JR54478: SERVER_MIGRATION_FAILURE ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS FOR INSTANCE MIGRATION WITH A POLICY FILE.

Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 7 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• SERVER_MIGRATION_FAILURE error message in seen in the
  SystemOut.log file for every instance during an instance
  migration with a policy file.
  
  Upon further review of the instance we can see that all instance
  were migrated successfully and no tokens needed actions so the
  error can be thrown when there is no issue.
  
  Additionally the error message is very vague regard why it is
  thrown. Normally it means that the instance was successfully
  migrated but a failure occurred while processing token move or
  delete operations. You would need to look for FFDCs or previous
  errors to know the cause.
  The error could be improved to contain this info.
  

Local fix

• Enabling the alwaysSaveSearchableVariables configuration should
  avoid the error incorrectly being printed but will add some
  additional overhead.
  
  This configuration change would need to be to a 100custom.xml
  file change:
    <server>
       <instance-migration merge="mergeChildren">
           <always-save-searchable-variables
           merge="replace">true</always-save-searchable-variables>
        </instance-migration>
    </server>
  

Problem summary

• ERROR DESCRIPTION -
  After you migrate inflight process instances that have policy
  files, you see the following error message in the log files:
  wle_migration E
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.migration.MigrateInstanceRunnabl
  e doExecuteDuringLock SERVER_MIGRATION_FAILURE
  
  However, the instances are migrated successfully without any
  issues. Therefore, the error message is logged unnecessarily.
  
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  
  LOCAL FIX -
  None
  
  
  PROBLEM SUMMARY
  None available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in the Version 8.5.6.0 cumulative fix 2 for
  IBM BPM that prevents the SERVER_MIGRATION_FAILURE error message
   from being logged. To access the cumulative fix, which contains
   this specific fix, go to
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041303.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BPM ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels

• R856 PSY

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