The first symptom .... Oracle BAM Active data cache fails to start. I went ahead and checked the logs in $ORACLE_BAM_HOME\Logs\ActiveDataCache.log. I see a error trace that looks like 2008-12-06 03:02:01,391 [732] ERROR - ActiveDataCache DPAPI was unable to decrypt...
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