JR44164: CMVC 224366 - RESOLVE ERRORS CREATING THE SEARCH INDEX ON SYSTEM WHERE THE WAS PROFILE ROOT IS NOT IN <WAS>/PROFILES/.

JR47273 - WebSphere Commerce Search cumulative Interim Fix in V7.0 Feature Pack 5
JR46013 - Slow Performance/OOM during synonym expansion

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you run the setupSearchIndex tool it fails with an error
  like the one below:
  Cause:
  An error occurred while attempting to run task. The exception
  error was: An IO exception was caught. The error was:
  /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/demo/properties/soap.clien
  t.props (No such file or directory).
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  Program exiting with exit code: 3.
  Search index setup not successful. An unrecoverable error has
  occurred. Check the log file for more information.
  
  If your WebSphere Application Server (WAS) profile path is in a
  location other than <WAS>/profiles/<WC_instanceName> then you
  note that, in the error message, the path to the profile is
  incorrect.  The utility is searching for soap.client.props in
  the wrong path.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• USERS AFFECTED:
  Users of WebSphere Commerce V7 with Feature Pack 2 through 5 who
  have created their WebSphere Commerce instance using the command
  line and who have specified that the WebSphere Application
  Server profile be located in a path other than the default of
  <WAS>/profiles/<WC_instanceName>.
  
  PROBLEM ABSTRACT:
  setupSearchIndex fails when the WebSphere Application Server
  profile is not in the expected location.
  
  BUSINESS IMPACT:
  This error delays the Solr search index creation and hence the
  deployment of the WebSphere Commerce system.
  
  RECOMMENDATION:
  

Problem conclusion

• IBM has updated the method used by the setupSearchIndex tool to
  identify the path to the WebSphere Application Server profile.
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  The latest available maintenance information can be obtained
  from the Recommended Fixes for WebSphere Commerce technote:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3046&uid=swg21261296
  

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

  WC BUS EDITION

• Fixed component ID

  5724I3800

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

     UP

• R600 PSN

     UP