PH24756: WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER JVM START FAILED ON PARSING META-INF/EJB-JAR_MERGED.XML

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The application server fails to start with below exception:
  Caused by:
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.Deploy
  mentDescriptorLoadException: META-INF/ejb-jar.xml
  and
  Caused by:
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.Resour
  ceLoadException: IWAE0007E Could not load resource
  "META-INF/ejb-jar_merged.xml" in archive "ppc-ejb-2.40.2.0.jar"
  and
  Caused by: org.eclipse.emf.common.util.WrappedException:
  java.io.IOException: Stream closed
  Caused by: java.io.IOException: Stream closedAfter restart it
  works.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Application start fails with a failure  *
  *                      to                                      *
  *                      process an EJB's deployment descriptor, *
  *                      as described in the APAR description.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  In scenarios in which application code can run on a separate
  thread as the application is completing its startup process, it
  is
  possible for a condition to occur in which closure operations on
  the module object collide, causing one of them to fail. The
  specific case that precipitated this APAR involved an EJB timer,
  which fired after the EJB was started but before the full
  completion of all application start operations.
  

Problem conclusion

• Additional synchronization was added to ensure that the module
  operations are thread-safe.
  
  The fix for this APAR is targeted for inclusion in fix packs
  8.5.5.18 and 9.0.5.5. For more information, see 'Recommended
  Updates for WebSphere Application Server':
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715553
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE APP S

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0800

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

     UP

• R900 PSY

     UP