java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSResourceAdapterImpl

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

   

Error description

• When a deployment manager is migrated from V6.0 or V6.1 to
  V7.0, and it still manages V6.0 or V6.1 nodes, a transformation
  (sib-resources.xsl) fails to strip the V7.0 WebSphere MQ
  resource adapter from the resources.xml when the V7.0 deployment
  manager synchronizes with the V6 node.  Because the V7.0
  WebSphere MQ resource adapter does not exist in V6.0 or V6.1, a
  ClassNotFoundException is thrown during the startup of the
  application server:
  
  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
  com.ibm.mq.connector.ResourceAdapterImpl
  
  The problem does not occur in V7.0; it is introduced in
  V7.0.0.1.
  
  Here is the stack trace of the exception:
  
  WSVR0501E: Error creating component null [class
  com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationServerImpl]
  com.ibm.ws.exception.RuntimeWarning: Unable to start
  ResourceAdapter due to exception
   at
  com.ibm.ejs.j2c.RALifeCycleManagerImpl.resourceProviderEvent(RAL
  ifeCycleManagerImpl.java:835)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ResourceMgrImpl.installResourceProv
  ider(ResourceMgrImpl.java:1099)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ResourceMgrImpl.installResource(Res
  ourceMgrImpl.java:1004)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ResourceMgrImpl.installResources(Re
  sourceMgrImpl.java:957)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ResourceMgrImpl.loadResources(Resou
  rceMgrImpl.java:756)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ResourceMgrImpl.start(ResourceMgrIm
  pl.java:631)
  ...
  Caused by: java.security.PrivilegedActionException:
  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
  com.ibm.mq.connector.ResourceAdapterImpl
   at
  com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessCon
  troller.java:122)
   at
  com.ibm.ejs.j2c.RAWrapperImpl.createAndConfigureRA(RAWrapperImpl
  .java:2064)     at
  com.ibm.ejs.j2c.RAWrapperImpl.startRA(RAWrapperImpl.java:584)
   at
  com.ibm.ejs.j2c.RALifeCycleManagerImpl.startRA(RALifeCycleManage
  rImpl.java:1072)
   at
  com.ibm.ejs.j2c.RALifeCycleManagerImpl.resourceProviderEvent(RAL
  ifeCycleManagerImpl.java:823)
  ...
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
  com.ibm.mq.connector.ResourceAdapterImpl
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:496)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.ExtClassLoader.findClass(ExtClassLoader.jav
  a:132)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:631)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.ExtClassLoader.loadClass(ExtClassLoader.jav
  a:87)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:597)
   at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.RAWrapperImpl$2.run(RAWrapperImpl.java:2066)
   at
  com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessCon
  troller.java:118)
  ...
  

   

Local fix

• Migrating the V6 nodes in the cell to V7.0 will resolve the
  problem.
  

   

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Users of WebSphere Application Server       *
  *                  Version 7.0, with fix pack 7.0.0.1 applied  *
  *                  to the deployment manager of a cell         *
  *                  containing nodes that have not yet been     *
  *                  migrated to version 7.0                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: After migration of a deployment         *
  *                      manager to Version 7.0.0.1 servers on   *
  *                      version 6.1 (or earlier) nodes log      *
  *                      J2CA0043E messages during startup.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:  The error messages logged do not affect     *
  *                  the operation of the system, and can be     *
  *                  ignored.                                    *
  *                                                              *
  *                  To resolve the issue, after installing the  *
  *                  fix pack containing the APAR, perform a full*
  *                  resynchronization of all version 6.1 or     *
  *                  earlier nodes.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  This issue only affects users with fix pack 7.0.0.1 applied to
  the deployment manager of the cell.
  
  The issue is due to some V7.0 configuration information being
  incorrectly synchronized to the older version nodes.
  The configuration information relates to the WebSphere MQ
  resource adapter, available only in WebSphere Application
  Server Version 7.0.
  
  An example of the error seen in the JVM logs is as follows:
  [11/15/08 21:49:21:360 EST] 0000000a RAWrapperImpl E
  J2CA0043E: An Exception occurred while trying to instantiate a
  ResourceAdapter java bean instance for the installed
  ResourceAdapter defined by key
  cells/artaccCell01/resources.xml#J2CResource
  Adapter_1226802925350.  The exception is:
  java.security.PrivilegedActionException:
  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
  com.ibm.mq.connector.ResourceAdapterImpl
  

   

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR prevents the invalid configuration
  information from being synchronized to Version 6.1 and earlier
  nodes.
  
  The fix is currently targeted for fix pack 7.0.0.3.