JazzSM DASH upgrade fails with the following error message "org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadExceptio : dd_in_ear_load_EXC

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Summary

JazzSM DASH upgrade fails with the following error message "org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadExceptio : dd_in_ear_load_EXC_"

Previous to DASH upgrade, WebSphere has been upgraded to 8.5.5.16 but Java SDK 8 hasn't been installed. On the server, only the java sdk version 8 embedded as part of WAS FP16 is present:

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/java -version
java version "1.8.0_211"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.5.37 - pxa6480sr5fp37-20190618_01(SR5 FP37))

Steps

While checking the logs the following errors were observed:

IM install log:

/opt/IBM/JazzSM/install/tip/dashFixpack.xml:1539: CTGWA0129E Fail to deploy a war module to isc.ear. [/opt/IBM/JazzSM/install/tip/tipWrapperInstall.xml:215]

Ant log file:

[echo] ADMA5065E: Exception in FileMergeTask org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadException: dd_in_ear_load_EXC_.

updateWarFilesWithMetadataChange.out file:

ADMA5065E: Exception in FileMergeTask org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadException: dd_in_ear_load_EXC_.

On the server there is also ITNM installed, hence, the above situation is caused by the fact that Java SDK 8 bundled that comes with WAS is not compatible with ITNM GUI component. There is a problem describing this situation for ITNM:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/fp8-gui-install-fails-ibm-websphere-sdk-java-technology-edition-error

In this situation, the recommendation is to manually install Java SDK 8 (in particular 8.0.5.37 version that is specific for WAS FP16).

Java 8.0.5.37 can be downloaded from here:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm/WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Application+Server&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=8.0.5.37-WS-IBMWASJAVA-part1,8.0.5.37-WS-IBMWASJAVA-part2&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

You'll need both of these packages: 8.0.5.37-WS-IBMWASJAVA-part1.zip & 8.0.5.37-WS-IBMWASJAVA-part2.zip.

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Product Synonym

DASH

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Modified date:
28 April 2020

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ibm16202453

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JazzSM DASH upgrade fails with the following error message "org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadExceptio : dd_in_ear_load_EXC_"