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An exception occurs when an unknown cluster name is used in the bootstrapProcessServerData command in IBM Business Process Manager (BPM)

Troubleshooting


Problem

When you run the bootstrapProcessServerData.bat or bootstrapProcessServerData.sh command with an unknown cluster name, a null pointer exception might occur.

Symptom

A null pointer exception similar to the following text might occur in the command window and the bootstrap log file:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.ibm.bpm.bootstrap.BootstrapProcessServerDataHelper.determineClusterMember(BootstrapProcessServerDataHelper.java:828)
        at com.ibm.bpm.bootstrap.BootstrapProcessServerDataHelper.init(BootstrapProcessServerDataHelper.java:135)
        at com.ibm.bpm.bootstrap.BootstrapProcessServerDataHelper.bootstrapData(BootstrapProcessServerDataHelper.java:213)
        at com.ibm.bpm.bootstrap.BootstrapHelper.execute(BootstrapHelper.java:91)
        at com.ibm.websphere.management.async.client.AsyncCommandClient.execute(AsyncCommandClient.java:177)
        at com.ibm.ws.scripting.adminCommand.AdminCmdController.executeCmd(AdminCmdController.java:1876)
        at com.ibm.ws.scripting.adminCommand.AdminCmdController.processCmd(AdminCmdController.java:317)
        at com.ibm.ws.scripting.adminCommand.AdminCmdProxyHandler.invoke(AdminCmdProxyHandler.java:92)
        at com.ibm.ws.scripting.adminCommand.AdminCmdProxyBase.__method4(AdminCmdProxyBase.java:58)
        at com.ibm.ws.scripting.adminCommand.AdminTask.bootstrapProcessServerData(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
        at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java)
        at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(PyMethod.java)
        at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java)
        at org.python.core.PyInstance.invoke(PyInstance.java)
        at org.python.pycode._pyx50.f$0(<input>:1)
        at org.python.pycode._pyx50.call_function(<input>)
        at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.jaa)
        at org.python.core.PyC

Cause

Currently, the bootstrapProcessServerData command does not run a prerequisite check for the cluster name. Therefore, a warning is not provided to indicate that the specified cluster name does not exist.

Resolving The Problem

Run the bootstrapProcessServerData command again with an existing cluster name.

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Product Synonym

BPM

Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21638917

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