JR57056: THE CWLLG1082E ERROR MESSAGE AND A NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION ARE WRITTEN TO THE LOG WHILE A SNAPSHOT IS BEING DEPLOYED

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Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2016.12

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If the snapshot contains a team with a security group as member
  and that security group is not yet replicated into the IBM
  Business Process Manager (BPM) database, the following error
  message and NullPointerException are written to the log:
  
  [11/6/16 2:51:22:955 CST] 00000158 ParticipantGr E   CWLLG1082E:
  Some members of [groupId(false) = null, groupName(true) = <group
  name>, displayName(true) = null, parentGroupId(false) = null,
  groupType(false) = null, description(false) = null,
  groupState(false) = 0, participantId(false) = null, state =
  RECORD_STATE_NEW, saveSyncId = null] could not be added to team
  <team_name>
  
  Error: java.lang.NullPointerException
  
  com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.BusinessDelegateException:
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.BusinessDelegateException.a
  sBusinessDelegateException(BusinessDelegateException.java:46)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.client.delegate.InternalGroupsDelegateDefau
  lt.addGroupsToInternalGroup(InternalGroupsDelegateDefault.java:5
  01)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.ParticipantGroupsCore.u
  pdateMembershipSorted(ParticipantGroupsCore.java:1700)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.ParticipantGroupsCore.u
  pdateMembership(ParticipantGroupsCore.java:1537)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.ParticipantGroupsCore.p
  opulateUserGroup(ParticipantGroupsCore.java:1511)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.ParticipantGroupsCore.c
  reateParticipantGroup(ParticipantGroupsCore.java:1353)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.ParticipantGroupsCore.g
  etOrCreateTipParticipantGroup(ParticipantGroupsCore.java:1184)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.ParticipantGroupsCore.g
  etOrCreateParticipantGroup(ParticipantGroupsCore.java:1165)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.ParticipantGroupsCore.c
  reateOrUpdateParticipantGroup(ParticipantGroupsCore.java:1032)
  ...
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.InternalGroupsCore.isGr
  pGrpMembershipUpdateAllowed(InternalGroupsCore.java:252)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.InternalGroupsCore.addG
  roupsToInternalGroup(InternalGroupsCore.java:452)
  at
  com.lombardisoftware.server.ejb.security.InternalGroupsCore.addG
  roupsToInternalGroup(InternalGroupsCore.java:415)
  at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor343.invoke(Unknown Source)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix will be incorporated into IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix
  2016.12 that ensures a snapshot with a team containing an
  unknown security group as member can be deployed without a
  NullPointerException being thrown.
  
  To determine whether the cumulative fix is available and
  download it if it is, complete the following steps on Fix
  Central:
  1.    On the Select product tab, select WebSphere as the product
  group, IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from the
  WebSphere options, All as the installed version, and All as the
  platform, and then click Continue.
  2.    In the Text field, enter "cumulative fix?, and click
  Continue.
  
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED
  IBM BPM Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

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 STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R857 PSY

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