Hi,

I am getting this error 'Error 503: Failed to load target servlet [porta
l]' when I open my main portal page.

I know a few people have had this problem, and its caused by a bad connectio
n to the backend database. However, I do not know how to fix it!

Can anyone guide me, as to where I can make a change in the portal config fi
les, to get it to work. i have found a huge number of usernames as 'db2admin
' in multiple configuration files. Can someone please tell me which file and
 field needs to be changed
for this?

thank you,
ankur

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ankur_chakore@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am getting this error 'Error 503: Failed to load target servlet
> [portal]' when I open my main portal page.
>
> I know a few people have had this problem, and its caused by a bad
> connection to the backend database. However, I do not know how to fix it!
>
> Can anyone guide me, as to where I can make a change in the portal config
> files, to get it to work. i have found a huge number of usernames as
> 'db2admin' in multiple configuration files. Can someone please tell me
> which file and field needs to be changed for this?
>
> thank you,
> ankur

1) Make sure you have run db2profile of the DB2 instance under your current
user where you start the portal server
2) have a look at the portal log file: tail
-f /opt/Websphere/PortalServer/log/SystemOut.log

Under linux/windows this is the common error. To avoid it make sure that the
db2profile script is part of your local profile.

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Try stopping both servers, "server1" and "WebSphere_Portal", and restarting 
the DB2 service, then, try to logon again to the Portal. Sometimes, the erro
r is caused because the Portal is not communicating right with the database.

My personal recommendation, reboot the system first.

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