TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files for Unix/Win (FA) 7.0.0 issue of 'Failed to start instance Target on node' while starting adapter

TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files for Unix/Win (FA) 7.0.0 issue of 'Failed to start instance Target on node' while starting adapter

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Article ID: KB0084306

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TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for Files for Unix and Windows -
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Description

Description:
While starting the TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files for Unix/Win (FA) project in 7.0.0, it fails with following error 
"Failed to start application on few nodes:TestNode:Failed to start instance Target on node TestNode"

Symptoms:
In TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files for Unix/Win (FA) version 7.0.0, after the adapter application has been uploaded and deployed it fails to start and gives the follwoing error:
***Sample error***
ERROR c.t.a.m.t.a.s.AdapterStartStopApplicationRemoteInvocable - Exception happened: 
java.lang.Exception: Failed to start application on few nodes:TestNode:Failed to start instance Target on node TestNode,
    at com.tibco.adapter.management.transport.as.server.AdapterStartStopApplicationRemoteInvocable.invoke(AdapterStartStopApplicationRemoteInvocable.java:183) ~[com.tibco.adapter.management.domain_1.1.0.015.jar:na]
    at com.tibco.as.space.impl.InvocationDispatcher.invokeMember(InvocationDispatcher.java:207) [as-common.jar:na]
11:40:03.238 [qtp1161644395-53] INFO  c.t.a.m.d.u.AdapterApplicationLifecycleCommand - TIBCO-AFX-ADMIN-500409: Failed to start application [tibco.poc.file.application], version [1.0], <CausedBy> Failed to start application on few nodes:TestNode:Failed to start instance Target on node TestNode,
11:40:03.238 [qtp1161644395-53] ERROR com.tibco.tea.agent - Exception occurred on invoking method public com.tibco.tea.agent.internal
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Cause:
This occurs as the Manifest-Version in the properties MANIFEST.MF in the project is not 1 .

Issue/Introduction

TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files for Unix/Win (FA) 7.0.0 issue of 'Failed to start instance Target on node' while starting adapter

Environment

Product: TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for Files for Unix/WinVersion: 7.0.0OS: All Supported Operating Systems--------------------

Resolution

In order to resolve this issue Manifest-Version should be changed to 1. Each time when an EAR file is created, the Bundle Manifest-Version is incremented by 1. It should be made sure that the Manifest-Version is always 1. 
 
- Open the project. Go to Properties > MANIFEST.MF
- Change the Manifest-Version to 1 and save.
- Recreate the EAR.
- Deploy and then start.