137. Not able to log in to 2 Tier Teamcenter (TcServer cannot be started)

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137. Not able to log in to 2 Tier Teamcenter (TCServer cannot be started)
; W  P: n+ S; `4 XSymptom
6 Q; K5 D' u& N4 m: KWhile loggin in to Teamcenter, following error is shown:
; @& F, p, g* G: k* m# L/ T. ucom.teamcenetr.soa.client.SoaRuntimeException:Could not connect to
, A! u+ V' a9 K5 u+ I8 u  M"iipo:localhost:1573/TcServer1" via IIOP
TAO Screen:
$ p7 v2 _  S5 c0 F5 SChecking for currently running TAO ImR services...
" H" G, X6 G/ A$ KNo running TAO ImR services found...
: [1 s9 D0 t  x7 T2 w' i3 g1 file(s) copied.
Starting ImplRepo service...
- c2 C* R" E  L! @% G……………..
; I$ ?5 ]) v- X) N' Z) g$ R- sImR Activator: Starting server <TcServer1>...
2 A! M* b: N, W6 Y' f8 D1 q8 P3 Jcommand line : <C:\Program
Files\Siemens\Teamcenter10\TC_Root\iiopserver
) l  a: H, v$ Xs\start_TcServer1.bat>
: _3 r- R; y7 q) Odirectory : <C:\Program Files\Siemens\Teamcenter10\TC_Root\iiopservers>
; P6 Y* Y. c# N) ]! wImR Activator: Cannot start server <TcServer1> using <C:\Program
Files\Siemens\T
eamcenter10\TC_Root\iiopservers\start_TcServer1.bat>
ImR: Activator cannot start <TcServer1>.
8 N' Z$ H/ K8 I, Y. [; R5 PImR: <TcServer1> not running. alive=false.
ImR: Cannot Activate <TcServer1>.
Cannot activate server <TcServer1>, reason: <Cannot start server.>
2 U. ^& g! k+ {5 n: n/ GSolution
* @& y# C, H  B6 U5 P- S# U( j( OTAO would report cannot start tcserver.
2 X/ a3 w- C5 ?9 B& uTC_ROOT and TC_DATA had space in the directory name.
portal.bat would not call start_TcServer1.bat via the tcserver.xml
6 c( S! y( O$ H' w- Z. i% YEdited the tcserver.xml and noted the TC_ROOT with short path name (DOS 8.3 syntax)
% a- w4 o' v& L2 O) s7 H+ Hreplacing the folder name with space.
8 K. _# w" R6 M! |2 S) {6 B7 E, @' KExample:
0 p1 L( c0 @/ KC:\PROGRA~1\TC_ROOT & C:\PROGRA~1\TC_DATA
- i+ l$ O& R" g+ J4 y  f% S! ]Lauch portal.bat, now tcsever is started and able to login.
It is highly recommend that TC full installation directory has no space, including NX and
; J9 Z/ z0 h/ C9 Dany other related softwares.
7 U! @+ N5 m# o% Y. @For example
TC_ROOT = c:\apps\X64\TC\TC11
: @; ^0 s) a; ?: `- C$ |TC_DATA = c:\apps\x64\TC\tcdata
X64 means 64bit TC software, while for 32 bit, please use X86