JBAS014612: Operation ("add") failed - address: ([("subsystem" => "transactions")]): java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""

Issue

• After unzipping EAP 6.1.0 binary, executing ./standalone.sh shows the following error and JBoss EAP cannot be started

ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 44) JBAS014612: Operation ("add") failed - address: ([("subsystem" => "transactions")]): java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "" 

Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""                                                                                                                      
        at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:48) [rt.jar:1.6.0_32]

• After porting EAP installation to another server, EAP 6.2 startup fails with the following error. Running the same installation with a different user account works

ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 42) JBAS014612: Operation ("add") failed - address: ([("subsystem" => "transactions")]): java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""

        at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.propertyservice.BeanPopulator.getNamedInstance(BeanPopulator.java:81)
        at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.propertyservice.BeanPopulator.getDefaultInstance(BeanPopulator.java:49)
        at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.arjPropertyManager.getCoreEnvironmentBean(arjPropertyManager.java:48)
        at org.jboss.as.txn.service.CoreEnvironmentService.getValue(CoreEnvironmentService.java:59)
        at org.jboss.as.txn.service.CoreEnvironmentService.setProcessImplementation(CoreEnvironmentService.java:107)
        at org.jboss.as.txn.subsystem.TransactionSubsystemAdd.performCoreEnvironmentBootTime(TransactionSubsystemAdd.java:346)
        at org.jboss.as.txn.subsystem.TransactionSubsystemAdd.performBoottime(TransactionSubsystemAdd.java:184)
        at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractBoottimeAddStepHandler.performRuntime(AbstractBoottimeAddStepHandler.java:69) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractAddStepHandler$1.execute(AbstractAddStepHandler.java:76) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:601) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.doCompleteStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:479) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.completeStepInternal(AbstractOperationContext.java:283) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeOperation(AbstractOperationContext.java:278) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.controller.ParallelBootOperationStepHandler$ParallelBootTask.run(ParallelBootOperationStepHandler.java:343) [jboss-as-controller-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_13]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_13]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [rt.jar:1.7.0_13]
        at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122) [jboss-threads-2.1.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.1.Final-redhat-1]
Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
        at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) [rt.jar:1.7.0_13]
        at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:504) [rt.jar:1.7.0_13]
        at java.lang.Integer.valueOf(Integer.java:582) [rt.jar:1.7.0_13]
        at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.propertyservice.BeanPopulator.handleSimpleProperty(BeanPopulator.java:301)
        at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.propertyservice.BeanPopulator.configureFromProperties(BeanPopulator.java:163)
        at com.arjuna.common.internal.util.propertyservice.BeanPopulator.getNamedInstance(BeanPopulator.java:78)
        ... 17 more