OBIEE 11g Upgrade Assistant (UA) Fails When Upgrading A 10g RPD File To OBIEE 11g

Applies to:

Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition – Version: 11.1.1.3.0 [1905] and later   [Release: 11g and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms
On OBIEE 11.1.1.3, When attempting to upgrade a 10g RPD file via the Upgrade assistant
(ua.sh ) , the upgrade fails and the following error can be seen in the log file:

[BIEE] [ERROR] [] [upgrade.BIEE] [tid: 18] [ecid: 0000IoEFnYP2RP1pNsXBie1D4VU2000009,0] oracle.as.management.opmn.optic.OpticException: Error in starting opmn server[[
Operation aborted because of a system call failure or internal error
at oracle.as.management.opmn.optic.OpmnAdmin.executeCommand(OpmnAdmin.java:310)
at oracle.as.management.opmn.optic.OpmnAdmin.startOpmnServer(OpmnAdmin.java:87)
at oracle.ias.upgrade.config.oraclebi.OPMNUtil.startOpmn(OPMNUtil.java:46)

[Framework] [ERROR] [UPGAST-00138] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 18] [ecid: 0000IoEFnYP2RP1pNsXBie1D4VU2000009,0] upgrade exception occurred
[Framework] [ERROR] [] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 18] [ecid: 0000IoEFnYP2RP1pNsXBie1D4VU2000009,0] Cause: An unexpected upgrade exception has occurred. Action: See the secondary error message for additional details.
[Framework] [ERROR] [] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 18] [ecid: 0000IoEFnYP2RP1pNsXBie1D4VU2000009,0] Error in starting opmn server[[
Operation aborted because of a system call failure or internal error
]]

Cause

The system component services for BI components are not started.

The upgrade assistant is not able to communicate to OPMN.

Solution

1. Start OPMN services via the command:

   [middleware_home]/instances/instance1/bin> opmnctl startall

2. Confirm the status of opmn and the system components under the instance home with:

   [middleware_home]/instances/instance1/bin> opmnctl status

Note: You may  also start the System Components and check the status via Fusion Middleware Control

3. Retry the RPD file upgrade.