PM83346: APPLICATION SERVER FAILED TO START WITH "-AGENTLIB:HEAPDETECT" GENERIC JVM ARGUMENTS.

PM83346; 7.0.0.3: application server failed to start with "-agentlib:heapdetect"

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Application Server failed to start with "-agentlib:HeapDetect"
  generic JVM arguments.
  
  If a customer runs with WVE v7.0.0.2 on WAS v8.0.0.x with 64bit
  JVM on a distributed system, the ODR servers and the application
  servers created with the defaultXD server template (such as
  servers in a WVE dynamic cluster) might fail to be started.
  

Local fix

• Local Fix:
  Locate the server.xml of the  ODR servers or the application
  servers created with the defaultXD server template, and search
  for "agentlib:HeapDetect" under the attribute JVMEntry.  Update
  the argument to "agentlib:HeapDetect64".  Restart the server.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Users of WebSphere Application Server       *
  *                  Version 8.0.0.x with WebSphere Virtual      *
  *                  Enterprise (WVE) Version 7.0.0.2 who        *
  *                  install WVE Fix Pack 3.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In a WebSphere Application Server       *
  *                      8.0.0.x environment, after Fix Pack 3   *
  *                      installation, the ODR server or         *
  *                      the servers in a dynamic                *
  *                      cluster fail.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  In an environment with WebSphere Application Server Version
  8.0.0.x and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Version 7.0.0.2, the
  on demand router server or the servers in the WebSphere
  Virtual Enterprise dynamic cluster fail after you apply
  WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Fix Pack 3. On the affected
  server, in the native_stderr.log file, the following error
  message displays:
  "JVMJ9TI001E Agent library HeapDetect could
  not be opened (HeapDetect.dll is not a valid Win32
  application. )
  JVMJ9VM015W Initialization error for library j9jvmti26(-3):
  JVMJ9VM009E J9VMDllMain failed"
  

Problem conclusion

• Before you install WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Fix Pack 3,
  on WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0.0.x, the copy of
  libHeapDetect.so is either for a 32-bit or for a 64-bit JVM.
  During installation, the appropriate file is loaded onto the
  system based on the bit mode of the system. WebSphere
  Application Server Version 8 supports either a 64-bit or a
  32-bit JVM on a 64-bit system, therefore both HeapDetect
  native library versions must be installed on the system:
  libHeapDetect64.so for the 64-bit JVM, and libHeapDetect.so
  for the 32-bit JVM.  However, under certain conditions, the
  attribute agentlib:HeapDetect is not updated to
  agentlib:HeapDetect64 on an existing server, and the wrong
  library  is loaded causing failure.
  
  Apply this interim fix after you install WebSphere Virtual
  Enterprise Version 7 Fix Pack 3 to correct the described error.
  

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

  WAS VIRTUAL ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9203

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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