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Error "Exception of type java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException" was generated on the server with message null when trying to run WINDU diagnostic task in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 24-Jun-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 12.1

Description

  • Error "Exception of type java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException' was generated on the server with message null when trying to run WINDU diagnostic task
  • Failed to run Shared Container Report with error
  • WinDU task fails with error. eg. DetectMasterWithDifferentContextDT, Validate family table, VersionAttributeAlignment
  • WinDU task PrincipalValidator execute failed with errors
  • Windu Task InvalidLdapEntries execute failed with errors
  • Error in method server code:
java.lang.Exception: Exception of type 'java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException' was generated on the server with message 'null'
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.ptc.windchill.upgrade.updates.directives.MigratorMethod.invoke(MigratorMethod.java:131)
at com.ptc.windchill.upgrade.updates.directives.LightWeightServiceDirective$Server.invokeLightWeightServiceApi(LightWeightServiceDirective.java:635)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at wt.method.MethodResultWriter.writeExternal(MethodResultWriter.java:165)
at wt.method.MethodResult.writeExternal(MethodResult.java:226)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeExternalData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1456)
  • WINDU task takes long time to complete
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