<docbook><section><title>UnableToContactTheRequestedDatabaseAgent</title><para> </para><title> Unable to contact the requested database agent </title> Unable to contact the requested database agent 
<para>&quot;Unable to contact the requested database agent&quot; errors are generic.
 These messages do not provide enough information to debug the underlying problem.</para><para>Reviewing the Request Broker Log, especially if the Request Broker is running in &quot;debug&quot; mode, usually reveals more information.</para><para>Common causes of this error message include --</para><itemizedlist mark="bullet" spacing="compact"><listitem> The Broker Host has more than one IP address and/or more than one network interface (even if only one is configured).
 If either of these is the case, check the Broker Rulebook and ensure that <span style="color: red">
      UNKNOWN tag:
      http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml:nowiki[Network TCP]:IPAddress</span> is set to the Broker host IP address which can be reached by all clients *and* by the Broker itself.
</listitem>
<listitem> The Database Agent may take longer to instantiate than the <span style="color: red">
      UNKNOWN tag:
      http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml:nowiki[Communications]:ReceiveTimeout</span> allows.
 Try increasing this value, <ulink url="ConfiguringMTCommunicationsAttributes">being careful to follow these guidelines</ulink>.</listitem>
</itemizedlist><bridgehead class="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml:h2">Evidence</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist mark="bullet" spacing="compact"><listitem> Request Broker Rulebook </listitem>
<listitem> Request Broker Log </listitem>
<listitem> Database Agent Version String </listitem>
</itemizedlist></section></docbook>