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 I’ve finally got 11g Grid Controlinstalled on a Red Hat system (I couldn’t get it to install onSolaris). I had it up and running and somehow within a couple of hoursmessed it up. Now the OMS will not start. I get the followingoutput from emctl: oracle@dbarh5:DBALTEST>./emctl start oms Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Release 1 Grid Control Copyright (c) 1996, 2010 Oracle Corporation. Allrights reserved. Starting WebTier... WebTier Successfully Started Starting Oracle Management Server... Oracle Management Server is not functioning because of thefollowing reason: Oracle Management Server version is not compatible withrepository version. Repository needs to be Upgraded. I can’t find anything on how to get the versions backin sync (or how I got them out of sync). Where do I need to go to getthis 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 whatyou put into it." - Tom Lehrer.