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Application Deployment fails: java.lang.IllegalStateException. Error is Platform not running.

Troubleshooting


Problem

Application Deployment fails: java.lang.IllegalStateException. Error is Platform not running. This could happen during InfoSphere Information Server: - fix pack installation - patch installation - Information Services Director application deployment - upgrading InfoSphere Information Server from version 8.7 to version 9.1 after installation of WebSphere or after application of a WebSphere fix pack. It can occur with any of the following WebSphere versions: 7.x, 8.0.x and 8.5.

Symptom

This error can occur during deployment of an application to WebSphere. Application deployment is done as part of InfoSphere Information Server:
- product installation
- fix pack installation
- patch installation,
- Information Services Director application deployment
- upgrading InfoSphere Information Server

The following exception can be seen in the WebSphere SystemOut.log:


[7/25/12 2:08:29:498 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] Error executing deployment: java.lang.IllegalStateException. Error is Platform not running.
[7/25/12 2:08:29:501 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Platform not running
[7/25/12 2:08:29:585 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:374)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:590 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:590 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:48)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:619 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:620 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:621 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.batch.impl.BootLoaderLoader.run(BootLoaderLoader.java:494)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:623 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.batch.impl.BatchDeploy.execute(BatchDeploy.java:114)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:625 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.EJBDeploy.execute(EJBDeploy.java:107)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:626 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.EJBDeploy.deploy(EJBDeploy.java:348)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:627 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] at com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.EJBDeploy.main(EJBDeploy.java:310)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:628 EDT] 000000b8 DeployEJBTask I ADMA0158I: [EJBDeploy] EJBDeploy level: @build@
[7/25/12 2:08:29:718 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.EJBDeploymentException: Error executing EJBDeploy
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy.EJBDeploy.execute(EJBDeploy.java:252)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ejs.util.deployment.deploywrapper.DeployUtil$1.run(DeployUtil.java:316)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:118)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ejs.util.deployment.deploywrapper.DeployUtil.deployModule(DeployUtil.java:311)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ejs.util.deployment.deploywrapper.DeployUtil.deploy(DeployUtil.java:90)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.management.application.task.DeployEJBTask.ejbDeploy(DeployEJBTask.java:386)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.management.application.task.DeployEJBTask.install(DeployEJBTask.java:237)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.management.application.task.DeployEJBTask.performTask(DeployEJBTask.java:134)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.management.application.SchedulerImpl.run(SchedulerImpl.java:294)
[7/25/12 2:08:29:719 EDT] 000000cc SystemOut O at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)

[{"Product":{"code":"SSZJPZ","label":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Not Applicable","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"9.1;8.7;8.5.0.2;8.5.0.1;8.5","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
25 April 2025

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