Symptoms
OACI IM fails to start with the following message:
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/PACI-im status
vm2vf-daemon (pid 904 901) is running...
im-daemon is stopped
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/PACI-im start
Reusing running vm2vf service (901)
Starting PACI IM service: PACI: Instance Manager failed
PACI: IM failing too often, stopping
Cause
Inconsistent cache of terracota.
Resolution
After stopping the services, clear terracotta cache.
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/PACI-im upgrade-stop
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/terracotta stop
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/activemq-server stop
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/terracotta clearcache
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/activemq-server start
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/terracotta start
[root@im ~]# /etc/init.d/PACI-im start
Starting PACI vm2vf service: [ OK ]
Starting PACI IM service: [ OK ]
upgrade-stop above enforces a timeout of 5 minute.
Check OACI IM log (/var/log/IM/PACI-im-startup.log) for
To avoid this problem in future make sure that RAM is 8 GB or more and swap is double the size of RAM as mentioned in the Hardware Requirements
[root@im ~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8192 1456 6735 0 0 270
-/+ buffers/cache: 1185 7006
Swap: 512 0 512 <---