDaemon - The parent process for the child Xvfb processes.
3. Watchdog - Monitors the other MainWin processes
4. Mwrpcss - MW's RPC process for Unix. Business Objects uses RPC within products and it is required to run so the servers work properly.
5. Regss - This is the process that loads the registry and makes it available for these processes.
Xvfb is the X Windows Virtual Frame Buffer, which is used to generate a display on the server without the need for an actual display session. It is important to be aware of this daemon and what it is used for. Problems with, or lack of, an Xvfb daemon can cause issues with report viewing in BOE. Issues with the Xvfb processes can result in crashing RAS servers, Job Server Child processes and Page Server sub processes.
Keywords
RAS, crash, stopped , KBA , BI-BIP-DEP , Webapp Deployment, Networking, Vulnerabilities, Webservices , Problem