1733693 - Tomcat error: IOException while loading persisted sessions

The following Java stack trace appears in your Tomcat logs during the Tomcat startup routine:

SEVERE: IOException while loading persisted sessions: java.io.EOFException
java.io.EOFException

at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(ObjectInputStream.java:2281)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(ObjectInputStream.java:2750)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(ObjectInputStream.java:780)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(ObjectInputStream.java:280)
at org.apache.catalina.util.CustomObjectInputStream.<init>(CustomObjectInputStream.java:58)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doLoad(StandardManager.java:362)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.load(StandardManager.java:321)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.start(StandardManager.java:637)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.setManager(ContainerBase.java:438)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4396)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:526)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:637)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:563)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:498)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1277)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:321)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:722)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:593)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)

• TOMCAT JAVA APPLICATION SERVER

sdk, jdk, jre, xi3, xi4, xi31, bi4, xir4, xir3, xir31, xi3, bobj, boe, sap_bobj, bobje, catalina, webapp,tomcat.sessions,persisted , KBA , BI-BIP-DEP-TOM , Obsolete, use: BI-BIP-DEP , Problem