Looking at the oc4j log file
09/03/30 11:28:43 Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.3.0) initializedMetalink to the rescue .... a search for "Search: ClusterManager: Scanning for instance" throws up doc 739623.1 - Repeated Error Appears In Log File - ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances which details the problem and references bug # 7264646.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
- ClusterManager: detected 1 failed or restarted instances.
- ClusterManager: Scanning for instance "myserver.fqdn.company.net1238408921404"'s failed in-progress jobs.
[... repeated for 38MB worth ]
This is a bug in Quartz (the Publisher scheduling tool), which has been fixed in 1.5.2 (the version that's included with Publisher is 1.5.1).
On my installation quartz was located in
Implenting the fix described on Metalink doc 739623.1 solved the problem.