Database migration fails in test mode if RADIUS migration is completed first in RSA Authentication Manager 8.1
Originally Published: 2014-11-08
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Authentication Manager
RSA Version/Condition: 8.0 or 8.1
Issue
- Performing a migration from RSA Authentication Manager 6.1 to Authentication Manager 8.x.
- The RADIUS migration option is completed prior to migrating the Authentication Manager database.
- When performing the Authentication Manager server migration, the option for Test Migration is checked.
- The test migration fails immediately and throws the following error in the /opt/rsa/am/server/logs/migration_basic-<datestamp>/migrationReport.log:
Exception thrown during migration job befc9f71bf01010a1ae6a3d101e9dd75
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.acemigrate61.impl.task.AgentMigrationTask.linkToRADIUSClientIfNeeded(AgentMigrationTask.java:607)
at com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.acemigrate61.impl.task.AgentMigrationTask.processRecord(AgentMigrationTask.java:577)
at com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.acemigrate61.impl.task.AgentMigrationTask.executeBatch(AgentMigrationTask.java:134)
at com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.acemigrate61.impl.task.AbstractMigrationTask$MigrationTaskTransactionTemplate.doInTransaction(AbstractMigrationTask.java:829)
at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:130)
at com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.acemigrate61.impl.task.AbstractMigrationTask.completeTask(AbstractMigrationTask.java:355)
at com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.acemigrate61.impl.task.MigrationTaskChainImpl.executeNext(MigrationTaskChainImpl.java:26)
- The /opt/rsa/am/server/logs/imsTrace.log lists following error:
2014-11-04 19:35:30,463, [[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '0' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'], (AgentAccessSQL.java:71),
trace.com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.common.dal.sql.DataObjectAccessSql, ERROR, <FQDN_of_primary_Authentication_Manager_server>,,,,
Unable to lookup class com.rsa.authmgr.internal.admin.agentmgt.dal.Agentwith ip address: <IP_address_of_primary_Authentication_Manager_server>Cause
Resolution
- Take a backup of the blank database via the Operations Console, if using a hardware appliance, or take a snapshot of the virtual server.
- Skip the test migration option and do a real database migration.
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