java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleDriver : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

Products

• CA Automic Applications Manager (AM)

Issue/Introduction

The below error may be seen during the installation or startup of Applications Manager's processes:

ErrorMsg: AwE-9999 Internal error
Details: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleDriver : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(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)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.AxConnectionPool.<init>(AxConnectionPool.java:117)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.DBAccess.A(DBAccess.java:1971)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.DBAccess.getConnection(DBAccess.java:1538)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.CommonDB.A(CommonDB.java:565)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.CommonDB.A(CommonDB.java:541)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.CommonDB.B(CommonDB.java:264)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.CommonDB.getTableData(CommonDB.java:413)
    at com.appworx.server.sql.CommonDB.getTableData(CommonDB.java:384)
    at com.appworx.agent.AgentService.getAgents(AgentService.java:1697)
    at com.appworx.agent.AgentStack.fileExists(AgentStack.java:1036)
    at com.appworx.agent.AgentService.masterFileExists(AgentService.java:876)
    at com.appworx.agent.AWServer.<init>(AWServer.java:179)
    at com.appworx.agent.ServerStack$3.run(ServerStack.java:358)

 

Environment

Component : APPLICATIONS MANAGER

Cause

This is an Oracle specific incompatibility error

Resolution

Refer to Oracle as this is an Oracle specific error. 

The error likely refers to an incompatibility between the ojdbc*.jar version that is being specified for use with Applications Manager and the Java version being specified to be used with Applications Manager.

For example, if using the ojdbc8.jar, Java 8 or above should used.