Article - CS375111
Unable to start multiple method server instances in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 03-Jun-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 13.1
Description
- Unable to start multiple method server instances
- Only one MethodServer can be started after configuring Windchill Cluster although configuring several Method Servers
- MethodServer crashed during startup
- Server Manager reports:
ERROR [MethodServerMonitor] wt.manager.ServerManagerImpl - Start of MethodServer timed out. ERROR [MethodServerMonitor] wt.server.manager.startup - Unable to launch 2 MethodServer instances wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to get server; nested exception is: (wt.manager.managerResource/3) wt.util.WTException: Start of MethodServer timed out.
- The property wt.manager.cmd.MethodServer.debug.args of wt.properties is set to something like the below in wt.properties:
wt.manager.cmd.MethodServer.debug.args=-agentlib\:jdwp\=transport\=dt_socket,address\=7777,server\=y,suspend\=n wt.manager.cmd.MethodServer.platform.java.args=-XX\:PermSize\=70m -XX\:MaxPermSize\=200m
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