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Does anyone have suggestions on how to troubleshoot this issue?

I am running the VisiBroker OS Agent (8.5 SP8) locally. I'm trying to get it running for the first time on a new laptop. Many of us developers have run v8 versions locally for a couple of decades and it worked for me on my old laptop (with an older SP version). I have two CORBA services (I'll call DS and Messages) that I am also running locally. In the osfind, it will show both services as having successfully registered. Depending on the various incarnation of localaddr, sometimes VBconsole sees the registered objects. And other times, it can't connect to the OS agent.

Messages then tries to call DS and gets the following error:

org.omg.CORBA.OBJECT_NOT_EXIST: java.net.SocketException: Permission denied: connect  vmcid: 0x56420000  minor code: 1  completed: No

I ran the osagent with options: "-v +l a". In the log file, I see that when the request comes in to call DS, the following is logged, which makes it seem as if a response is if things are working as expected:

==>> Wed Nov 8 12:13:53 2023, dsaclnt.C, 0, Inf
getProvider() Received <GetProvider> from client at
Host : <IP>
User : java
PID : -1339816031
CAddr : 127.0.0.1
VPort : 61940
CPort : 61940
Requesting for the following service:
RMI:some.package.DS:0000000000000000_vsome.package.DS.2.3.2

==>> Wed Nov 8 12:13:53 2023, dsaclnt.C, 0, Dbg
getProvider() Service type <4>, Argument type <1>.

==>> Wed Nov 8 12:13:53 2023, dsaclnt.C, 0, Inf
getProvider() Replying that service is located at,
Address : <IP>
Port : 52970

Someone suggested adding a localaddr file into the \adm folder. I've tried probably a dozen different combinations for ethernet only or wireless only connection. Depending on setup, VB Console sometimes can't find the agent (while osfind always can). However, in all cases, Messages gets "Permission denied". Going back three months, I see no case of any of our almost two dozen CORBA applications in environments ever having logged this error.

Note that I do have some admin permission on this laptop.

Other things I've tried:

• Moving installation folder under My Documents
• Running OSAgent as Administrator
• Running my IDE as Administrator. (I'm launching the services from my IDE as I have always done.)
• Disabled (temporarily) all firewall settings
• Reviewed the process in Windows Process Monitor.

Note that I am on Windows 10. (I don't see how to edit my question.)

Hi Marnee. Thanks for raising this issue.

To understand the reasons behind the SocketException, we will need to see Messages' full debug logs. Could you open a support ticket with the details? We can pick it up from there.

Thank you and regards,

Pat

OpenText SupportLine

Thanks, Pat. Actually, my coworker might have found a fix for this. I want to do some more verification. I will then either reply here with the solution, or I will open a support ticket. How would I open a support ticket. I'm sorry, I haven't found the right spot in this app to do so.

Hi Marnee. Thanks for the update. It is good to know you may have a solution.

You can open a support case with us through our support portal. Full details can be found here: https://support.microfocus.com/help/support-portal-overview.pdf

All the best,

Pat

Hi Marnee,

      Thank you for reaching out to the OpenText CORBA community for help with your VIsiBroker 8.5 troubleshooting. This issue appears to be relatively involved and troubleshooting this issue with osagent on different LAN segements with the localaddr file will certainly involve sharing information best performed in a new support case with the CORBA technical support team. Please open a new support case and we will assist you with your issue. 

Best Regards,

-Scott

We solved this by adding the following system property to our Java VisiBroker services:

java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true