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Unable to install Resource Adapter Archive (RAR) in WebSphere Studio Application Developer version 5.1

Troubleshooting


Problem

When installing a Resource Adapter Archive (RAR) file in WebSphere® Studio Application Developer (WSAD) version 5.1, you might get an error at development time or run time. There are three different possible issues you might face: [

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  • ]If you create a new WebSphere Application Server v5.0 test environment server configuration and try to add a Resource Adapter Name on the Java™ 2 Connector (J2C) tab of the server configuration, you may receive: []WAA1350E could not read RAR deployment descriptor. Choose another RAR or cancel this operation. Package with uri "null" not found.[][
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  • ]If you try to add the Resource Adapter name from the Administration Console you may receive an error message saying it cannot add the resource adapter [
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  • ]When you try to access your Resource Adapter using JNDI you will receive the following error message: []com.ibm.websphere.naming.CannotInstantiate ObjectException: Exception occurred while the JNDI NamingManager was processing a javax.naming.Reference object. [Root exception is java.lang.NullPointerException][][
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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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