703-910-2600 (seancH ts wessre. |) PRIMAVERA P6 PROFESSIONAL: UNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE DATABASE JOIN OUR MAILING LISTJanuary 28, 2014 By TheP6Pro Unable 10 connect to the database, would you like to configure the database connection now? It you ore gerting this message while attempting to connect on a standalone installation of Primaverc P6 Professional, then the: following may be helpful Reason ia min sonatotvinanteySpelasondntlets ceva CATEGORIES Deltek Cobra Eamed Value Mgmt Microsoft Project pmo Project Management Training ARCHIVES selec: Montyrenner hckeiont Unt ooxmct te aie| hSuCettg When using a standalone copy of Primavera P6 Professional, the typical installotion options loaded a copy of Oracle's free Oracle Express (XE} database on your system. Periodically you may go to login to Primavera P6 and get this message. This happens because the Oracle XE database service has failed and thus PS cannot connect toil. The cause of XE foilures is varied, but the PC coming ‘oul of hibernation is one commen item that we encountered. Solutlon eo to your Windows Start button end choose All Programs | Oracle Datobose 10g Express Edition | Start Database Dmcextorce a 1 Ms aves I es-oncientin vet ane Decne caseme meaning Aecuvornoe Gansone = (BD Go Te Databeve Home Pace Genero De dP Diana commnsine q odadroyam Teale tebaes eso [sacioeoee ces ea S| Pesan (3) ) |S [wa] SE] ia min sonatotvinanteySpelasondntlets cevaPremera ptckeion! Unt oor ae he SaCettg Once the litle Command window reports that the “OracleServiceXé service was storted successfully’, you con go ahead and login to Primavera PS in the usual way. If that did't work for you, simply restort your entire machine and Give the Oracle XE dota! ‘rely the case that the P6 configuration file has lost the connection 80 DO NOT click Yes to the “configure the de 5 service a few minutes to stort up. Ibis information connection now?” prompt. Once your machine is up and running you should be able to connect to your P6 Professional detabase, ‘Appendix Ooops IF you did cick on the Yes button to reconfigure your connection, #9 all iketiiood you are now unable to connect because you whacked your original settings. tp nen contBUO rina anartletnsreciote stdae Pinas hcnon Unboonmctt te e SCaede The following settings may help you restore your configuration: + Datebose alios: whatever you wont to coll it + Driver Type: Oracle + Oracle Connection String: XE + In the Enter Public Login Information dialog; + User Name: pubprm$m, + Password: whatever admin password you were using before to login to PS. User Name and Password details: Note: the cbove comment about the database public user name and password ore true only for later versions of Primavera P6 such as, ia min sonatotvinanteySpelasondntlets cevaae Prenmeratttckeion! Unit orm ae hr SCettg 8.0 of later. When you installed Primavera P6 Professional R&.0 or later standalone, you were prompted to create this password during Installation. This one password gets used forall te public, privileged cand odin users in the systern as well os the P6 Adi Gefautt password, For more Primavera P6 articles click hore Wet] ¥ Tweet 8! Shaw in Share UPCOMING CLASSES Primavera P6 Professional Primavera P6 EPPM Primavera P6 EPPM Fundamentals Fundamentals Administrator Managing Projects with EVMS Training Deltek Cobra Fundamentals Microsoft Project Deltek Cobra Administrator Deltek Acumen Risk Analysis Deltek Acumen Fuse Training Training BI Publisher for Primavera P6 ia min sonatotvinanteySpelasondntlets cevaCConynght © 2016. Ten Six Consulting, LLC: 703.910.2600 Design by Watermark Develoned by PajamawWeb ia min sonatotvinanteySpelasondntlets ceva