Deployment error: id to load is required for loading

Products

• CA Release Automation - Release Operations Center (Nolio)
• CA Release Automation - DataManagement Server (Nolio)

Issue/Introduction

The nolio_dm_all.log on NAC server registers the following error while deployment:

[StageExecutorTask-1234] ERROR (com.nolio.releasecenter.services.release.execution.engine.ArtifactsEngineImpl:354) 
- id to load is required for loading 
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: id to load is required for loading

The nolio_all.log from the retrieval agent shows the error:

[Communication Msg Processor-12] INFO  (com.nolio.platform.shared.communication.services.artifacts.ArtifactCommunicationService:123)
 - Artifact download Task Failed java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

Environment

Release Automation - 6.9.0

Cause

The default allocated memory is not enough for the retrieval agent to download large artifact.

Resolution

Immediate approach to address the problem is increasing heap memory on retrieval agents. 

Follow these steps:

Stop the Nolio Agent service.

wrapper.conf (retrieval agent):
=========================

Uncomment the lines and change the values.

From:

...
# Initial Java Heap Size (in MB)
#wrapper.java.initmemory=3

# Maximum Java Heap Size (in MB)
#wrapper.java.maxmemory=64
...

To:

...
# Initial Java Heap Size (in MB)
wrapper.java.initmemory=512

# Maximum Java Heap Size (in MB)
wrapper.java.maxmemory=1024
...
 
Then start the Nolio Agent service.

See Increasing memory usage of RA Agent

Additional Information

This issue is fixed in the next minor update for Nolio 6.9, specifically in 6.9.1:

Release Notes for 6.9.1

See this reference:
35658679    Artifact file size causes java OutOfMemory errors. 

So as a long term solution the best way is to plan the minor upgrade to the latest available 6.9.x (currently it's 6.9.2).