TIBCO Spotfire Server may fail to startup with the following error message in catalina.log file under certain situations. 

INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.destroy Destroying ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-9443"]
SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class [com.spotfire.server.lifecycle.SpotfireServerInitializer]
    org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'lifecycleManager' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.spotfire.server.ServerInitializationException: The configured server alias, server.com, appears to be shared with another server with IP address 10.0.0.0 that is currently online. All online servers in a collective MUST have unique aliases.
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1762)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:593)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:515)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:320)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:318)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:849)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:877)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:549)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:400)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:291)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:103)
        at com.spotfire.server.lifecycle.SpotfireServerInitializer.contextInitialized(SpotfireServerInitializer.java:56)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4680)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5150)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:713)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:690)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:705)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:631)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1831)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
        at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:112)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:526)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:425)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1576)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:309)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:423)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:366)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:929)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:841)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1377)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1367)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
        at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:134)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:902)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:262)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:421)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:932)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:633)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:344)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:475)
    Caused by: com.spotfire.server.ServerInitializationException: The configured server alias, tss103.boston.local, appears to be shared with another server with IP address 10.97.37.168 that is currently online. All online servers in a collective MUST have unique aliases.
        at com.spotfire.server.LifecycleManager$WatchdogTask.verifyUniqueServerAlias(LifecycleManager.java:797)
        at com.spotfire.server.LifecycleManager$WatchdogTask.run(LifecycleManager.java:725)
        at com.spotfire.server.LifecycleManager.init(LifecycleManager.java:201)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeCustomInitMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1887)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1830)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1758)
        ... 54 more
SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal One or more listeners failed to start. Full details will be found in the appropriate container log file

Below are few possible reasons that could cause this issue:

• There are cases where the TIBCO Spotfire Server machines and database were cloned to a new ones for testing purposes or for any reason where we might end up having same shared server name entry as the old server, resulting in conflict of addresses. This can happen with either clustering enabled or with the single TIBCO Spotfire Server.
• Similarly, if you take a snapshot of the TIBCO Spotfire Server and have it running then this could potentially lead to server failure causing the same error message.

 

To resolve, recreate the bootstrap file pointing to correct server alias and IP address if a single TIBCO Spotfire Server is used. In case of multiple TIBCO Spotfire Servers, make sure to have clustering enabled and that correct addresses of a node are configured. 

Note: Use the command list-addresses to list the configured addresses of a node. The addresses can be configured using the set-addresses command.

If the issue persists and you cannot determine a root cause, please contact TIBCO Spotfire support at https://support.tibco.com for further assistance.

TIBCO Spotfire Server may fail with error message " The configured server alias, server.com, appears to be shared with another server with IP address 10.0.0.0 that is currently online. All online servers in a collective MUST have unique aliases" if there is any conflict with the addresses in the database.

Doc: list-addresses

• https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/10.3.4/doc/html/TIB_sfire_server_tsas_admin_help/GUID-397D424F-FCF4-4F1E-AC1F-9D07C359AB9F.html

Doc: set-addresses

• https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/10.3.4/doc/html/TIB_sfire_server_tsas_admin_help/GUID-34A43354-1BF0-44C9-BB3A-2A0984F11471.html

Doc:  Creating bootstrap.xml file

• https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/10.3.4/doc/html/TIB_sfire_server_tsas_admin_help/GUID-24E553B2-54F9-46BD-A8B7-A1EA914155C0.html