Troubleshooting
Online troubleshooting articles
The articles provided below are referenced by knowledge base numbers. Search for knowledge base articles at the ESRI Support Web site.
Troubleshooting ArcIMS installation
23357—ArcIMS Viewer must be removed before installing ArcIMS
23672—Post installation setup - Web server servlet engine configuration completed with errors
23727—Error: Please enter a valid username on your domain

The Windows Installer requires the system account to have full control of the system drive and the target drive.
Troubleshooting Web server and servlet engine
22327—Jakarta Tomcat service fails to start due to internal error
20340—HowTo: Update ServletExec to use a new version of JRE
18766—(Windows only) Tomcat service fails to start
Check out the ESRI Support Web site and search for KB document 31218 for information on setting up your Web server and servlet engine.
For information on manually configuring your Web server-servlet engine for ArcIMS (if you did not use the postinstallation setup), see the ESRI Support Web site and search for KB document 37382.
Troubleshooting application startup after installation
23057—Unable to log in to Administrator in ArcIMS
22055—Add virtual server failed
22185—(Linux only) Map service not available due to fonts missing
20915—ArcIMS services or Tomcat stop immediately after starting
15442—Reset ArcIMS so that Administrator prompts for new user information
23622—HowTo: Create a scripts virtual directory in IIS
19439—HowTo: View error messages generated by Administrator, Author, and ArcExplorer Java while developing an ArcIMS site
20844—HowTo: Enable Complete Logging for the ArcIMS Application Server and Spatial Server
21331—"Requested Map Service not available" error in HTML viewer
23444—URL is invalid, or ArcIMS is not running in Administrator