OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager) is not running

PROBLEM:

I am using Oracle 10g (10.1.0) on Windows XP. There aren’t problems in database but Enterprise Manager is not running.  When I give the below address on the web

http://TerminalName:5500/em

TerminalName is machine (server) name

Error message shows “The webpage “TerminalName:5500″ cannot be found”

When I checked the services the “OracleDBConsolORCL” it was set at automatic mode but was not started.  So I tried to start it but it couldn’t start and the following message appeared:

Windows could not start the OracleDBConsolORCL on Local Computer.  For more information review the System Event Log.

Then I checked D:\oracle\product\ 10.1.0\admin\ orcl\bdump\ ALERT_ORCL. LOG file but I could not find the System Event Log.

I will appreciate it if you could guide me in this regard.

SOLUTION:

Oracle recommended that you must use IP address when you do installation of oracle 10g. Because there are some files which use IP address. Oracle enterprise manager in oracle 10g is web based. You should use the following commands on command prompt. It may work.

Set oracle_sid=your_ db_name

emctl start dbconsole

If the service started successfully then type its address in URL it will work. Otherwise you should remove all the services from registry then reinstall oracle 10g on an IP Address.

We face such problems for those computers which we are using at home. We have no IP address for these computers because these are single PC.

Microsoft provides a loop back adapter feature. It is present in add/remove hardware control panel. You can install this window feature it will display a network icon on your taskbar. After providing a suitable IP address you should again install new oracle software. At the end of installation it will provide you URL of OEM.

Ref: Issue discussed on yahoo group.