Method Server not starting stuck at "com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager - Initializing Wex Kernel..." in Windchill PDMLink

• Method Server not starting stuck at "com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager - Initializing Wex Kernel..."
• Method Server log shows:

INFO  [main] wt.system.err  - INFO  com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager - Initializing Wex Kernel...
ERROR [main] wt.fv.itemmover  - Cannot read: File "\\Data\plm\Vault\productionvault\00000000ff4ff2" does not exist (wt.fv.fvResource/6) wt.objectstorage.exception.ContentFileDoesNotExistsException: Cannot read: File "\\bigbang\sapplm\ProductionVault\productionvault_Folder_88\00000000bc4bc2" does not exist
    at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.getStoredItemFileStream(LocalVaultItem.java:582)
    at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.retrieveStream(LocalVaultItem.java:215)
    at wt.fv.StoredItem.retrieveStreamCommon(StoredItem.java:297)
    at wt.fv.FvItem.retrieveStream(FvItem.java:177)
    at wt.content.StandardContentService.findContentStream(StandardContentService.java:482)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.store.impl.persist.WexPersistor.getContent(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.config.impl.store.WexConfigPersistenceHelper.load(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.config.impl.features.WexConfigurationFeature.initialize(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.registry.WexRegistry.addFeature(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.registry.WexRegistry.addFeature(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.config.impl.populators.WexConfigPopulator.populate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager.populate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.registry.WexRegistry.register(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.registry.WexRegistry.register(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.system.impl.scan.WexScanner.scan(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.watermark.server.manager.impl.bootstrap.WexBootstrap.initialize(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.tryActivate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelPackage.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager.activate(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager.update(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager.doStartupProcess(Unknown Source)
    at com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.manager.WexKernelManager.performStartupProcess(Unknown Source)
    at wt.services.StandardManager.startup(StandardManager.java:459)
    at wt.services.ManagerImplementation.startup(ManagerImplementation.java:363)
    at wt.services.DefaultStartupHandler.startup(DefaultStartupHandler.java:112)
    at wt.services.StandardManagerService.performStartupProcess(StandardManagerService.java:167)
    at wt.services.StandardManager.startup(StandardManager.java:459)
    at wt.services.StandardServicesHandler.start(StandardServicesHandler.java:44)
    at wt.method.MethodServerMain.run(MethodServerMain.java:584)
    at wt.method.MethodServerMain.main(MethodServerMain.java:353)
INFO  [main] wt.system.err  - date/time WARN  com.wincomplm.wex.kernel.impl.registry.WexRegistry - Feature 'watermark-server-manager-config' failed to initialize

• Vault content files reported in the logs present at the specified location
• Vaults mounted on shared network drive/folder