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WebSphere Application Server Does Not Start

WebSphere Application Server fails to start.

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Possible Cause

Proposed Solution

SystemErr.log: 3/14/06 10:56:00:994 IST] 0000000a SystemErr     R SMERROR: Unable to create configuration from the administration manager: Failed to create agent configuration for : C:\smwasasa\conf\AsaAgent-az.conf
[3/14/06 10:56:00:994 IST] 0000000a SystemErr     R SMFATAL: SiteMinder JACC Policy Provider SmJaccPolicyProvider14 unable to instantiate delegating policy provider: SiteMinder JACC ASA initialization error: Unable to create configuration setup from the policy server

 

SiteMinder JACC Provider is configured and Policy Server is not started.

Ensure that the Policy Server is running.

Host Configuration Object or Agent Configuration Object is not correct.

Ensure that Agent configuration objects being used are mentioned correctly in the Agent configuration files.

smagent.properties not in classpath.

Make sure that the smagent.properties file exists in WAS_HOME/profiles/default/properties.

 

 

 

Relative path not properly set.

 

Ensure that value specified in the smasa.home sytem property is correct.

[3/14/06 11:03:40:029 IST] 0000000a distSecurityC E   SECJ0391E: Error when setting the Policy object to the providers policy implementation {0}. The exception is {1}.
[3/14/06 11:03:40:107 IST] 0000000a distSecurityC E   SECJ0324E: Error during Java 2 Security and Dynamic Policy initialization. The exception is com.ibm.ws.exception.ConfigurationError: co.netegrity.siteminder.jacc.policy.SmJaccPolicyProvider14
 at com.ibm.ws.security.core.distSecurityComponentImpl.initializeJaccProxy(distSecurityComponentImpl.java:1150)

SiteMinder JACC Provider not configured properly in WebSphere console.

Retrace the steps of SiteMinder JACC Provider configuration in WebSphere and ensure everything is configured correctly.

[3/14/06 12:34:16:015 IST] 0000000a SystemErr     R com.ibm.ws.exception.ConfigurationError: Error during Java 2 Security and Dynamic Policy initialization

SiteMinder Agent jars not available.

Ensure that SiteMinder Agent jars are available under WAS_HOME/lib/ext and are in classpath.

 

[3/14/06 12:17:21:791 IST] 0000000a SystemErr     R SMERROR: The SiteMinder Login Module is not initialized - failing method: login
[3/14/06 12:17:29:103 IST] 0000000a SystemErr     R com.ibm.ws.exception.RuntimeError: com.ibm.ws.exception.RuntimeError: SiteMinder Login Module is not initialized - failing method = login
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.WsServerImpl.bootServerContainer(WsServerImpl.java:182)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.WsServerImpl.start(WsServerImpl.java:120)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.WsServerImpl.main(WsServerImpl.
 
Login Module Log: SystemAuthResource 
[14 Mar 2006 12:17:21,791] [P=833713:O=0:CT] [INFO] Started transaction ID 4adbc0ca-098a4d1a-8847fde1-dd3ddf52-e73a27f2-625 in SiteMinder agent Login Module. 
[14 Mar 2006 12:17:21,791] [P=833713:O=0:CT] [DEBUG] SiteMinder Login Module initializing with realm key = SystemAuthResource 
[14 Mar 2006 12:17:21,791] [P=833713:O=0:CT] [ERROR] The SiteMinder Login Module is missing agent configuration realm key SystemAuthResource.  
[14 Mar 2006 12:17:21,791] [P=833713:O=0:CT] [ERROR] The SiteMinder Login Module is not initialized - failing method login.
 

SystemAuthResource Agent configuration parameter is not specified for the SiteMinder Login Module.

Set the SystemAuthResource Agent configuration parameter for the SiteMinder Login Module.

[3/14/06 11:19:46:801 IST] 0000000a SystemErr     R SMFATAL: SiteMinder JACC Policy Provider SmJaccPolicyProvider14 unable to instantiate delegating policy provider: SiteMinder JACC Policy Provider agent is not enabled
[3/14/06 11:19:47:020 IST] 0000000a SystemErr     R com.ibm.ws.exception.ConfigurationError: Error during Java 2 Security and Dynamic Policy initialization
 at com.ibm.ws.security.core.distSecurityComponentImpl.initializeJava2Sec(distSecurityComponentImpl.java:1244)
 at com.ibm.ws.secu

SiteMinder JACC Provider is disabled.

 

Enable the SiteMinder JACC Provider in its Agent configuration file.