PH50438: JAVACORE DUMP OF WEBSPHERE/LIBERTY SERVER JVM WHEN STARTING SERVER IN PROFILE MODE FROM RAD 9.7.0.4

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• You may encounter a javacore dump of the WebSphere/Liberty
  server JVM when attempting to start the server in profile mode
  from within RAD 9.7.0.4; the same issue is present in
  RSAD/RSAD4WS 9.7.1, as they share common Test & Performance
  Tools (TPTP).
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  1. Create a dynamic web project (New -> Other -> Web -> Dynamic
  Web Project);
  2. Right click on the server (traditional WAS or Liberty) and
  select "Add and Remove..."
  3. Select the project created in step 1 and click "Add", then
  "OK";
  4. Right click on the server in the Servers view and select
  "Profile"
  5. Select "Java profiling -> Execution time analysis", then
  click "Finish";
  
  
  Expected results:
  The server should start in profile mode without incident.
  
  Actual results:
  The server JVM may terminate with a javacore dump, referencing
  Module=..\plugins\org.eclipse.tptp.platform.jvmti.runtime_4.8.2
  00.v202012080734\agent_files\win_em64t\JIE.dllas the source of t
  

Local fix

• There is no local fix.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * RATIONAL APPLICATION DEVELOPER USERS                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * [4:46 PM] Angel Michelle Norman Burgueno Gonzalez            *
  * When starting a Liberty or WebSphere Application Server      *
  * 8.5.x with Profile on Server the server crashes. The         *
  * application server can be started successfully with out      *
  * profile.                                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• When testing RADO9.7.0.6-I20240325_0825 on Windows, I didn't not
  hit the crash issue and the DLL size was the corrected "fixed
  size" as follows:
  C:\Program
  Files\IBM\IBMIMShared\plugins\org.eclipse.tptp.platform.jvmti.ru
  ntime_4.8.301.v202012080734\agent_files\win_em64t\
  JIE.dll                1238 KB
  

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

  RATL APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels