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)
# Y! X9 Q7 E- V& n5 C. i8 XSymptom
While loggin in to Teamcenter, following error is shown:
: ]  ~! d/ n3 {8 v. n6 f, Scom.teamcenetr.soa.client.SoaRuntimeException:Could not connect to
"iipo:localhost:1573/TcServer1" via IIOP
0 l1 S8 E" @/ ^TAO Screen:
+ W* I9 B2 ?9 K" c2 AChecking for currently running TAO ImR services...
4 E  \* s; \2 x" UNo running TAO ImR services found...
1 file(s) copied.
Starting ImplRepo service...
! j# K1 X3 J  y! W……………..
ImR Activator: Starting server <TcServer1>...
command line : <C:\Program
& N) z' C* r7 X/ ]/ E" QFiles\Siemens\Teamcenter10\TC_Root\iiopserver
s\start_TcServer1.bat>
$ Y+ {! j5 V3 Q. o; i: ?% Y: gdirectory : <C:\Program Files\Siemens\Teamcenter10\TC_Root\iiopservers>
8 j/ C. }5 u) ZImR Activator: Cannot start server <TcServer1> using <C:\Program
Files\Siemens\T
eamcenter10\TC_Root\iiopservers\start_TcServer1.bat>
  Y) F9 ?6 H% X  e6 t! [ImR: Activator cannot start <TcServer1>.
& n) X- O: J1 A, d5 bImR: <TcServer1> not running. alive=false.
* D# K9 D! T4 [7 c( K) T+ R% AImR: Cannot Activate <TcServer1>.
Cannot activate server <TcServer1>, reason: <Cannot start server.>
) U6 n" B3 t7 i% x- \Solution
5 `- F) ]; k1 w5 j' ], ~: k6 ~4 |" e( }TAO would report cannot start tcserver.
! q) r" N3 B4 a: w; [2 ^TC_ROOT and TC_DATA had space in the directory name.
portal.bat would not call start_TcServer1.bat via the tcserver.xml
5 _0 t+ N, N5 x9 HEdited the tcserver.xml and noted the TC_ROOT with short path name (DOS 8.3 syntax)
( W8 {# `- \- u  J) x3 o/ Xreplacing the folder name with space.
* B& ^( y" Z! p0 IExample:
C:\PROGRA~1\TC_ROOT & C:\PROGRA~1\TC_DATA
/ d; Q- t  }0 H& cLauch 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
1 U1 I& M  h  L0 f; S5 k( tany other related softwares.
For example
$ A0 t! T5 G2 uTC_ROOT = c:\apps\X64\TC\TC11
9 N2 e  K! A* _1 A: n0 wTC_DATA = c:\apps\x64\TC\tcdata
X64 means 64bit TC software, while for 32 bit, please use X86