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ServerManager does not start any MethodServer in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 27-Oct-2026   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 10.2 to 13.1
  • FlexPLM 10.2 to 13.0
  • Windchill+ Medical Device 13.1

Description

  • ServerManager cannot start MethodServer after rehost
  • ServerManager cannot start MethodServer after the reboot of backend Windchill server
  • ServerManager cannot start MethodServer
  • MethodServer stuck
  • Windchill not starting after rehost
  • After rehost, MethodServer stops
  • "Unable to update RMIStubs" error seen in the server manager logs in Windchill PDMLink
  • After configuring Windchill Cluster, one node failed to start MethodServer without generating MethodServer log file; ServerManager stuck at the following 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 the following 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>
Caused by: 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>
	... 23 more
Caused by: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to get server; nested exception is:
	java.rmi.UnknownHostException: Unknown host: <host>; nested exception is: 
	java.net.UnknownHostException: <host>
	... 24 more
Caused by: java.rmi.UnknownHostException: Unknown host: <host>; nested exception is: 
	java.net.UnknownHostException: <host>
	... 27 more
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: <host>
  • ServerManager hung with the following error message in ServerManager.log file 
    INFO  [Thread-3] wt.system.err - java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 503 for URL: http://<server>/Windchill/wt.properties
INFO  [Thread-3] wt.system.err -     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1626)
INFO  [Thread-3] wt.system.err -     at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1037)
INFO  [Thread-3] wt.system.err -     at wt.boot.WTRMIHttpToCodebaseSocketFactory$1.run(WTRMIHttpToCodebaseSocketFactory.java:169)
INFO  [Thread-3] wt.system.err -     at wt.boot.WTRMIHttpToCodebaseSocketFactory$1.run(WTRMIHttpToCodebaseSocketFactory.java:159
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