DRM: There are currently no applications available for login

Hi Friends,

Most of you would have faced Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) Error: There are currently no applications available for login error while logging to Data Relationship Management (DRM) Web-client. No exception to that, I too faced one such instance in recent times.

In this post, we will see what are things to check in Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) when you encounter this error and how this issue got fixed for me.

Note:

• This post has been written and associated activities have been demonstrated on Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) version 11.1.2.4.344.
• The demonstrating Hyperion environment has Oracle database server 12.2.0.2 (18c) as backend database. 

One fine morning, one of our DRM users had reported that he is not able to login to DRM Web Client encountering the following error message:

Error: There are currently no applications available for login 

Immediately I opened DRM Web Client to confirm whether it's working with ADMIN credentials or not. Like the user, I too faced the same error even with Data Relationship Management (DRM) ADMIN account.

When I checked the DRM Web services status in the service panel, they were running perfectly fine.

To cross-check the Data Relationship Management (DRM) Web Services status, I connected to Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) Configuration Console (as an Administrator):

In Configuration Console, I noticed that, though DRM Web services were up and running, Data Relationship Management (DRM) application was stopped.

I thought why not first validate the database connection here and did the same. 

Database connection was successful.

Its time to start the application.

But starting application did not work. I could see, the application was still in STOPPED state.

Alright, let's search for some errors now.

Open the Windows Event Viewer and Explore Windows Logs-->Application

I noticed total 3 DRM error messages recorded in Event viewer:

Error-1:

Error-2:

Error-3:

Going through the above DRM Error messages, we come to know that DRM application engine could not be started because of:

DRM-63015: Read/Write engine for Application on DRM Server will not start because another Application is currently using the same repository.

Generally, 'DRM-63015' error message indicates that your DRM schema might be locked because some other DRM application has already connected to it i.e. when two DRM applications try to connect to the same DRM schema at the same time, we face 'DRM-63015' error.

This happens when you have two DRM application servers in your Hyperion environment i.e. two DRM Configuration consoles and the secondary DRM application server has been configured to connect to the same DRM schema as the primary DRM application server and you try to start the DRM application on both the servers at the same time.

Ideally, you need to ensure that only one DRM console has been configured to connect to any given DRM schema.

In my Hyperion environment, there is only one DRM Server and only one DRM application. So the above scenario is not applicable at least in my case.

Also when I checked, my DRM Schema was not Locked:

So let's proceed further and try to list out possible causes along with troubleshooting steps to tackle this error. You can try these options in the given sequence and any of these may work for you. 

1- In a particular EPM environment, you might have DRM installed on two servers for load balancing. But you need to make sure that only one DRM configuration console (DRM installation) has been configured to connect to your DRM schema. Sometimes what happens that by mistake we configure the secondary DRM application server too to connect to the same DRM application schema as the primary DRM application server (i.e. connection details to the same DRM schema have been set up on two separate DRM servers) and make an attempt to start the DRM application on both the servers. When you configure two different DRM configuration consoles of your EPM environment try to connect to the same DRM schema at the same time, we face 'DRM-63015' error. Therefore make sure its not the case in your DRM setup. 

2- Make sure your DRM service 'startup type' is set to Manual and not Automatic on all the DRM servers. This will prevent the auto-start of your DRM service during any unplanned server reboot. This is important especially when you have CUP (Common User Provisioning) enabled in your DRM application.

Also, change your DRM service 'log on as' account from Local system to EPM Admin domain account (which was used to install and configure DRM) on all the DRM servers.

3- Do 'iisreset' on Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) application server.

As DRM's primary web interface runs through IIS (Microsoft Internet Information Service), there's a chance bouncing IIS will free up whatever rogue session might have been locking things up for you.

To bounce IIS service, open a command prompt on your DRM application server and type "iisreset":

If this workaround works for you, it's well and good, If not, move to the next troubleshooting step 

4- 'Apply Updates' in Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) Configuration console.

To 'Apply Updates' follow the below steps: 

1- Open Windows service panel and stop DRM Web services. 

2- Check the DRM Configuration console to ensure DRM services are stopped.

3- Now goto DRM Configuration console and select Application-->Apply Updates

4- Click OK on the below message while Applying updates:

5- You will see below CMD window opened. As there were actually no updates to apply so we see the message: No updates were applied. 

Press SPACE key to continue. CMD window will be closed then. 

6- Goto the service panel and start DRM Web services on all the servers. 

7- Check DRM Web services status in DRM Configuration console. Both DRM Web services are up and running fine. Also notice, our DRM application too has been successfully started this time.

8- When I opened DRM web-client, my DRM application was available to login.

9- And application login too was working as expected.

So for me, the issue got fixed following the 3rd workaround. :-)

We know that Applying Updates to Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) application refreshes the database connection apart from making any changes like patch upgrade, config changes, etc. in your DRM application, effective. 

But exactly what has caused this issue is still not known. This workaround has fixed this issue for me in one go so it can be used as a temporary fix.

Please note, this DRM error "There are currently no applications available for login" can occur due to many reasons, and above mentioned workarounds reflect only a few of those scenarios. 

You need to check the Windows Event Viewer on your DRM server in order to identify the exact root cause of the problem as Event Viewer will most likely have an error message recorded related to your DRM issue. 

That's all for this post.

I hope this article has helped you. 

Your suggestions/feedback are most welcome.

Keep learning and Have a great day!!!