Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Oracle WebLogic Server Issues

JDK 7 Certification
- Web Services SOAP Messages That Should Be Filtered Are Dumped to
  the Debug Log
- SSL Failures Occur When Using JDK 7
- Undeploying a Submodule From a JMS Server Fails
- handlerjavax.net.ssl.SSLException in Node Manager Log File
- IllegalStateException Is Logged When Publishing or Republishing
  Applications as Virtual Applications
- Deployment Fails When Redeploying a Targeted Module
- ModuleException Occurs When Deploying EARs That Reference Shared Libraries
- Unable to Expose an EJB as a Web Service Provider
- Unable to Deploy a Web Service Application When the WebLogic Domain
  Is Located on the Network
- Cannot Create a Data Source With Database Type of Other
- Servlet 3.0 File Upload Causes Issues With Other File Upload Frameworks
Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI)
- Bean Manager Is Missing From the JNDI Tree
- WELD-000401 Occurs When Deploying and Running an Application
- WELD-001408 Error Occurs When Using CDI Applications
- ValidationError Occurs When Deploying an Application
- Embedded JARs Cannot Inject Into Each Other
Deployment Performance
- Applications Take Longer Than Normal to Deploy in WebLogic Server 12.1.1
General Issues and Workarounds
- Multi-Byte Characters Display Incorrectly in Filenames When Using Safari
- Oracle ojdbc14.jar File Has Been Changed to ojdbc6.jar
- Strong Password Enforcement May Cause Issues With WLST Offline Scripts
- In Turkish Locale, MDS Initialization Fails
- Administration Server Reports a 'Too Many Open Files' Message on the
  EM Console
- AspectJClassLoader Not Supported
- Output of java weblogic.version Contains New Line Characters
Administration Console Issues and Workarounds
- Variable Overrides in Deployment Plans Cannot Be Removed Via the Console
- Cached JDBC Information is not Displayed
- Pressing Browser Back Button Discards Context
- Unsupported Work Manager Configurations Can Be Created
- Server Status Table Reflects Inconsistent Information
- Exceptions When Defining a Security Policy for an EJB
- Administration Console Does Not Always Reflect External Changes Made
  in a Deployment Plan
- Oracle OCI Driver Support
- Data Takes a Long Time to Display on the Metric Browser Tab
Apache Beehive Support Issues and Workarounds
Clustering Issues and Workarounds
- Threads Are Blocked on Cluster Messaging in Unicast Mode
Configuration Issues and Workarounds
- ASProvWorkflowException Occurs When Creating a WebLogic Domain
- Use the -Dfile.encoding Property When Running WLST in a Non-English Locale
- Configuration Tools Can Fail If WebLogic Installation Path Contains Spaces
- Directory For a Non-Existent Server Name Is Created
- Abnormal Behavior in Terminal Window After Entering WebLogic Password
- Creating and Updating Domains Takes Too Long
- Password Field Is Not Editable When Configuring a New Domain
Connector (Resource Adapter) Issues and Workarounds
- java.IO.Serializable Error Occurs When Deploying a JCA Connector
Console Extensions Issues and Workarounds
Core Server and Core Work Manager Issues and Workarounds
- NodeManager, Administration Server, or Managed Servers Fails
- Threads Become Stuck While Waiting to Get a Connection
- Using IPv6-Formatted Addresses
- Server Cannot Be Started After a Whole Server Migration
- Object State is not Retained After Renaming Field
- Forcing Unicast Messages To Be Processed in Order
- Servers Configured to Listen on a Host Name Are Listening on a Different Host
  Name After Startup
- Administration Server or Node Manager Cannot Track the Status of a
  Managed Server
- Multicast Traffic Observed to be Unreliable During or After a Network Partition
Data Source Issues and Workarounds
- Call To setTransactionIsolation() May Fail When Using the JDBC Driver for
  MS SQLServer
- An Attempt to Access a Remote 10.3.2 or Later WLS Data Source Fails
- ORA-01591 Errors Occur on SOA Servers Configured to Use Multiple Oracle
  RAC Nodes
Deployment Issues and Workarounds
- security-permission Element is not Available in weblogic-application.xml
- Extraneous String Values Interpreted as File Specification
- java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError is Displayed
