ADMA7008E Error during portlet or Enterprise Application installation
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
When deploying or updating a portlet or Enterprise Application (EAR) the following error is seen:

[4/19/05 8:23:55:096 GMT+01:00] 184f10 AppBinThread E ADMA7008E: Unexpected exception in expandEar. The ear file cells/e2e04Portal/applications/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear will not be extracted in following paths [/opt/WebSphere_Portal/PortalServer/installedApps/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear]. Exception: com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.DocumentNotFoundException: cells/e2e04Portal/applications/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear
at com.ibm.ws.management.repository.FileRepository.extractInternal(FileRepository.java:1071)
at com.ibm.ws.management.repository.FileRepository.extract(FileRepository.java:1047)
at com.ibm.ws.management.repository.FileRepository.extract(FileRepository.java:1013)
at com.ibm.ws.management.repository.FileRepository.extract(FileRepository.java:1001)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.sync.AppBinThread.extractFile(AppBinaryProcessor.java:1288)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.sync.AppBinThread.expandEar(AppBinaryProcessor.java:947)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.sync.AppBinThread.run(AppBinaryProcessor.java:869)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.sync.AppBinaryProcessor.postProcess(AppBinaryProcessor.java:672)
 
Cause
The above error indicates that the portlet or EAR file could not be expanded because the portlet artifact does not exist in the applications folder. The directory structure for the portlet exists but the actual portlet or EAR file is missing. For the example above, the following directory exists:

/opt/WebSphere_Portal/PortalServer/installedApps/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear

However, the actual EAR file is missing in the applications folder. The path is: cells/e2e04Portal/applications/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear/iproject2_PA_1_0_FL.ear

Install_Root\config\cells\my_cell name\applications\MyApplication.ear\BINARY_FORMAT_of_MyApplication.ear

 
Resolving the problem
Manually copy the EAR file into the above folder. This will correct the problem, though the real issue is that somehow the EAR file was removed from the applications folder. It is possible that the EAR file was removed in order to save space or failed to install because there was not enough space.
 
Related information
Best Practices for Enterprise Application Installation
Enterprise application administration on V5 releases
 
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Application Servers Runtimes for Java Technology Java SDK
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > System Management/Repository
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 6.0.2
Software edition:
Reference #: 1204046
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Apr 19, 2005