Java error while running MDB Admin Console 12.8

Products

• CA Automation Suite for Data Centers - Configuration Automation
• CA Client Automation - Asset Management
• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation
• CA Client Automation - Remote Control
• CA Client Automation - Asset Intelligence
• CA Client Automation - Desktop Migration Manager
• CA Client Automation - Patch Manager

Issue/Introduction

The following error occurs when trying to run MDB Admin Console 12.8 using the command 'mdbac':

       MDB Admin Console  12.8.0.8 (0)
        Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/BasicConfigurator
        at ca.itcm.mdbac.api.MdbacLogger.setLoggerDefaultProperties(Unknown Source)
        at ca.itcm.mdbac.api.MdbacLogger.getLoggerObject(Unknown Source)
        at ca.itcm.mdbac.console.Main.run(Unknown Source)
        at ca.itcm.mdbac.console.Main.main(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        ... 4 more

 

Environment

CA Client Automation - All Versions
 

Resolution

The error occurs due to the wrong version of Hibernate files.

MDB Admin Console requires hibernate-3.2. The hibernate-3.2 folder should be under the C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\DSM\MDB AdminConsole\lib folder.

• Install Java 7 (JRE 1.7)
• Download hibernate-3.2 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/hibernate/files/hibernate3/3.2.0.ga/hibernate-3.2.0.ga.zip/download
• Set the Java home environment variable:

JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7
JAVA_CMD=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe

• Install the MDB Admin Console.
  Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\DSM\MDB AdminConsole
• Copy the hibernate-3.2 to this folder:
  C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\DSM\MDB AdminConsole\lib
• Check the mdbac.properties for the connection parameters.
• Test the MDBAC connection by running the command:
  C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\DSM\MDB AdminConsole>mdbac -testcon -target msql-localhost -user ca_itrm -pwd NOT_changedR11

If the connection is successful the following should be displayed.
MDB Admin Console 12.8.0.8 (0)
testing connection
terminated successfully [0]