- The restore Method Does Not Update the DConfig Bean With Plan Overrides
- Deployment Task Fails When a Large Application File Is Deployed
- Application State Is Not Updated If the Server Starts in MSI Mode
- Attempting to Redeploy an Application Fails if the Application is Already
  Deployed Using a Different Source File Location
Developer Distribution
- Developer ZIP Distribution Fails on Windows 64-bit and Linux 64-bit
- TransactionRequiredError Occurs When an EJB Inherits a Business Method
  Implementation From a Base Class With FastSwap Enabled
EJB Issues and Workarounds
- Primary Key in Oracle Table is CHAR
- No Available Annotation That Enables Creation of a Clusterable Timer
- Kodo's MappingTool Cannot Generate Schemas
- Extensions to the JPA Metadata Model Can Only Be Specified Via Annotations
- Lookup Method Injection Not Supported by Spring
- Deserializing a JDO PersistenceManagerFactory in a Managed Environment
  May Fail
- Indexes Not Always Created During Schema Creation
- OpenJPA throws an exception when @Id fields are also annotated as @Unique
- Cache Hit and Miss Counts May Rise Unexpectedly
- Open JPA Tries to Create a Table Even if the Table Exists
- EJB Applications Fail During Serialization
- Non-Transactional Message-Driven Bean Container Can Fail to Provide
  Reproducible Behavior For Foreign Topics
Examples Issues and Workarounds
- Security Configuration in medrec.wls.config
- HTML File not Created for StreamParser.java File
- Warning Message Appears When Starting Medrec or Samples Domain
HTTP Publish/Subscribe Server Issues and Workarounds
- Authentication and Authorization of the Local Client is not Supported
- Event Messages Published by Local Clients Cannot Be Received
- Event Messages Published By Local Clients Do Not Go Through Filters
Installation Issues and Workarounds
- WebLogic Server Installer Fails With Insufficient Disk Space Error
- WebLogic Server Home Cannot Be the Same as the Middleware Home
- Installation Fails with Fatal Error
- Patch for NoClassDefFoundError While Using JACC in AIX and zLinux
- Patch for Incompatibility of IBM JDK Transformer Factory With Security SAML
  in AIX and zLinux
- Installation of Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.1 on HP-UX PA-RISC 11.31 Fails
  in GUI Mode
Java EE Issues and Workarounds
- FastSwap May Relax the Access Modifiers of Fields and Methods
- FastSwap Does Not Support Redefinition of the Entity Bean and ejbClass
- Classpath Order Is Not Guaranteed When There Are Multiple JARs in an
  EAR File
JMS Issues and Workarounds
- Deployment Descriptor Validation Fails
- Exception When Multiple Producers Use the Same Client SAF Instance
- Multi-byte Characters are not Supported in Store File and Directory Names
- Testing Abrupt Failures of WebLogic Server When Using File Stores on NFS
- JMS Message Consumers Will Not Always Reconnect After a Service Migration
- Forcing Unicast Messages To Be Processed in Order
- JMS Thin Client Fails with a SecurityException
JDK Issues and Workarounds
- SSLv2Hello Not Supported by IBM JDK
JNDI Issues and Workarounds
JSP and Servlet Issues and Workarounds
- Deployment Plans Cannot Be Used To Override Two Descriptors
- Spring Dependency Injection Not Supported on JSP Tag Handlers
- 503 Error When Accessing an Application With a Valid sessionid
JTA Issues and Workarounds
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Issues and Workarounds
- 1.4 Thin Client Applet Cannot Contact WebLogic Server
- Applications Running on Some Processors May Experience Intermittent Time
  Issues
- JRockit JVM Appears to Freeze When Doing Long Array Copies
- Serial Version UID Mismatch
- JVM Stack Overflow
- Using AWT libraries May Cause a JVM Crash
- IIOP Thin Client Not Supported
- XML Schema Validation Error
- Serial Version UID Mismatch
Monitoring Issues and Workarounds
- MBean Attributes Not Explicitly Marked as @unharvestable Appear as
  Harvestable
- Events Generated By the JVM Level Are Not Generated at Low Volume
- WLDF Performance Issues Can Occur When JVM Events Are Enabled
Node Manager Issues and Workarounds
Operations, Administration, and Management Issues and Workarounds
Oracle Kodo Issues and Workarounds
- Value Retrieved for an Empty Byte Array Field is NULL
Plug-ins Issues and Workarounds
