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Controller Web intermittently (perhaps once a month) crashes with "Max connections reached" errors

Troubleshooting


Problem

Intermittently (for example perhaps once a month) Controller Web crashes.
  • As a workaround, this is solved by restarting the Windows service "IBM Cognos Controller Web")
During troubleshooting, customer notices errors similar to "Max connections reached 869" in the log file.

Symptom

Example 1 (filename similar to "exception_summary_20.05.08_15.09.01.0.log"):
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Index  Count  Time of first Occurrence    Time of last Occurrence     Exception SourceId ProbeId
------+------+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------
     0      1    5/8/20 15:09:01:720 CEST    5/8/20 15:09:01:720 CEST java.lang.IllegalStateException com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters 1105
                                                                            - C:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\ccr_64\fcmweb\wlp\usr\servers\fcm.web\logs\ffdc\ffdc_20.05.08_15.09.01.0.log
     1    118    5/8/20 15:34:48:361 CEST    5/8/20 15:50:33:390 CEST com.ibm.websphere.ce.j2c.ConnectionWaitTimeoutException Max connections reached 869
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Example 2 (log file "...\ccr_64\fcmweb\wlp\usr\servers\fcm.web\logs\com.ibm.cognos.fcm.log"):
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J2CA0045E: Connection not available while invoking method createOrWaitForConnection for resource jdbc/default. Timed out waiting for 30,001 millisecond(s) with 0 remaining waiting requests and 50 current total connections used.
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Document Location

Worldwide

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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ibm16233294