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IBM Information Server thick and thin clients cannot be accessed due to errors in WAS logs "Unexpected runtime error: Unhandled type 2011 for column 4"

Troubleshooting


Problem

IBM Information Server thick and thin clients cannot be accessed due to errors in WAS logs:
 
[8/30/24 3:56:00:598 UTC] 00003a59 SandboxServic E   Unexpected runtime error: Unhandled type 2011 for column 4
                                 org.apache.ojb.broker.OJBRuntimeException: Unhandled type 2011 for column 4
	at org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.JdbcTypesHelper.getObjectFromColumn(JdbcTypesHelper.java:227)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.persistence.query.OjbSqlExecuter.executeQuery(OjbSqlExecuter.java:96)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.pm.query.sql.SqlQueryPlan.execute(SqlQueryPlan.java:107)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.query.impl.engine.RemoveAddedColumns.execute(RemoveAddedColumns.java:43)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.query.impl.engine.DataConversionPlan.execute(DataConversionPlan.java:61)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.pm.query.sql.SqlQuery.getResultCollection(SqlQuery.java:203)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.pm.query.sql.SqlQuery.execute(SqlQuery.java:233)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.persistence.basic.BasicPersistence.executeQuery(BasicPersistence.java:5528)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.repository.QueryHelper$LegacyQueryExecuter.execute(QueryHelper.java:75)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.repository.QueryHelper.executeQuery(QueryHelper.java:180)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.repository.QueryHelper.executeQuery(QueryHelper.java:141)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.repository.AbstractSandbox.executeQuery(AbstractSandbox.java:105)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.service.SandboxServiceSupport.executeQuery(SandboxServiceSupport.java:130)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.binding.impl.EObjectSandboxBinding.executeQuery(EObjectSandboxBinding.java:149)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.client.impl.DefaultSandboxClient.query(DefaultSandboxClient.java:1344)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.client2.AbstractSandboxClient.executeValueQuery(AbstractSandboxClient.java:384)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor75.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:508)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.client2.WrapperHandler.invoke(WrapperHandler.java:97)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy145.executeValueQuery(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor75.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:508)
	at com.ibm.xmeta.client2.WrapperHandler.invoke(WrapperHandler.java:97)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy145.executeValueQuery(Unknown Source)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.EventServiceImpl.executeCEValueQuery(EventServiceImpl.java:1031)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.EventServiceImpl.executeCEValueQuery(EventServiceImpl.java:1024)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.EventServiceImpl.getEventVOByRid(EventServiceImpl.java:3594)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.EventServiceImpl.processSingleSubscription(EventServiceImpl.java:1996)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.EventServiceImpl.processSubscriptions(EventServiceImpl.java:1961)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.EventServiceImpl.processInstantNotifications(EventServiceImpl.java:1892)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.local.LocalEventService$24.run(LocalEventService.java:615)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.j2ee.impl.common.transaction.DefaultTransactionManagerImpl$WASUOWAction.run(DefaultTransactionManagerImpl.java:185)
	at com.ibm.ws.uow.embeddable.EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.runUnderCurrentUOW(EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.java:994)
	at com.ibm.ws.uow.embeddable.EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.runUnderUOW(EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.java:381)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.j2ee.impl.common.transaction.DefaultTransactionManagerImpl.runUnderTransaction(DefaultTransactionManagerImpl.java:71)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.local.LocalEventService.processInstantNotifications(LocalEventService.java:612)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.EventHandlerTaskExecutionServiceImpl.runTask(EventHandlerTaskExecutionServiceImpl.java:87)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.local.LocalEventHandlerTaskExecutionService$1.run(LocalEventHandlerTaskExecutionService.java:39)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.j2ee.impl.common.transaction.DefaultTransactionManagerImpl$WASUOWAction.run(DefaultTransactionManagerImpl.java:185)
	at com.ibm.ws.uow.embeddable.EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.runUnderNewUOW(EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.java:798)
	at com.ibm.ws.uow.embeddable.EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.runUnderUOW(EmbeddableUOWManagerImpl.java:377)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.j2ee.impl.common.transaction.DefaultTransactionManagerImpl.runUnderTransaction(DefaultTransactionManagerImpl.java:71)
	at com.ibm.iis.common.event.impl.local.LocalEventHandlerTaskExecutionService.runTask(LocalEventHandlerTaskExecutionService.java:36)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.scheduling.server.impl.quartz.ASBJob.executeImpl(ASBJob.java:458)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.scheduling.server.impl.quartz.ASBJob.execute(ASBJob.java:318)
	at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:223)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.scheduling.server.impl.quartz.J2EEThreadPool$RunnableWrapper.run(J2EEThreadPool.java:261)
	at com.ibm.iis.isf.j2ee.impl.was.thread.WASScheduledExecutorService$RunnableWorkAdapter.run(WASScheduledExecutorService.java:875)
	at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.J2EEContext$RunProxy.run(J2EEContext.java:281)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:690)
	at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.J2EEContext.run(J2EEContext.java:747)
	at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.WorkWithExecutionContextImpl.go(WorkWithExecutionContextImpl.java:222)
	at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.ABWorkItemImpl.run(ABWorkItemImpl.java:206)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1909)
This issue may be encountered in 11.7.1.1 SP2 or IS 11.7.1.3 and above.

Symptom

Users may report accessibility issues to IBM Datastage Designer/Director/Administrator clients.
The launchpad may open. But, none of the thin clients would work.
 
Look for above errors in the WAS logs.
 
Default log location:
For WAS ND, see SystemOut.log and SystemError.log under /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/<profileName>/logs/server1 directory.
For WebSphere Liberty, please see messages.log file located under /opt/IBM/InformationServer/wlp/usr/servers/iis/logs directory.                                                      
 

Document Location

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Modified date:
29 October 2025

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