- apr_socket_connection Exception Occurs When Using the IIS Plug-In
Protocols Issues and Workarounds
RMI-IIOP Issues and Workarounds
- Ant 1.7 rmic Task Incompatibility
Security Issues and Workarounds
- NoClassDefFoundError Occurs When a JACC-enabled WebLogic Server
  Instance Runs With the IBM JDK
- Service-side Kerberos Authentication Fails With Error 401
- BAD_MAC_RECORD Error Occurs When Using JSSE-based SSL Provider
- StoreBootIdentity Works Only if the Appropriate Server Security Directory
  Exists
- Boot Time Failure Occurs With SecurityServiceException
- Authentication Failure After Upgrading a Domain From WLS 6.1
- InvalidParameterException Message Generated and Displayed
- Enabling Both the Authentication and Passive Attributes In SML 2.0 Service
  Provider Services Is an Invalid Configuration
- Running the WebLogic Full Client in a Non-Forked VM
- Random Number Generator May Be Slow on Machines With Inadequate
  Entropy
- Oracle Security Updates
- SSLHandshakeException Occurs When Using IBM JDK 7
- AccessControlException Occurs When Using IBM JDK7 SR1
SNMP Issues and Workarounds
Spring Framework on WebLogic Server Issues and Workarounds
- OpenJPA ClassFileTranformer Does Not Work When Running on JRockit
- petclinic.ear Does Not Deploy on WebLogic Server
System Component Architecture (SCA) Issues and Workarounds
Upgrade Issues and Workarounds
- Domains Created on WebLogic Server 10.3.1 Cannot Be Run on WebLogic
  Server 10.3
Web Applications Issues and Workarounds
- Web Application Deployment Fails if <servlet-class> Is Not Defined in the
  <servlet> Declaration in web.xml
- Administration Console Fails to Implement session-timeout Changes
- Connection Pool Connection Reserve Timeout Seconds Value is Overridden
- Database Connections Become Unstable When a PoolLimitSQLException Occurs
- Web Page Fails to Open When Accessing It Using the SSL Port
- Unable to View the Output of a JSPX Page in Internet Explorer
- Unable to View the Output of SVG files in Internet Explorer 7
WebLogic Server Scripting Tool (WLST) Issues and Workarounds
- Property Names Containing '.' Characters Are Not Supported by loadProperties
- Invalid cachedir Created by Jython Causes WLST to Error Out
- WLST returnType='a' Option Returns Child Management Objects
Web Server Plug-Ins Issues and Workarounds
- MOD_WLS_OHS Does Not Fail Over
Web Services and XML Issues and Workarounds
- Exceptions Occur When Using Async MakeConnection in a Clustered
  Environment
- weblogic.wsee.jaxws.mdb.DispatchPolicy WorkManager Cannot Be Found
- Troubleshooting Problems When Applying the WebLogic Advanced Web
  Services for JAX-WS Extension Template
- Sparse Arrays and Partially Transmitted Arrays Are Not Supported
- WSDL Compiler Does Not Generate Serializable Data Types
- Use of Custom Exception on a Callback
- Cannot Use JMS Transport in an Environment That Also Uses a Proxy Server
- clientgen Fails When Processing a WSDL
- JAX RPC Handlers in Callback Web Services Are Not Supported
- Message-level Security in Callback Web Services Is Not Supported
- Handling of Java Method Arguments or Return Parameters That Are
  JAX-RPC-style JavaBeans
- IllegalArgumentException When Using a Two-Dimensional XML Object in
  a JWS Callback
- Using SoapElement[] Results in Empty Array
- FileNotFound Exception When a Web Service Invokes Another Web Service
- Client Side Fails to Validate the Signature on the Server Response Message
- xmlcatalog Element Entity Cannot Be a Remote File or a File in an Archive
- Catalog File's public Element Is Not Supported When Using XML Catalogs
- Local xmlcatalog Element Does Not Work Well
- JAXRPC Client Does Not Encode the HTTP SOAPAction Header With
  Multi-byte Characters
- External Catalog File Cannot Be Used in the xmlcatalog Element of clientgen
- Exceptions When Running Reliable Messaging Under Heavy Load
- WS-AT Interoperation Issues With WebSphere and WebLogic Server
WebLogic Tuxedo Connector Issues and Workarounds
- View Classes are not Set on a Per Connection Basis
Documentation Errata
- Issues With Search Function in the Samples Viewer
- Japanese Text Displays in Some Search Results Topics Avitek Medical Records
- HTML Pages For Downloaded Libraries Do Not Display Properly
- WebLogic Server Silent Installation Fails