TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Node fails to start. No entries are written to the BPM.log.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Node fails to start. No entries are written to the BPM.log.

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Article ID: KB0087139

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Products Versions
TIBCO BPM Enterprise (formerly TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM) -
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Description

Description:
Trying to start the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Node with the Administrator or command line with the tibcohost utility, the Node never starts.  No new entries are logged in the BPM.log.


Symptoms:
When trying to start an ActiveMatrix BPM Node, the Node never goes into a Running state. The BPM.log will not show any errors, or recent updates. The SystemNode.log will show the following information, indicating why the Node will not start.

18 Sep 2013 09:55:07,036 [Job_Executor1] [INFO ] com.tibco.amf.hpa.tibcohost.runtime.TibcoHostInstance - TIBCO-AMX-HPA-000201: anonymous: TIBCO ActiveMatrix host devhost initiating normal start of node BPMNode
18 Sep 2013 09:55:07,037 [Job_Executor1] [INFO ] com.tibco.amf.hpa.tibcohost.runtime.TibcoHostInstance - TIBCO-AMX-HPA-000202: anonymous: TIBCO ActiveMatrix host devhost failed to initiate start of node BPMNode: TIBCO-AMX-HPA-000236: node BPMNode has been disabled and cannot be started



Cause:
This can be caused by a failed start due to a JVM crash from perhaps an incorrect JVM setting or change.

Issue/Introduction

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Node fails to start. No entries are written to the BPM.log.

Resolution

Check for hsperf logs or host stdout logs for a stack trace. Also, look at the JVM settings in AMX Administrator or Nodename/bin/<NodeName.tra> . To re-enable the ActiveMatrix BPM Node for start up, run the following command:

tibcohost setNodeStartMode -nodeName BPMNode -startMode auto

Where:  

-nodeName <nodeName> = Desired node name
-startMode <auto|manual|refresh> = Desired start mode, one of "manual", "auto", or  "disabled".  Consult your documentation for start mode descriptions.

Tibcohost will start the BMPMNode automatically when tibcohost is started / spawned. If you need to start the BPMNode manually (because other nodes are already running from the same Node) then do:

tibcohost startNodes -nodeName BPMNode