Not able to start BW component for SFBW 3.5.0 with BW 5.x distribution

Not able to start BW component for SFBW 3.5.0 with BW 5.x distribution

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Article ID: KB0083102

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Products Versions
TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 3.5.0

Description

Issue: BW component created with SFBW 3.5.0 for 5.x distribution does not work. Component startup fails with following error in the engine logs.
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SEVERE: [DomainManagerPlugin] While activating "BW":  org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'getFTLVersion' in  class com.tibco.sf.container.bw.BWContainer threw exception java.lang.RuntimeException at log[line 1, column 13]
    at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.handleInvocationException(ASTMethod.java:243)
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Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException
    at com.tibco.sf.container.bw.BWContainer.getJavaPropertiesPathValueForFTL_HOME(BWContainer.java:382)
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Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.tibco.sf.container.bw.bw6.util.BW6RuntimeUtil.isFTFTL(BW6RuntimeUtil.java:598)
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Issue/Introduction

Not able to start BW component for SFBW 3.5.0 with BW 5.x distribution

Environment

BW component SFBW 3.5.0 with Admin/TRA 5.10, Hawk 5.2, RV 8.4.4 with dependency on Admin component (compatible version to SFBW 3.5.0/Admin/TRA 5.10).

Resolution

Reason for the failure is defect SFBW-1487 in SFBW (BW Enabler) 3.5.0. As a workaround, use the steps below.

1). Go to SF UI > Stacks > Enablers > Edit enabler : TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks container 3.5.0 > select "Edit the configuration file". 
2). Remove all text from current "Edit configuration file" window and add the content from the attached (Filename: configure.xml).
3). Select Finish.
4). Click on green Actions Wheel for same enabler and ‘publish the enabler’.
5). Now start the stack again.

Additional Information

Defect SFBW-1487

Attachments

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