Troubleshooting
Problem
The installation of WebGUI FP18 failed with update failed upon the start of Websphere Server step.
The logs are showing these errors:
ui/logs/OMNIbusWebGUI_8.1.0.18/startServer.out:
ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file
/IBM/JazzSM/WAS/profile/logs/server1/startServer.log
ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the JazzSMProfile profile
ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: server1
ADMU3200I: Server launched. Waiting for initialization status.
ADMU3011E: Server launched but failed initialization. Server logs,
startServer.log, and other log files under
/IBM/JazzSM/WAS/profile/logs/server1 should contain failure
information.
Symptom
The /opt/IBM/JazzSM/profile/logs/server1/SystemErr.log showed a few NullPointerException..
[5/9/20 12:01:11:460 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R java.util.logging.ErrorManager: 1
[5/9/20 12:01:11:460 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R java.lang.NullPointerException
[5/9/20 12:01:11:462 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at java.util.logging.StreamHandler.publish(StreamHandler.java:235)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:462 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at java.util.logging.FileHandler.publish(FileHandler.java:712)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:462 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at java.util.logging.Logger.log(Logger.java:749)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:462 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.logging.WsLogger.deliverOrBuffer(WsLogger.java:422)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:462 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.logging.WsLogger.log(WsLogger.java:400)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:462 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.logging.WsLogger.logp(WsLogger.java:605)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:463 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at com.ibm.tivoli.nm.logging.NAMLogger.logp(NAMLogger.java:317)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:463 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at com.micromuse.ncw.utility.NCWBringUpWorker.run(NCWBringUpWorker.java:65)
[5/9/20 12:01:11:463 SGT] 000000bb SystemErr R at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:820)
[5/9/20 12:09:24:212 SGT] 00000001 SystemErr R com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException: java.lang.NullPointerException
[5/9/20 12:09:24:213 SGT] 00000001 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.management.MBeanFactoryImpl.deactivateMBean(MBeanFactoryImpl.java:1168)
Document Location
Worldwide
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Modified date:
09 May 2025
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ibm16218294