javax.transaction.xa.XAException: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error

Issue

• We are getting XA Exceptions in jboss logs
• We're seeing a lot of these warning messages in our production logs.

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 | 00:46:13,052 WARN  [org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.listener.TxConnectionListener] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8109-55) IJ000305: Connection error occured: org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.listener.TxConnectionListener@5dd069b6[state=NORMAL managed connection=org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.xa.XAManagedConnection@1dcc5bd8 connection handles=0 lastUse=1432529162287 trackByTx=true pool=org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.pool.strategy.OnePool@5eafbd4 pool internal context=SemaphoreArrayListManagedConnectionPool@26b2a405[pool=TestDS] xaResource=XAResourceWrapperImpl@3e222dcf[xaResource=org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.xa.XAManagedConnection@1dcc5bd8 pad=false overrideRmValue=false productName=Microsoft SQL Server productVersion=11.00.3153 jndiName=java:/TestDS] txSync=null]: javax.transaction.xa.XAException: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXAResource.DTC_XA_Interface(SQLServerXAResource.java:647) [_KamanDirectV4_slib_ssqljdbc.jar:]
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXAResource.start(SQLServerXAResource.java:679) [_KamanDirectV4_slib_ssqljdbc.jar:]
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.xa.XAManagedConnection.start(XAManagedConnection.java:259)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at org.jboss.jca.core.tx.jbossts.XAResourceWrapperImpl.start(XAResourceWrapperImpl.java:191)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.transaction.arjunacore.TransactionImple.enlistResource(TransactionImple.java:636)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.transaction.arjunacore.TransactionImple.enlistResource(TransactionImple.java:397)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.listener.TxConnectionListener$TransactionSynchronization.enlist(TxConnectionListener.java:607)
INFO   | jvm 1    | 2015/05/25 00:46:13 |   at org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.listener.TxConnectionListener.enlist(TxConnectionListener.java:265)

Caused by: javax.resource.ResourceException: IJ000461: Could not enlist in transaction on entering meta-aware object
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Caused by: javax.transaction.SystemException: IJ000356: Failed to enlist: java.lang.Throwable: Unabled to enlist resource, see the previous warnings. tx=TransactionImple < ac, BasicAction: 0:ffff959e4775:-59a628f0:555c6cde:a222a3 status: ActionStatus.ABORT_ONLY >
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