Error Starting up WLS_FORMS weblogic Unexpected character 'S' escaped in pa

Question

Hi,
I am trying to startup my Managed server using Windows x86-64bit, weblogic 10.3.4.
when trying to start up my WLS_FORMS it fails and goes to admin mode.
here is the error
<12 18, 12 1:45:07 PM SGT> <Error> <Security> <BEA-090064> <The DeployableAuthorizer "myrealm_weblogic.security.providers.xacml.authorization.XACMLAuthorizationProviderImpl" returned an error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unexpected character 'S' escaped in pattern: type=<url>, application=WamInst, contextPath=/C:\SPL\WAMCCH\synergen\.>
<12 18, 12 1:45:07 PM SGT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149205> <Failed to initialize the application 'WamInst' due to error weblogic.application.ModuleException: Failed to load webapp: 'sia'.
weblogic.application.ModuleException: Failed to load webapp: 'sia'
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.prepare(WebAppModule.java:393)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.prepare(ScopedModuleDriver.java:176)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:199)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$1.next(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:517)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unexpected character 'S' escaped in pattern: type=<url>, application=WamInst, contextPath=/C:\SPL\WAMCCH\synergen\
     at weblogic.security.providers.utils.Utils.convertLDAPPatternForJDO(Utils.java:415)
     at com.bea.security.providers.xacml.store.BasePolicyStore.readPolicy(BasePolicyStore.java:1216)
     at com.bea.security.providers.xacml.store.BasePolicyStore.readPolicy(BasePolicyStore.java:1146)
     at com.bea.security.providers.xacml.entitlement.PolicyManager.listPolicies(PolicyManager.java:747)
     at weblogic.security.providers.xacml.DeployableAuthorizationProviderV2Helper.startDeployPolicies(DeployableAuthorizationProviderV2Helper.java:84)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
need some help please.
thanks,

Answer 1

tried to start the server through command line: here are some more logs
8:14 PM SGT> <Error> <Security> <BEA-090064> <The DeployableAuthorizer "myrealm_weblogic.security.providers.xacml.authorization.XACMLAuthorizationProviderImpl" returned an error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unexpected character 'S' escaped in pattern: type=<url>, application=WamInst, contextPath=/C:\SPL\WAMCCH\synergen\.>
8:14 PM SGT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149205> <Failed to initialize the application 'WamInst' due to error weblogic.application.ModuleException: Failed to load webapp: 'sia'.
cation.ModuleException: Failed to load webapp: 'sia'
logic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.prepare(WebAppModule.java:393)
logic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.prepare(ScopedModuleDriver.java:176)
logic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:199)
logic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$1.next(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:517)
logic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
ted. see log file for complete stacktrace
a.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unexpected character 'S' escaped in pattern: type=<url>, application=WamInst, contextPath=/C:\SPL\WAMCCH\synergen\
logic.security.providers.utils.Utils.convertLDAPPatternForJDO(Utils.java:415)
.bea.security.providers.xacml.store.BasePolicyStore.readPolicy(BasePolicyStore.java:1216)
.bea.security.providers.xacml.store.BasePolicyStore.readPolicy(BasePolicyStore.java:1146)
.bea.security.providers.xacml.entitlement.PolicyManager.listPolicies(PolicyManager.java:747)
logic.security.providers.xacml.DeployableAuthorizationProviderV2Helper.startDeployPolicies(DeployableAuthorizationProviderV2Helper.java:84)
ted. see log file for complete stacktrace
8:14 PM SGT> <Warning> <Munger> <BEA-2156203> <A version attribute was not found in element application in the deployment descriptor in C:\SPL\Oracle\middleware\DEVCCH\forms\j2ee\formsapp.ear/META-INF/application.xml. A version attribute is required, but this version of the Weblogic Server will assume that the JEE5 is used. Future versions of the Weblogic Server will reject descriptors that do not specify the JEE version.>
8:14 PM SGT> <Warning> <Munger> <BEA-2156203> <A version attribute was not found in element application in the deployment descriptor in C:\SPL\Oracle\middleware\user_projects\domains\ClassicDomain\servers\WLS_FORMS\tmp\_WL_user\formsapp_11.1.1\wb1h9e/META-INF/application.xml. A version attribute is required, but this version of the Weblogic Server will assume that the JEE5 is used. Future versions of the Weblogic Server will reject descriptors that do not specify the JEE version.>
8:14 PM SGT> <Warning> <Munger> <BEA-2156203> <A version attribute was not found in element web-app in the deployment descriptor in C:\SPL\Oracle\middleware\user_projects\domains\ClassicDomain\servers\WLS_FORMS\tmp\_WL_user\formsapp_11.1.1\wb1h9e\formsweb.war/WEB-INF/web.xml. A version attribute is required, but this version of the Weblogic Server will assume that the JEE5 is used. Future versions of the Weblogic Server will reject descriptors that do not specify the JEE version.>
8:18 PM SGT> <Warning> <Munger> <BEA-2156203> <A version attribute was not found in element application in the deployment descriptor in C:\SPL\Oracle\middleware\DEVCCH\forms\provision\frmconfigmbeans.ear/META-INF/application.xml. A version attribute is required, but this version of the Weblogic Server will assume that the JEE5 is used. Future versions of the Weblogic Server will reject descriptors that do not specify the JEE version.>
8:18 PM SGT> <Warning> <Munger> <BEA-2156203> <A version attribute was not found in element application in the deployment descriptor in C:\SPL\Oracle\middleware\user_projects\domains\ClassicDomain\servers\WLS_FORMS\tmp\_WL_user\formsconfigmbeans\1rm9hy/META-INF/application.xml. A version attribute is required, but this version of the Weblogic Server will assume that the JEE5 is used. Future versions of the Weblogic Server will reject descriptors that do not specify the JEE version.
8:18 PM SGT> <Warning> <J2EE> <BEA-160195> <The application version lifecycle event listener oracle.security.jps.wls.listeners.JpsAppVersionLifecycleListener is ignored because the application formsconfigmbeans is not versioned.>
8:18 PM SGT> <Emergency> <Deployer> <BEA-149259> <Server 'WLS_FORMS' in cluster 'cluster_forms' is being brought up in administration state due to failed deployments.>
8:49 PM SGT> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000197> <Listening for announcements from cluster using unicast cluster messaging>
8:49 PM SGT> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000133> <Waiting to synchronize with other running members of cluster_forms.>
8:54 PM SGT> <Warning> <Log Management> <BEA-170011> <The LogBroadcaster on this server failed to broadcast log messages to the admin server. The Admin server may not be running. Message broadcasts to the admin server will be disabled.>
9:19 PM SGT> <Notice> <Server> <BEA-002613> <Channel "Default" is now listening on 169.254.5.122:9001 for protocols iiop, t3, CLUSTER-BROADCAST, ldap, snmp, http.>
9:19 PM SGT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000358> <Started WebLogic Independent Managed Server "WLS_FORMS" for domain "ClassicDomain" running in Production Mode>
9:19 PM SGT> <Warning> <JMX> <BEA-149510> <Unable to establish JMX Connectivity with the Adminstration Server AdminServer at <JMXServiceURL:null>.>
9:21 PM SGT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to ADMIN>
9:21 PM SGT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000360> <Server started in ADMIN mode>