I'm with Lyall, I believe you are looking for the opmnctl vs. the emctl for your stand alone installation. Secondly, verify where your OMS_HOME is. It may not be in the ORACLE_HOME. Last but not least, because I have this issue in a configuration on one of my Linux boxes, remember that there is an opmnctl in the ORACLE_HOME that can easily override the path that you are located in, even if you have changed directories. Due to this, I have a tendency to perform a cd $OMS_HOME/opmn/bin and then execute with ./opmnctl startall or stopall, ensuring it executes from the directory I am in... Hope this helps, Kellyn Pedersen Sr. Database Administrator I-Behavior Inc. http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen www.dbakevlar.blogspot.com "Go away before I replace you with a very small and efficient shell script..." --- On Wed, 9/29/10, lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: 11g Grid Control Configuration Issue To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 2:51 PM i don't usually use emctl start oms. what happens if you use opmnctl startall? Lyall -----Original Message----- From: Scott Canaan <srcdco@xxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 4:27 pm Subject: 11g Grid Control Configuration Issue #yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 td{color:black;} _filtered #yiv1993519794 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv1993519794 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 p.yiv1993519794MsoNormal, #yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 li.yiv1993519794MsoNormal, #yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 div.yiv1993519794MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";}#yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 a:link, #yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 span.yiv1993519794MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 a:visited, #yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 span.yiv1993519794MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 span.yiv1993519794EmailStyle17 {font-family:"sans-serif";color:windowtext;}#yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 .yiv1993519794MsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv1993519794 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv1993519794 #yiv1993519794AOLMsgPart_2_ed381f84-84fa-4470-8c52-24d074c35332 div.yiv1993519794WordSection1 {} I’ve finally got 11g Grid Control installed on a Red Hat system (I couldn’t get it to install on Solaris). I had it up and running and somehow within a couple of hours messed it up. Now the OMS will not start. I get the following output from emctl: oracle@dbarh5:DBALTEST>./emctl start oms Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Release 1 Grid Control Copyright (c) 1996, 2010 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Starting WebTier... WebTier Successfully Started Starting Oracle Management Server... Oracle Management Server is not functioning because of the following reason: Oracle Management Server version is not compatible with repository version. Repository needs to be Upgraded. I can’t find anything on how to get the versions back in sync (or how I got them out of sync). Where do I need to go to get this straightened out? Scott Canaan '88 (Scott.Canaan@xxxxxxx) (585) 475-7886 – work "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer.