Application fails to start in WebSphere 5.0.x with the message SRVE0015E: Failure to initialize Web application
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
A J2EE application that verifies in the AAT and installs successfully, fails to start in WebSphere Application Server version 5.0.x.
 
Resolving the problem
Although AAT verifies the application is packaged correctly, the user gets the error the SRVE0015E message with the recommended action "Check all definitions for this web application (web module) in the application.xml and web.xml files".

The cause for this message could be duplicate entries in one of the deployment descriptors or IBM extension XML files.

For example, duplicate datasource-ref entries in the ibm-web-bnd.xmi file:

 <resRefBindings xmi:id="ResourceRefBinding_1052900362273" jndiName="jdbc/webmodule_DS">
   <bindingResourceRef href="WEB-INF/web.xml#ResourceRef_1052900362273"/>
 </resRefBindings>
 <resRefBindings xmi:id="ResourceRefBinding_1052997264571" jndiName="jdbc/webmodule_DS">
   <bindingResourceRef href="WEB-INF/web.xml#ResourceRef_1052997264581"/>
 </resRefBindings>

Once the duplicate entry is removed the application will start successfully.

 
 
Cross Reference information
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Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Deploy (for example: AAT or ANT or EAR/WAR/JAR)
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 5.0
Software edition:
Reference #: 1111811
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jun 5, 2003