Admin Server will not start after upgrading WebSphere Commerce Suite to WCS 5.1.1

Technote (FAQ)
Problem
WebSphere Application Server 3.5.5 is shipped with WebSphere Commerce Suite
5.1.1. Many WebSphere AppServer fixes were installed (using the scenario of
the customer that had this problem) and the WebSphere system classpath in the
admin.config file had these fixes appended to it. An attempt to launch
WebSphere after the upgrade from WCS 5.1 to WCS 5.1.1 resulted in the following
errors in WebSphere AppServer tracefile:
[02.09.09 14:15:44:606 EDT] bc3a1cfc AdminServer A ADMS0002I:
Initializing WebSphere Administration server
[02.09.09 14:15:44:666 EDT] 52a29cfe DrAdminServer A SMTL0018I: DrAdmin
available on port 1,232
[02.09.09 14:15:46:549 EDT] bc3a1cfc AdminServer F Encountered an
exception in the main method
com.ibm.ejs.sm.exception.ActiveObjectInitException
at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:84)
at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Exception.java:35)
at com.ibm.ejs.sm.exception.OpException.<init>(OpException.java:26)
at
com.ibm.ejs.sm.exception.ActiveObjectException.<init>(ActiveObjectExcept
ion.java:38)
at
com.ibm.ejs.sm.exception.ActiveObjectInitException.<init>(ActiveObjectIn
itException.java:35)
at
com.ibm.ejs.sm.active.ActiveObject.startSuccess(ActiveObject.java:231)
at
com.ibm.ejs.sm.active.ActiveObject.startObject(ActiveObject.java:688)
at com.ibm.ejs.sm.active.ActiveObject.start(ActiveObject.java:117)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at
com.ibm.ejs.sm.agent.AdminAgentImpl.activeObjectInvocation(AdminAgentImp

l.java:93)
Solution
Remove all WebSphere and Commerce Suite e-fixes from their respective classpath. WebSphere AppServer e-fixes are appended to the classpath in the admin.config file <$WAS_HOME/bin/admin.config> and install the fixpak. When the fixpak install completes successful, reapply the e-fixes (if these were not in the fixpak you installed).
Historical Number
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Document Information

Product categories: Software, Application Servers, Distributed Application & Web Servers, WebSphere Application Server, Administrative Console (all non-scripting)
Operating system(s): Windows NT
Software version: 3.5.5
Software edition: Advanced
Reference #: 1064337
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: 2003-03-10