Article - CS212756
ServerManager does not start any MethodServer in Windchill
Modified: 29-Apr-2026
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 10.2 to 13.0
- FlexPLM 10.2 to 12.0
Description
- ServerManager can not start MethodServer after rehost
- ServerManager can not start MethodServer
- MethodServer Stuck
- Windchill not starting after the rehost
- After rehost method server stops
- After configuring Windchill Cluster, one node failed to start MethodServer without generating MethodServer log file, ServerManager stuck in the below lines:
INFO [main] wt.server.manager.startup - Registry created: RegistryImpl[UnicastServerRef2 [liveRef: [endpoint:[<host>:5002,wt.boot.WTRMIMasterSocketFactory@1e240](local),objID:[0:0:0, 0]]]] INFO [main] wt.server.manager.startup - ServerManager created: ServerManagerImpl[UnicastServerRef2 [liveRef: [endpoint:[<host>:5002,wt.boot.WTRMIMasterSocketFactory@1e240](local),objID:[0:0:0, 5002]]]] INFO [main] wt.server.manager.startup - ServerManager bound in registry. INFO [main] wt.manager.CacheMasterNegotiator - Cache main stub name: CacheMain INFO [main] wt.manager.CacheMasterNegotiator - Using low-locking algorithm INFO [main] wt.manager.CacheMasterNegotiator - Main stub retrieved: Proxy[ServerManager,RemoteObjectInvocationHandler[UnicastRef2 [liveRef: [endpoint:[<host>:5002,wt.boot.WTRMIMasterSocketFactory@1e240](remote),objID:[-572b2e27:1967f4cb7af:-7ffe, 3627006938206268236]]]]] - MethodServer failed to start with below error in MethodServer.log when configuring Windchill Cluster
ERROR [main] wt.cache.server.wt.iba.definition.service.IBADefinitionCache - caught cache server call exception java.rmi.RemoteException: Unable to register slave cache; nested exception is: java.rmi.RemoteException: Unable to locate cache server; nested exception is: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to get server; nested exception is: java.rmi.UnknownHostException: Unknown host: <host>; nested exception is: java.net.UnknownHostException: <host> at wt.cache.RemoteCacheServer.registerSlaveInternal(RemoteCacheServer.java:241) at wt.cache.RemoteCacheServer.lambda$registerSlave$17(RemoteCacheServer.java:176) at wt.cache.RemoteCacheServer.callTimeAndLogRemoteCallableLow(RemoteCacheServer.java:680) at wt.cache.RemoteCacheServer.callTimeAndLogRemoteCallable(RemoteCacheServer.java:652) at wt.cache.RemoteCacheServer.registerSlave(RemoteCacheServer.java:176) at wt.cache.CacheManager.<init>(CacheManager.java:599) at wt.iba.definition.service.IBADefinitionCache.<init>(IBADefinitionCache.java:160) at wt.iba.definition.service.IBADefinitionCache.getIBADefinitionCache(IBADefinitionCache.java:179) at wt.iba.definition.service.IBADefinitionDBService.<clinit>(IBADefinitionDBService.java:91) at wt.iba.value.service.IBAValueDBService.<clinit>(IBAValueDBService.java:123) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264) at wt.services.ManagerImplementation.create(ManagerImplementation.java:206) at wt.services.StandardManagerFactory.createImplementations(StandardManagerFactory.java:135) at wt.services.StandardManagerFactory.<init>(StandardManagerFactory.java:117) at wt.services.StandardManagerFactory$Singleton.<clinit>(StandardManagerFactory.java:73) at wt.services.StandardManagerFactory.getInstance(StandardManagerFactory.java:102) at wt.services.StandardManagerService.createFactory(StandardManagerService.java:373) at wt.services.StandardManagerService.initialize(StandardManagerService.java:363) at wt.services.StandardManagerService.newStandardManagerService(StandardManagerService.java:99) at wt.services.StandardServicesHandler.getFactory(StandardServic
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