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AvalancheWHO
AvalancheWHO
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April 1, 2010
Question

CF9 refuses to start after reboot.

  • April 1, 2010
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We've recently installed CF9 on our primary server and after the install everything was running fine. However after a reboot the server CF9 App Server refuses to start (it's set to automatic startup in Services)and chucks the following error

"Windows could not start the ColdFusion 9 Application Server on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendo, and refer to service-specific error code 2"

Reinstalling ColdFusion clears the problem but after any server reboot it returns.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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    AvalancheWHO
    AvalancheWHOAuthor
    Participant
    April 6, 2010

    I've checked the cf log files after a reinstall and there is nothing in there. However we have narrowed the problem down to the .car file, before implementing this CF runs fine and it's only after the settings have been imported that the error occurs again with nothing in the cfusionout log file.

    Is there anything that's in the .car file that could cause this? We've tried with a few different archived files and they all have the same result even though cf8 was running fine after restarts.

    The only solution I can think of is to do a clean install and add the datasources, verity colections and scheduled tasks manually.

    Thanks

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    Anonymous
    April 1, 2010

    There should be a message in your Event Log. Look in your server "Control Panel" for "Administrative Tools" then "Event Viewer". Under "System" look for an error mentioning ColdFusion. Post it here.

    You're much better off trying to track down an error and correct it rather than reinstalling an applicaiton each time you have a problem.

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    Adam Cameron.
    Inspiring
    April 1, 2010

    Better yet, check the CF & (probably more relevant if CF ain't starting) the JRun logs.

    I'm pretty sure neither CF nor JRun log anything to the Windows logs.

    --

    Adam

    ilssac
    ilssac
    Inspiring
    April 1, 2010

    Actually they do log to the window Event logs.

    In fact just this week we had a situation where these where the only logs with data, because we had managed to flummox our service configuration such that JRun could not even start enough to write to a log.

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