Plan.xml Could Not Be Found Error Starting Portlet Managed Server (Doc ID 2764873.1)

Last updated on MARCH 05, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

The WebCenter Portlet managed server is down and can not be started.

The WebLogic Admin server logs shows the following error message:

 <Error> <J2EE> <BEA-160228> <AppMerge failed to merge your application. If you are running AppMerge on the command-line, merge again with the -verbose option for more details. See the error message(s) below.>
weblogic.utils.compiler.ToolFailureException: [J2EE:160171]ERROR: The plan file, "<DOMAIN_HOME>/pending/deployments/webcenter/plan.xml", could not be found.
at weblogic.application.compiler.flow.PrepareInputFlow.prepareInput(PrepareInputFlow.java:160)
at weblogic.application.compiler.flow.PrepareInputFlow.compile(PrepareInputFlow.java:43)
at weblogic.application.compiler.FlowDriver$FlowStateChange.next(FlowDriver.java:70)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:45)
at weblogic.application.compiler.FlowDriver.nextState(FlowDriver.java:37)
at weblogic.application.compiler.AppMerge.runBody(AppMerge.java:168)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.Tool.run(Tool.java:159)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.Tool.run(Tool.java:116)
at weblogic.application.compiler.AppMerge.merge(AppMerge.java:198)
at weblogic.deploy.api.internal.utils.AppMerger.merge(AppMerger.java:94)
at weblogic.deploy.api.internal.utils.AppMerger.getMergedApp(AppMerger.java:58)
at weblogic.deploy.api.model.internal.WebLogicDeployableObjectFactoryImpl.createDeployableObject(WebLogicDeployableObjectFactoryImpl.java:186)
at weblogic.deploy.api.model.internal.WebLogicDeployableObjectFactoryImpl.createDeployableObject(WebLogicDeployableObjectFactoryImpl.java:167)
at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initialize(SessionHelper.java:851)
at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeConfiguration(SessionHelper.java:668)
at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeConfiguration(SessionHelper.java:656)
at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeConfiguration(SessionHelper.java:742)
at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeConfiguration(SessionHelper.java:722)

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