BRMS will not start because of "can't open file data/journal/server.lock: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory"

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Issue

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5.3.x with jbpm-human-task.war deployed can not be started with the following exception:
17:50:38,070 INFO  [org.jboss.web] (MSC service thread 1-3) JBAS018210: Registering web context: /jbpm-human-task
17:50:38,114 WARNING [org.hornetq.core.server.impl.FileLockNodeManager] (Thread-80) can't open file data/journal/server.lock: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.6.0_45]
        at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:883) [rt.jar:1.6.0_45]
        at org.hornetq.core.server.impl.FileLockNodeManager.start(FileLockNodeManager.java:88) [hornetq-core-2.2.10.GA.jar:]
        at org.hornetq.core.server.impl.HornetQServerImpl.start(HornetQServerImpl.java:339) [hornetq-core-2.2.10.GA.jar:]
        at org.jbpm.task.service.hornetq.BaseHornetQTaskServer.start(BaseHornetQTaskServer.java:160) [jbpm-human-task-5.3.1.BRMS.jar:5.3.1.BRMS]
        at org.jbpm.task.service.hornetq.BaseHornetQTaskServer.run(BaseHornetQTaskServer.java:98) [jbpm-human-task-5.3.1.BRMS.jar:5.3.1.BRMS]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [rt.jar:1.6.0_45]

17:50:38,116 ERROR [org.jbpm.task.service.TaskServer] (Thread-80) Server Exception with class class org.jbpm.task.service.hornetq.HornetQTaskServer using port 5153 E: No such file or directory: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.6.0_45]
        at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:883) [rt.jar:1.6.0_45]
        at org.hornetq.core.server.impl.FileLockNodeManager.start(FileLockNodeManager.java:88) [hornetq-core-2.2.10.GA.jar:]
        at org.hornetq.core.server.impl.HornetQServerImpl.start(HornetQServerImpl.java:339) [hornetq-core-2.2.10.GA.jar:]
        at org.jbpm.task.service.hornetq.BaseHornetQTaskServer.start(BaseHornetQTaskServer.java:160) [jbpm-human-task-5.3.1.BRMS.jar:5.3.1.BRMS]
        at org.jbpm.task.service.hornetq.BaseHornetQTaskServer.run(BaseHornetQTaskServer.java:98) [jbpm-human-task-5.3.1.BRMS.jar:5.3.1.BRMS]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [rt.jar:1.6.0_45]

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS (BRMS)
    • 5.3.x
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.0.x

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