When starting SOA server it throws java.lang.NullPointerException in the server log file

Issue

• After we have switched the default database in the JBoss Enterprise SOA-P server from HSQL to MS SQL Server, upon starting the server we observed a java.lang.NullPointerException in the log file.

  ERROR [org.jboss.messaging.util.ExceptionUtil] (main) Queue[null, name=DeadMessageQueue] startService
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at org.jboss.jms.server.ServerPeer.getPostOfficeInstance(ServerPeer.java:1683)
  at org.jboss.jms.server.destination.DestinationServiceSupport.setMaxSizeForQueues(DestinationServiceSupport.java:287)
  at org.jboss.jms.server.destination.DestinationServiceSupport.startService(DestinationServiceSupport.java:124)
  at org.jboss.jms.server.destination.QueueService.startService(QueueService.java:65)
  at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:376)
  at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:269)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
  at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157)
  at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96)
  at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:138)
  at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:90)
  at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:140)
  at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:90)
  at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
  at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668)
  at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206)
  at $Proxy38.start(Unknown Source)