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Hie guys i am on Windows enterprise server 8 running two Virtual Machines, One is hosting Application R12.1. the other one is hosting Oracle database 11g.

I am getting the error below when run command perl adcfgclone.pl appTier. Any ideas on how to solve the error

Enter username/password: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1 ORA-01882: timezone region not found


Database connection to jdbcracle:thin:@qadbase.safxodi-jv.local:1523BWMST failed ADD call failed with exit code 1

Updating Server Security Authentication

Enter username/password: ignoring @DBWMST specification, using DBC file
java.sql.SQLException: Invalid number format for port number Database connection to jdbcracle:thin:@host_nameort_number:database failed Updating Server Security Authentication failed with exit code 1 adgendbc.cmd exiting with status 1

ERRORCODE = 1 ERRORCODE_END
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