Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-00499: XDMG repeatedly failed to initialize terminating theinstance.

ORA-00499: XDMG repeatedly failed to initialize terminating the instance.




Cause: The Cell automation manager process repeatedly failed to initialize.




Action: Examine the alert log for the reason prior attempts to start XDMG failed. If it is due to user error or bad configuration, fix it and restart the instance. Otherwise, contact Oracle Support Services.