Cloning a WebLogic Domain

Question

Hi folks,
I'm trying to duplicate an existing domain, with all its resources included. I've googled it before posting this, and I found ( this ). Basically, the idea is to create a hole new starting from the original config.xml file. So this is what I've done so far:
0. I have defined a domain with two managed servers, and two clusters.
1. I create a basic domain in some other server. Same location, same domain name.
2. I copy the config.xml file from the original domain, to the new domain directory.
3. I start the domain (startWebLogic.cmd).
I've got this error message:
####<23-02-2009 02:30:35 PM VET> <Notice> <Log Management> <nbk-afarias> <original> <Main Thread> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-170019> <The server log file C:\bea\bea816\user_projects\domains\dom-original\original\original.log is opened. All server side log events will be written to this file.>
####<23-02-2009 02:30:35 PM VET> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <nbk-afarias> <original> <Main Thread> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-000364> <Server failed during initialization. Exception:weblogic.security.internal.encryption.EncryptionServiceException - with nested exception:
[com.rsa.jsafe.JSAFE_PaddingException: Could not perform unpadding: invalid pad byte.]
com.rsa.jsafe.JSAFE_PaddingException: Could not perform unpadding: invalid pad byte.
     at com.rsa.jsafe.JA_PKCS5Padding.a([BIILjava.lang.Object;)I(Unknown Source)
     at com.rsa.jsafe.JG_BlockCipher.decryptFinal([BI)I(Unknown Source)
     at weblogic.security.internal.encryption.JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.decryptBytes(JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.java:67)
     at weblogic.security.internal.encryption.JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.decryptString(JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.java:93)
     at weblogic.security.internal.encryption.ClearOrEncryptedService.decrypt(ClearOrEncryptedService.java:56)
     at weblogic.management.EncryptionHelper.decryptString(EncryptionHelper.java:45)
     at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initServerConfig(EmbeddedLDAP.java:1147)
     at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initialize(EmbeddedLDAP.java:231)
     at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeHere(T3Srvr.java:815)
     at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:669)
     at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:343)
     at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
--------------- nested within: ------------------
weblogic.security.internal.encryption.EncryptionServiceException - with nested exception:
[com.rsa.jsafe.JSAFE_PaddingException: Could not perform unpadding: invalid pad byte.]
     at weblogic.security.internal.encryption.JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.decryptBytes(JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.java:77)
     at weblogic.security.internal.encryption.JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.decryptString(JSafeEncryptionServiceImpl.java:93)
     at weblogic.security.internal.encryption.ClearOrEncryptedService.decrypt(ClearOrEncryptedService.java:56)
     at weblogic.management.EncryptionHelper.decryptString(EncryptionHelper.java:45)
     at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initServerConfig(EmbeddedLDAP.java:1147)
     at weblogic.ldap.EmbeddedLDAP.initialize(EmbeddedLDAP.java:231)
     at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeHere(T3Srvr.java:815)
     at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initialize(T3Srvr.java:669)
     at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:343)
     at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:32)
>
####<23-02-2009 02:30:35 PM VET> <Emergency> <WebLogicServer> <nbk-afarias> <original> <Main Thread> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-000342> <Unable to initialize the server: weblogic.security.internal.encryption.EncryptionServiceException - with nested exception:
[com.rsa.jsafe.JSAFE_PaddingException: Could not perform unpadding: invalid pad byte.]>
If there is anybody who could try to give me a hint, it will be widely appreciated.
Cheers,
Andres
Edited by: Andres Farias on 23-feb-2009 12:53

Answer 1

Hi again!
I'm very sorry. I always try to do some research before asking anything. Well, actually, there is a simple way to clone a domain: create a template domain using the Configuration Template Builder/Wizard. For those who wants to go deeper on this, take a look at this
Now I wonder, why some people uses this copy/paste config.xml to do this?
Andres