javax.transaction.xa.XAException: The method 'xa_start' has failed with errorCode '-3'.

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Issue

The following WARN message can be seen in server.log. What are the causes and impacts?

2019-11-19 15:38:00,260 WARN  [com.arjuna.ats.jta] (default task-1) ARJUNA016061: TransactionImple.enlistResource - XAResource.start returned: XAException.XAER_RMERR for < formatId=131077, gtrid_length=29, bqual_length=36, tx_uid=0:ffff7f000001:-69457757:5dd38da1:11, node_name=1, branch_uid=0:ffff7f000001:-69457757:5dd38da1:55, subordinatenodename=null, eis_name=java:jboss/IBM_MQ_CONNECTION_FACTORY >: javax.transaction.xa.XAException: The method 'xa_start' has failed with errorCode '-3'.
        at com.ibm.mq.jmqi.JmqiXAResource.start(JmqiXAResource.java:980)
        at com.ibm.mq.connector.xa.XARWrapper.start(XARWrapper.java:708)
        at org.jboss.jca.core.tx.jbossts.XAResourceWrapperImpl.start(XAResourceWrapperImpl.java:215)
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.transaction.arjunacore.TransactionImple.enlistResource(TransactionImple.java:662)
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.transaction.arjunacore.TransactionImple.enlistResource(TransactionImple.java:423)
        at org.wildfly.transaction.client.LocalTransaction.enlistResource(LocalTransaction.java:168)
        at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.listener.TxConnectionListener$TransactionSynchronization.enlist(TxConnectionListener.java:986)
        at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.listener.TxConnectionListener.enlist(TxConnectionListener.java:379)
        at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.tx.TxConnectionManagerImpl.managedConnectionReconnected(TxConnectionManagerImpl.java:564)
        at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.AbstractConnectionManager.reconnectManagedConnection(AbstractConnectionManager.java:977)
        at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.AbstractConnectionManager.allocateConnection(AbstractConnectionManager.java:792)
        at com.ibm.mq.connector.outbound.ConnectionFactoryImpl.createManagedJMSConnection(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:309)
        at com.ibm.mq.connector.outbound.ConnectionFactoryImpl.createConnectionInternal(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:252)
        at com.ibm.mq.connector.outbound.ConnectionFactoryImpl.createConnection(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:225)
        at com.ibm.mq.connector.outbound.ConnectionFactoryImpl.createConnection(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:201)
        at sample.QueueSender.send(QueueSender.java:45)

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 7
  • IBM MQ 9.1.z Resource Adapter

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