KB 130 - Unable to Access PowerConnect Java Admin Console After Modifying Advanced PI Filters XML

KB 130 (Java) - Unable to Access PowerConnect Java Admin Console After Modifying Advanced PI Filters XML

Description

If you are unable to access the PowerConnect Java administrative console after modifying the Advanced Message Filters for PI/PO systems please follow the steps in this document to fix the issue. If you see the following error message screen when accessing the PowerConnect Java administrative console (http://<serverhost>:<port>/webdynpro/resources/com.powerconnect5/spcj_wd/SapPowerConnectJava#)

Open the default trace log in located in \usr\sap\<SID>\<J2EE_instance_number>\j2ee\cluster\<server#>\log\, and look for the Trace ID mentioned in the error message.

Important Note: If the default trace log contains the message:

EntryPoint: [/sap_powerconnect_java-6.7.0-standalone/PIService]. Implementation exception occurs for application com.powerconnect5/spcj_app. Check implementation container(e.g. EJB) logs for additional information
[EXCEPTION]
javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[20,9]

then please proceed with the steps defined in the KB article. If a different error message is displayed, please consult other the PowerConnect knowledge base articles or submit a support ticket to the PowerConnect team.

Cause

This issue is caused by entering malformed XML into the Advanced PI filter in the PowerConnect Java administrative console: (DRAFT) KB 91 - PowerConnect Java – Advanced PI filter configuration. A validation step was provided in PowerConnect Java 6.7.0 to mitigate this potential issue

Resolution

Please follow the steps below to fix this issue:

• Go to Web Services Navigator: http://<host>:<port>/wsnavigator

• In the Search Type click Provider System then search for PIService and click Next

• Filter the operations for the setPIMonitoringAdvancedFiltersXml and click Next

• Set the arg0 field to NOT_CONFIGURED then click Next

• The operation should be successful.

• The PowerConnect Java Administrative Console UI (http://<serverhost>:<port>/webdynpro/resources/com.powerconnect5/spcj_wd/SapPowerConnectJava#) should work again.

• Re-import the corrected XML.

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