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3104343 - Receive 404 error for all BI applications after upgrade or java servers (eg APS, WACS) run with errors / failed

Symptom

  • Attempts to repair installation or redeploy result in the same error
  • examining the stderr.log reveals application failures 

SEVERE: Context [/biprws] startup failed due to previous errors
SEVERE: Context [/BOE] startup failed due to previous errors
SEVERE: Context [/MobileBIService] startup failed due to previous errors

  • Details on the application failures show the following...

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener]
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/opensaml/xml/Configuration : cannot initialize class because prior initialization attempt failed

Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/crypto/JceSecurity : cannot initialize class because prior initialization attempt failed
Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Can not initialize cryptographic mechanism
caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: The jurisdiction policy files are not signed by the expected signer! (Policy files are specific per major JDK release.Ensure the correct version is installed.)

  • Accessing any of the BI web applications (eg /BOE/BI, /BOE/CMC, /biprws) results in a HTTP 404 Not found error
  • JAVA based servers (eg APS, WACS) may be in running with errors, or failed state
    The error message is the same in the APS logs:
    The jurisdiction policy files are not signed by the expected signer!


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Environment

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.3 SP1 patch 8 (this could potentially occur on other later patches)
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BI) 4.2 SP09


Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.3

Keywords

KBA , BI-BIP-DEP , Webapp Deployment, Networking, Vulnerabilities, Webservices , Problem

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