Error in `event_demon': free(): invalid pointer: 0xf6e8a4f4

Article Id: 128512

Status: Published

Updated On: 01-03-2019 13:00

Products:

CA Workload Automation AE - Business Agents (AutoSys) , CA Workload Automation AE - Scheduler (AutoSys) , CA Workload Automation Agent

Issue/Introduction:

The Scheduler and Application Server both fail immediately after startup with an error similar to...

*** Error in `event_demon': free(): invalid pointer: 0xf6e8a4f4 ***

The error is followed by a backtrace.

Cause:

This is due to a known issue in the WAAE code that sometimes occurs when the Oracle TNS alias is greater than 30 characters.

Environment:

WAAE 11.3.6 SP6 and below
Oracle Database

Resolution:

There is a fix for this issue in 11.3.6 SP7.
Workaround is to shorten the Oracle TNS alias to something under 30 characters.