Getting DSRA0080E, "com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.SqlException: invalid operation: connection closed" due to DisconnectException

Problem

Customer uses DB2. After a normal application server start, many DSRA0080E exceptions are generated in the in the SystemOut.log. A trace with the components j2c, RRA and database enabled looks like: com.ibm.websphere.ce.cm.StaleConnectionException: A communication error has been detected. Communication protocol being used: UWReply.fill(). Communication API being used: recvBuff(). Location where the error was detected: ReasonCode=71. Communication function detecting the error: *. Protocol specific error codes(s) TCP/IP SOCKETS DB2ConnectionCorrelator: *LOCAL.db2inst1.050809212337 at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:80) ... com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.DisconnectException: A communication error has been detected. Communication protocol being used: UWReply.fill(). Communication API being used: recvBuff(). Location where the error was detected: ReasonCode=71. Communication function detecting the error: *. Protocol specific error codes(s) TCP/IP SOCKETS DB2ConnectionCorrelator: *LOCAL.db2inst1.050809212337 at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.a.a(a.java:374) at com.ibm.db2.jcc.uw.UWReply.b(UWReply.java:108) at com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.cb.c(cb.java:222) ... [8/9/05 16:24:29:859 CDT] 1cc4f3f8 WSJdbcUtil e Encountered a Stale Connection: com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJccConnection@d8333c9 [8/9/05 16:24:29:859 CDT] 1cc4f3f8 WSJccConnecti > close com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJccConnection@d8333c9 ... [8/9/05 16:24:29:919 CDT] 1cc4f3f8 GenericDataSt > mapExceptionHelper [8/9/05 16:24:29:919 CDT] 1cc4f3f8 DB2DataStoreH > findMappingClass for: com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.SqlException: invalid operation: connection closed [8/9/05 16:24:29:919 CDT] 1cc4f3f8 DB2DataStoreH e the DataStoreHelper is: com.ibm.websphere.rsadapter.DB2UniversalDataStoreHelper@71e173df [8/9/05 16:24:29:919 CDT] 1cc4f3f8 GenericDataSt > findMappingClass for exception com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.SqlException: invalid operation: connection closed at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.o.Ab(o.java:3683) at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.o.getCatalog(o.java:1704) at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.ec.getCatalog(ec.java:223) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSRdbManagedConnectionImpl.getCatalog(WSRdbManagedConnectionImpl.java:688) ... [8/9/05 16:24:29:920 CDT] 1cc4f3f8 WSRdbManagedC W DSRA0080E: An exception was received by the Data Store Adapter. See original exception message: com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.SqlException: invalid operation: connection closed at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.o.Ab(o.java:3683) at com.ibm.db2.jcc.b.o.getCatalog(o.java:1704) ...