Category: WebSphere Application Server

IBM Support Assistant Plugin – Visual Configuration Explorer

The Visual Configuration Explorer When configuration problems occur in a complex software environment, you can spend a lot of time hunting for subtle changes that might have introduced errors. The new Visual Configuration Explorer tool, which runs as a plug-in to the IBM Support Assistant, simplifies configuration troubleshooting by letting you visualize, explore, and analyze […]

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DSRA9010E: ‘{0}’ is not supported on the WebSphere ‘{1}’ Platform

If you see the following exception: Exception Data: com.dan.LDAPException: javax.resource.NotSupportedException: DSRA9010E: ‘execute(InteractionSpec, Record, Record)’ is not supported on the WebSphere Interaction implementation. It likely means that the JNDI object you looked up isn’t the type your code thought it was going to be. An example of this would be when your ear is installed to […]

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Profile Creation on WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.19 Fails with Certificate Error

We installted WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.19 and recieved the following error when creating a profile: Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Cannot set up certs for trusted CAs at javax.crypto.b.clinit(Unknown Source) at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method) at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:194) … 63 more Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Jurisdiction policy files are not signed by trusted signers! at javax.crypto.b.a(Unknown Source) at javax.crypto.b.a(Unknown Source) at […]

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Using Spring and Hibernate with WebSphere Application Server

If you’re considering using Spring or Hibernate with IBM WebSphere
Application Server, this article explains how to configure these frameworks for
various scenarios with WebSphere Application Server. This article is not an
exhaustive review of either framework, but a critical reference to help you
successfully implement such scenarios. (Updated for Spring Framework 2.5 and
WebSphere Application Server V7.) (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)

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WebSphere Application Server: Component vs Container Managed Authentication Alias

When defining the usage of an authentication alias in a resource in the administration console of WebSphere Application Server, there are two places the data can be specified: Component Managed Authentication Container Managed Authentication Component Managed Authentication is used when the resource configured in the EJB’s deployment descriptor res-auth property is set to ‘Application’. Container […]

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WebSphere Admin Console SRVE0190E: FileNotFound Errors when clicking certain hyperlinks

Should you find that you have some links in your WebSphere Administration console that generate an error in the following format: com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppErrorReport: SRVE0190E: File not found: /xxxxxxxxxxx.content.main at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppDispatcherContext.sendError(WebAppDispatcherContext.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.SRTServletResponse.sendError(SRTServletResponse.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.FilterProxyServlet.dispatch(FilterProxyServlet.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.FilterProxyServlet.service(FilterProxyServlet.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java(Compiled Code)) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java(Compiled Code)) t com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java(Compiled Code)) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java(Compiled Code)) at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.extension.WebExtensionProcessor.invokeFilters(WebExtensionProcessor.java) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.extension.DefaultExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(DefaultExtensionProcessor.java) It appears that the […]

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What’s new in WebSphere Application Server V7

IBM WebSphere Application Server V7 has powerful new features and dramatic
enhancements to help you achieve heightened productivity, stronger security, tighter
integration, and simplified administration. Find out about some of the new key
features that enable this new release to provide a flexible and reliable foundation
for your service-oriented architecture.

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Oracle XA_RMERR & Spring Oracle LOB Handler Exceptions

Was getting the following oracle exception when trying to use an Oracle XA datasource from WebSphere: WSRdbXaResour E DSRA0304E: XAException occurred. XAException contents and details are: The XA Error is : -3 The XA Error message is : A resource manager error has occured in the transaction branch. The Oracle Error code is : 65535 […]

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IBM APAR PK49507: PROFILE RECREATION Required!

In a case of something I have never seen before, it appears that PK49507: THE SIBUS RESOURCE ADAPATER WILL NOW INDICATE THAT AN MDB SHOULD BE STOPPED IF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FAILURES ARE HIT actually requires you to recreate your entire server profile from scratch! It contains the statement: This property will only be […]

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Do not use forward slashes in SIBus Destination names with JMS

I have an SIBus destination called: ‘MY/QUEUE’. I create a JMS QueueConnectionFactory and JMS Queue definition to this destination. jms/LoggingPoisonQueueCF and jms/LoggingPoisonQueue. When I attempt to put a message on the destination (using Spring JMS) I get the following exception: org.springframework.jms.InvalidDestinationException: CWSIA0046E: The parameter queue://MY/QUEUE?busName=SIBJMSBus is from a foreign implementation that is not supported.; nestedexception […]

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Where’s that class being loaded from? – Which4J

I’d just like the tout the WHICH4J Project which has helped me immensely in my classpath confict issues with Oracle over LOG4J and JAXB. Which4J is a small utility jar that can be added to your classpath and used via: System.out.println(“WHICH 4J: ” + Which4J.which(JAXBContext.class)) Works fine with WebSphere Application Server

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Log4J “NoSuchMethodError” for org/apache/log4j/Logger.trace(Ljava/lang/Object;)V

My application uses log4J and when I deployed to our development server, I was getting the following exception: CNTR0020E: EJB threw an unexpected (non-declared) exception during invocation of method “onMessage” on bean “BeanId(LoggingEAR#LoggingEJB.jar#LoggingExceptionMDB, null)”. Exception data: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/apache/log4j/Logger.trace(Ljava/lang/Object;)V At first, I believed that this was caused by Log4J not being on the classpath in ear. […]

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Still Springing Along

I’m still solidly in the spring domain with my solution. I’ve run into a number of obfuscated exceptions as I’ve gone along way my from Spring newbie to Spring intermediate newbie. They’re all nicely saved in my WebSphere Application Server log, so once I get some free time, I’ll go through them all with the […]

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