AppManage deployment fails with NullPointerException if there is monitoring in the application configuration file
Article ID: KB0073071
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
|---|---|
| TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA) | 5.x.x |
Description
"ApppManage -deploy" sometimes fails with "NullPointerException" if there is monitoring configured in the application configuration file (sample file attached for reference).
<------- in ApplicationManagement.log ----------
2019 Nov 22 06:32:06:553 GMT -0800 Error [com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.ApplicationManagement] AESDKJ-0000 [main] java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.monitor.AlertAction.int(AlertAction.java:102)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.monitor.AlertAction.config(AlertAction.java:111)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.monitor.Actions.config(Actions.java:90)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.monitor.AbstractEvent.config(AbstractEvent.java:92)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.monitor.FailureEvent.config(FailureEvent.java:67)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.monitor.Events.config(Events.java:114)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.monitor.Monitoring.config(Monitoring.java:106)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.service.BaseService.config(BaseService.java:265)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.service.FTBaseService.config(FTBaseService.java:85)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.service.BW.config(BW.java:129)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.service.Services.config(Services.java:214)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.data.application.Application.config(Application.java:787)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.ApplicationManagement.a(ApplicationManagement.java:529)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.ApplicationManagement.if(ApplicationManagement.java:544)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.ApplicationManagement.action(ApplicationManagement.java:455)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.ApplicationManagement.task(ApplicationManagement.java:226)
at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.ApplicationManagement.main(ApplicationManagement.java:157)
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And the deployment succeeds if the monitoring is removed from the application configuration file.
Environment
Resolution
Modifying the application configuration file (.xml) by setting <level> under <alertAction> to something like below would resolve the NullPointerException.
==========
...
<monitor>
<events>
<failureEvent>
<restart>true</restart>
<description>First Component Failure-BW-Restart: cronos-prd/agile/EnhancedPxes/DataLoader-Item-Xml-Gen-1</description>
<actions>
<alertAction>
<performPolicy>Once</performPolicy>
<enabled>false</enabled>
<level>Low</level>
</alertAction>
...
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