Oracle 10 IBM Websphere v6 from the mgw.ora file CLASSPATH = \C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\jdk\jre\bin\client;C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\Java\lib;C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ActivIdentity\ActivClient\;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\bin;C:\axis2-1.4.1\bin;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-2.2.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\bin;C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ\tools\c\samples\bin;C:\grails-1.2.0\bin from the log file Failed to create Java VM: retCode = -7 >>2010-01-15 14:12:50 MGW C-Bootstrap 2 TRACE process-id=7216 Bootstrap program exiting; retCode = -8 Any ideas on what I'm missing from the path? I'm following ch 18 of Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing User’s Guide and Reference