Oracle VM Manager: OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused

This is just a quick post to share my first 3.1.1 Oracle VM Manager (OVMM) troubleshooting experience.

After the initial installation I rebooted the server, tried to access OVMM https://ovmmhost:7002/ovm/console and received the following error in a browser screen:

Unexpected error during login (com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused Connection refused[[ < date > ), please consult logs for details. OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused Connection refused
< date >
Unexpected error during login (com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused Connection refused[[ < date > ), please consult logs for details. OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused Connection refused date .

If you see that error and googling for a solution then unfortunately for you it is a very generic error message (aka ORA-600 in Oracle VM world ;) and you will need to dig a bit to find out what is exactly wrong in your case. In my case it for one reason or another just happened that system time have been changed and OVMM refused to accept it. You will ask me: How did you find it? and the answer is as following.

[root@team5lab ~]# grep -i "error"  /u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/machine1/base_adf_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer*
/u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/machine1/base_adf_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer-diagnostic.log:[2012-05-15T06:10:51.068-04:00] [AdminServer] [ERROR] [] [org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.StateManagerImpl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: ] [ecid: 5901ed0250b40ee9:-7b25700f:1374ff71fa3:-8000-0000000000000019,0] [APP: ovm_console] Could not find saved view state for token -7fm4vgxvd
/u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/machine1/base_adf_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer-diagnostic.log:[2012-05-15T06:12:29.507-04:00] [AdminServer] [ERROR] [] [com.oracle.ovm.mgr.faces.backing.Login] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: ] [ecid: 5901ed0250b40ee9:-7b25700f:1374ff71fa3:-8000-000000000000002d,0] [APP: ovm_console] Unexpected error during login (com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused Connection refused[[
/u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/machine1/base_adf_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer-diagnostic.log:Tue May 15 06:12:29 EDT 2012), please consult logs for details. OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused Connection refused
/u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/machine1/base_adf_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log:wlw.logErrorsToConsole = false
/u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/machine1/base_adf_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log:                   FATAL ERROR: THE CURRENT SYSTEM TIME IS EARLIER THAN THE MOST RECENT EVENT TIME IN OVM MANAGER!
/u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/machine1/base_adf_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log:####     <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '0' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <> <> <0000JTFxnHv9h^WjLxbQ8A1FgYf8000002> <1337076450944>
[root@team5lab ~]#

From the output “FATAL ERROR: THE CURRENT SYSTEM TIME IS EARLIER THAN THE MOST RECENT EVENT TIME IN OVM MANAGER!” it is clear where the problem was. I just checked the system time and fixed it.

Just to save you some Googling time

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General peace of advice: If you stuck with Oracle VM issue look for Avi Miller in OTN Oracle VM Forums. He is the man ;)