JR54749: DEPLOYMENT MANAGER FAILED TO START AFTER UPGRADE TO BPM V8.5.6.0 CF01 DUE TO BPMUPDATESYSTEMAPP

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

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• The deployment manager fails to start after upgrading to 8.5.6
  CF1. It fails during the bootstrap command.
  
  While reviewing the BPMUpdateSystemApp log files you see it
  fails with this message.
  WASX7093I: Issuing message: "WASX7015E: Exception running
  command: "AdminTask.BPMUpdateSystemApp('[-twxFile]')"; exception
   information:
  
  When looking into the root issue it shows this
  nullpointerexception
  
  java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
  Impl.java:60)
   at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  AccessorImpl.java:37)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
   at com.ibm.bpm.pal.commands.impl.internal.BPMUpdateSystemApp.
    fixExistingBPDInstances(BPMUpdateSystemApp.java:544)
   at com.ibm.bpm.pal.commands.impl.internal.BPMUpdateSystemApp.
    doBPMSystemAppUpdate(BPMUpdateSystemApp.java:395)
   at com.ibm.bpm.pal.commands.impl.internal.BPMUpdateSystemApp.
    execute(BPMUpdateSystemApp.java:473)
  ...
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.persistence.PersistenceServi
     cesCore.findByPrimaryKey(PersistenceServicesCore.java:193)
   ...
  at com.lombardisoftware.client.persistence.common.
    AbstractVersionedPOFactory.findByPrimaryKey
    (AbstractVersionedPOFactory.java:152)
   at com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.repositoryservices.
    SystemAppUpdateSupport.fixExistingBPDInstances
    (SystemAppUpdateSupport.java:228)
   at com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.repositoryservices.
    RepositoryServicesCore.fixExistingBPDInstances
    (RepositoryServicesCore.java:556)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Deployment manager fails to start after upgrade to 8560 cf1,
  because BPMUpgradeSystemApp command fails to update governance
  toolkit, as there is no change with with governance toolkit, so
  it will be excluded during upgrade in 8560 CF2
  

Problem conclusion

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

Applicable component levels

• R856 PSY

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