com.ibm.ws.process.exception.ProcessOpException: Error creating new process causes application server startup to fail
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
IBM® WebSphere® Application Server fails to start due to com.ibm.ws.process.exception.ProcessOpException.
 
Cause
This is possibly caused by mistakenly creating an empty Java™ file in the JAVA_HOME/bin directory.
 
Resolving the problem
During the Application Server startup, the server can fail without writing anything to the SystemOut.log file. You can find the following exception in the startServer.log file.

[8/17/04 9:22:48:812 EDT] 4d05b48b WsServerLaunc E ADMU3002E: Exception attempting to process server server1
[8/17/04 9:22:48:812 EDT] 4d05b48b WsServerLaunc E ADMU3007E: Exception com.ibm.ws.process.exception.ProcessOpException: Error creating new process.
at com.ibm.ws.process.Win32ProcessGlue.create(Native Method)
at com.ibm.ws.process.Win32ProcessImpl.create(Win32ProcessImpl.java:90)
at com.ibm.ws.process.ProcessFactory.create(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.ws.management.launcher.ProcessLauncher.launch(ProcessLauncher.java:66)
at com.ibm.ws.management.launcher.LaunchCommand.launchProcess(LaunchCommand.java:162)
at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.runTool(WsServerLauncher.java:193)
at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.AdminTool.executeUtility(AdminTool.java:173)
at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.main(WsServerLauncher.java:91)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main(WSLauncher.java:94)

  1. Check the Install_Root /java/bin folder for any empty file with name java other than the Java executable (java.exe on Windows®).

  2. Remove the empty Java file. Do not remove the Java executable.

  3. Start the server.

In one particular case, the INS (Intelligent Notification Services) component was installed to an existing V5.0.2.2 configuration. The INS component created the empty Java file in the Install_Root /java/bin folder.

If server startup fails with ProcessOpException: Error creating new process, check for any Java files in Install_Root /java/bin folder.
 
 
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 > Java SDK
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 5.1.1
Software edition:
Reference #: 1177713
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Oct 2, 2007