PK53057: ERROR "FAILED TO SPAWN PROCESS" RECEIVED STARTING RMISERVER IN MULIT-PROCESS MODE ON AIX.

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• Starting the RMIServer in multi-process mode on AIX produces the
  following error message, and the process is terminated.
  
  bash-3.00# ./startRMIServer.sh -verbose
  ******************************************************
  *  IBM Websphere Transformation Extender RMI Server  *
  ******************************************************
  Starting RMI Server...
  Loading config file.
  Server listening port: 2500
  Logging mode: full
  Server mode: multi-process
  Process Pool properties:
   pool.max.process.count=10
   pool.max.idle.time=10
   pool.max.keep.idle.count=2
   pool.map.auto.unload.timeout=10
   pool.mode.managed=true
   pool.acquire.process.timeout=10
  Multi-process command line: "/opt/IBM/wsdtx/java/bin/java"
  -Xmx1024m
  -classpath
  "/opt/IBM/wsdtx/libs/dtxpi.jar:/opt/IBM/wsdtx/libs/m4java.jar:/o
  pt/IBM
  /wsdtx/libs/xerces.jar:/opt/IBM/wsdtx/examples/dk/dtxpi/rmi:"
  com.ibm.websphere.dtx.dtxpi.rmi.IMProcessImpl
  Server mode: JRMP
  RMI Server running.
  Acquiring process.
  Spawning process [0].
  *ERROR: Failed to spawn process: "/opt/IBM/wsdtx/java/bin/java"
  -Xmx1024m -classpath
  "/opt/IBM/wsdtx/libs/dtxpi.jar:/opt/IBM/wsdtx/libs/m4java.jar:/o
  pt/IBM
  /wsdtx/libs/xerces.jar:/opt/IBM/wsdtx/examples/dk/dtxpi/rmi:"
  com.ibm.websphere.dtx.dtxpi.rmi.IMProcessImpl
  java.io.IOException: "/opt/IBM/wsdtx/java/bin/java": not found
          at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)
          at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:72)
          at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method)
          at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:602)
          at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:461)
          at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:397)
          at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:359)
  at
  com.ibm.websphere.dtx.dtxpi.rmi.IMProcessPoolImpl._spawnProcess(
  Unknow
  n Source)
  at
  com.ibm.websphere.dtx.dtxpi.rmi.IMProcessPoolImpl.acquireProcess
  (Unkno
  wn Source)
  at
  com.ibm.websphere.dtx.dtxpi.rmi.IMFactoryMPImpl.loadMapMemory(Un
  known
  Source)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
  Method)
  at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
  Impl.j
  ava:85)
  at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
  Impl.j
  ava:58)
  at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  Access
  orImpl.java:60)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:391)
  at
  sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:2
  79)
          at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:164)
          at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged1(Native
  Method)
  at
  java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.jav
  a:389)
          at
  sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:160)
  at
  sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.j
  ava:50
  5)
  at
  sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.handleReque
  st(TCP
  Transport.java:837)
  at
  sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTran
  sport.
  java:911)
          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:570)
  

Local fix

• Add the following statement to rmiserver.properties file:
  
  server.resource.registry=
  

Problem summary

• Based on note from support, an update to the
  rmiserver.properties file was needed, particularly
  "server.resource.registry=".
  

Problem conclusion

• Doc change submitted
  

Temporary fix

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