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WebSphere Application Server does not restart and error WSVR0703W is found in the native_stdout.log

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Question

After stopping the WebSphere Application Server, it does not restart and in the native_stdout.log we see the below error : . WSVR0703W com.ibm.ws.runtime.WsServer java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.eclipse.hyades.logging.events.cbe.impl.EventFactoryContext at com.ibm.ejs.ras.Tr.(Tr.java:304) at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method) at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:200) at com.ibm.ejs.ras.RasHelper.setServer(RasHelper.java:249) at com.ibm.ws.runtime.WsServer.(WsServer.java:50) .......... at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSPreLauncher.main(WSPreLauncher.java:111) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.hyades.logging.events.cbe.impl.EventFactoryContext at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:402) .

Cause

Possible osgi class cache got corrupted

Answer

Run the following steps in order to clear Websphere class caches :
.
- cd IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Dmgr01/bin
- run ./clearClassCache.sh
- run ./osgiCfgInit.sh
- cd /tmp/ to confirm that javasharedresources folder is gone
- remove the contents of the following directories:
- profile_root/temp/
- profile_root/wstemp/
- profile_root/config/temp/

then run ./startNode.sh

Also see reference TN:

"How to clear the WebSphere class caches"
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21607887

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 November 2019

UID

swg21672201