IJ37661: SUMA FAILS WITH JVMCFRE003 BAD MAJOR VERSION APPLIES TO AIX 7300-00

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In AIX 7300-00-01-2148 and AIX 7200-05-03-2148 when you
  have multiple versions of Java installed SUMA fails with
  JVMCFRE003 bad major version:
  
  # oslevel -s
  7300-00-01-2148
  
  # lslpp -l | grep Java
    Java7_64.jre             7.0.0.690  COMMITTED  Java SDK
  64-bit Java Runtime
    Java7_64.sdk             7.0.0.690  COMMITTED  Java SDK
  64-bit Development
    Java8_64.jre             8.0.0.636  COMMITTED  Java SDK
  64-bit Java Runtime
    Java8_64.sdk             8.0.0.636  COMMITTED  Java SDK
  64-bit Development
    Java7_64.jre             7.0.0.690  COMMITTED  Java SDK
  64-bit Java Runtime
    Java8_64.jre             8.0.0.636  COMMITTED  Java SDK
  64-bit Java Runtime
  
  # suma -x -a Action=Preview -a RqType=Latest
  DEBUG: Defaulting FilterML to '7300-00' (SUMA::Policy,
  /usr/suma/lib/SUMA/Policy.pm [545])
  **************************************** (main,
  /usr/sbin/suma [994])
  Performing preview download. (main, /usr/sbin/suma [995])
  **************************************** (main,
  /usr/sbin/suma [996])
  Exception in thread "main"
  java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: JVMCFRE003 bad
  major version; class=ECCWrapper, offset=6 (main,
  /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassImpl(Native
  Method) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:324)
  (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLo
  ader.java:155) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:7
  15) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.net.URLClassLoader.access$400(URLClassLoader.java:94
  ) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.ja
  va:1169) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessControl
  ler.java:492) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:598
  ) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:77
  7) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:750)
  (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:
  341) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:731)
  (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
          at
  sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelp
  er.java:495) (main, /usr/sbin/suma [1068])
  0500-012 An error occurred attempting to download. (main,
  /usr/sbin/suma [1087])
  

Local fix

• 1) Uninstall older Java version:
  # installp -u Java7_64.jre Java7_64.sdk
  
  then SUMA starts working as expected.
  
  or
  
  2) vi /usr/suma/bin/suma
  
  find the following variable:
  
  # Global Variables
  #########################################################
  ######################
  my $JAVA = "/usr/java7_64/jre/bin/java";
  if (! -e $JAVA) {
          find_java();
  }
  
  change it to:
  
  # Global Variables
  #########################################################
  ######################
  my $JAVA = "/usr/java8_64/jre/bin/java";
  if (! -e $JAVA) {
          find_java();
  }
  
  Then SUMA starts working as expected.
  
  The script use find_java, that list java fileset as
  follow :
  /usr/java7/jre/bin/java
  /usr/java7/bin/java
  /usr/java7_64/jre/bin/java
  /usr/java7_64/bin/java
  /usr/java8_64/jre/bin/java
  /usr/java8_64/bin/java
  
  It takes the first that is executable it select java 7
  and errors out.
  

Problem summary

• suma failed because of Java 7 is selected instead of Java 8
  

Problem conclusion

• Change the default java search path to Java 8
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  IJ37395

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  AIX V7.3

• Fixed component ID

  5765CD300

Applicable component levels

• R730 PSY U890960

     UP22/04/29 I 1000