Resolution:
Description:
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BW Process is starting very slowly and then runs very slowly.

Environment:
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LINUX (SUSE,Redhat)

Symptoms:
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Application log will stop at loading “J2SE” provider.


Cause:
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This is caused by /dev/random blocking. The character special files /dev/random and /dev/urandom (present since Linux 1.3.30) provide an interface to the kernel's random number generator. File /dev/random has a major device number of "1" and minor device number of "8".  File /dev/urandom has a major device number of "1" and a minor device number of "9". The random number generator gathers environmental noise from device drivers and other sources into an entropy pool. The generator also keeps an estimate of the number of bits of noise in the entropy pool. From this entropy pool, random numbers are created. When this device is locked, no more random encryption tokens will be created which causes the problem.

Resolution:
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Install mg-utils in Redhat Linux. Use “rng-tools” for other Linux flavors.

References:
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http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man4/random.4.html

Application log will stop at loading “J2SE” provider.