Article - CS389562

Method Server throwing wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException: javax.naming.CommunicationException in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 23-Sep-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 12.0 to 13.1

Description

  • Method server failed with the following error:
Nested exception is: (wt.services.servicesResource/21) wt.services.ManagerException: Unable to start manager: "wt.audit.AuditService" with implementation class: "wt.audit.StandardAuditService"
Nested exception is: wt.services.ManagerException: Could not initialize Auditing service.
Nested exception is: wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException: javax.naming.CommunicationException:
<OLD_LDAP_URL>pointed with <port>
  • Windchill unable to start. Method server exits with error
    Nested exception is: wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException: javax.naming.CommunicationException: XXXX:389
    	at wt.org.LdapServices.queryParentsFromLdap(LdapServices.java:506)
    	at wt.org.LdapServices.populateImmediateParentMap(LdapServices.java:3034)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    	at wt.services.ServiceFactory$ServerInvocationHandler.invoke(ServiceFactory.java:399)
    	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy74.populateImmediateParentMap(Unknown Source)
  • Method Server throwing wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException:
    javax.naming.CommunicationException in Windchill PDMLink
    
    ERROR [main] wt.method.server.startup.services  - Failure to start manager wt.audit.StandardAuditService wt.services.ManagerException: Could not initialize Auditing service.
    Nested exception is: wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException: javax.naming.CommunicationException: windchillds.domain.com:389
        at wt.org.LdapServices.queryPrincipalsFromLdap(LdapServices.java:1181)
    
    ERROR [main] wt.method.server.startup.services  - Failure to start manager wt.audit.StandardAuditService wt.services.ManagerException: Could not initialize Auditing service.
    Nested exception is: wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException: javax.naming.CommunicationException: ****.**:389
        at wt.org.LdapServices.queryPrincipalsFromLdap(LdapServices.java:1148)
  • Unable to access Windchill UI with error code 500: 
Exception: wt.session.SessionUsers$PreLoginException: wt.util.WTException: wt.util.WTException: wt.util.WTRuntimeException: wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException:
javax.naming.CommunicationException

Nested exception is: wt.util. WTRuntimeException: wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException: javax.naming.CommunicationException
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