Unable to register service AuthenticationService during startup after deploying RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.0 or above on WebLogic
Originally Published: 2018-02-28
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Enterprise Software
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.0
Platform: WebLogic
Issue
Unable to register service AuthenticationService. java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassCastException:
weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.WrapperSQLXML_oracle_xdb_XMLType cannot be cast to oracle.sql.OPAQUE
at weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.ResultSet_oracle_jdbc_driver_ForwardOnlyResultSet.getOPAQUE(Unknown Source)
at com.aveksa.server.utils.ApplicationServerUtil.getOPAQUE(ApplicationServerUtil.java:189)
at com.aveksa.server.db.StringToXMLTypeMapper.getOPAQUE(StringToXMLTypeMapper.java:197)
at com.aveksa.server.db.StringToXMLTypeMapper.nullSafeGet(StringToXMLTypeMapper.java:90)
at org.hibernate.type.CustomType.nullSafeGet(CustomType.java:109)
at org.hibernate.type.AbstractType.hydrate(AbstractType.java:104)
at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.hydrate(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2283)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.loadFromResultSet(Loader.java:1527)
.....
Unable to start consumer threads. java.lang.NullPointerException
Unable to initialize security model. null
The aveksa security application must be initialized first by the System Operations Node(SON).
See documentation regarding server nodes and deployment.
Cause
Resolution
- Log on to the WebLogic console.
- From the Services menu, select Data Sources.
- Under configuration, edit each of the following Data Sources as follows: AVDB, AVDWDB, ACMDB, WPDS, WPDS2, WPDS3, avperf (if it exists).
- Click on the Data Source.
- Go to the Connection Pool tab, expand the Advanced settings.
- Scroll down and uncheck the check box for Wrap Data Types.

- After modifying all Data Sources, restart the WebLogic server.
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