what does org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE: Connection refused: connect vmcid: 0x0 minor code: 0 completed: No means?

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javax.naming.NamingException: Couldn't connect to the specified host : Connection refused: connect [Root exception is org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE: Connection refused : connect vmcid: 0x0 minor code: 0 completed: No] at weblogic.corba.j2ee.naming.Utils.wrapNamingException(Utils.java:83) at weblogic.corba.j2ee.naming.ORBHelper.getORBReferenceWithRetry(ORBHelper.java:656) at weblogic.corba.j2ee.naming.ORBHelper.getORBReference(ORBHelper.java:594) at weblogic.corba.j2ee.naming.InitialContextFactoryImpl.getInitialContext(InitialContextFactoryImpl.java:85) at weblogic.factories.iiop.iiopEnvironmentFactory.getInitialContext(iiopEnvironmentFactory.java:33) at weblogic.factories.iiop.iiopEnvironmentFactory.getInitialContext(iiopEnvironmentFactory.java:71) at weblogic.jndi.Environment.getContext(Environment.java:315) at weblogic.jndi.Environment.getContext(Environment.java:285) at weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory.getInitialContext(WLInitialContextFactory.java:117) at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:667) at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:288) at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:223) at javax.naming.InitialContext.(InitialContext.java:197) at Utils.RequestProcessor.AuthorisationRequestProcessor.LookUp(AuthorisationRequestProcessor.java:75) at Utils.RequestProcessor.AuthorisationRequestProcessor.checkUser(AuthorisationRequestProcessor.java:155) at Utils.RequestProcessor.AuthorisationRequestProcessor.processPreprocess(AuthorisationRequestProcessor.java:243) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:173) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1913) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:462) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:227) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:125) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:301) at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:26) at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56) at org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:46) at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.wrapRun(WebAppServletContext.java:3730) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3696) at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321) at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2273) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:2179) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.java:1490) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:256) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221) Caused by: org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE: Connection refused: connect vmcid: 0x0 minor code: 0 completed: No at weblogic.iiop.Utils.mapToCORBAException(Utils.java:886) at weblogic.iiop.IORManager.locateNameService(IORManager.java:213) at weblogic.iiop.IORManager.createInitialReference(IORManager.java:123) at weblogic.corba.orb.ORB.string_to_object(ORB.java:341) at weblogic.corba.orb.ORB.resolve_initial_references(ORB.java:235) at weblogic.corba.j2ee.naming.ORBHelper.getORBReferenceWithRetry(ORBHelper.java:631)

Answer 1

It means that the client can't connect to the server. In your case, it looks like the Naming Service isn't running.