CA PM - Unable to start Data Collector service

[Phani Devulapalli]

Hello All,

 

Having issues with starting the Data Collector service after upgrading to 3.5 , I see the below error in the log file .The DC was working absolutely fine before the upgrade 

 

Unable to update instance pid: Unable to find root instance in /app/CA/IMDataCollector/apache-karaf-2.4.3/instances/instance.properties

Tied to uninstall the DC and reinstall it, but the issue still remains the same . We have another DC under the DA which is working fine , issue is specific to this particular DC only

 

The connectivity between DC and DA is good 

 

Any clues on how to troubleshoot this issue please?

[Lutz_Holzbecher]

Hi Phani,

this event message in karaf.out doesnt tell much. I would suggest opening a CA support ticket with a CA Remote Engineer diagnostics package attached.

Greetings,

Lutz.

[Phani Devulapalli]

Hi Lutz,

 

I already have a ticket open with support. Just posted in communities to see if I can get any quick tips  from anyone already faced a similar issue 

 

Regards,

Phani

[Anon Anon]

Phani, was this resolved thru your case?    if no, perhaps this reply will get you some more tips...

[Phani Devulapalli]

Yea, I think I figured out the problem after some research. In case anyone is interested to know...

 

CA introduced a bunch of new ports in CA PM 3.5 release for communication between DC and DA which were not available in 3.2 . As one of our DC is in a secure site, the new set of ports were not enabled by default for communication . These need to be specifically opened on the Firewall to allow the communication (I am still trying to get this done).

 

I feel my issue should be resolved after I get these new ports open. 

 

CA should do a better job of informing customers when they introduce something new which impacts the application like the ports. The DC service was not even getting started after the upgrade to 3.5 and our DC was down for days before we figured out the issue is because of the ports which were newly added .

[Anon Anon]

hi Phani, glad you resolved your issue and I will be sure to make sure the right eyes see your feedback! thank you for sharing your experience with the community. 

[Phani Devulapalli]

Opening the new ports added in 3.5 resolved my issue 

[Jason Normandin]

Hi Phani!

 

Thanks for the feedback and I'm disappointed to learn you had a negative experience during the process.

 

I worked with the R&D team and the documentation team to understand how we can better communicate important considerations such as these port updates. I did learn we called this requirement out in the Data Collector documentation but I had the team clarify the verbiage as well as to add to the Data Aggregator upgrade documentation. Given the Data Collector upgrade is rather straight forward, I don't expect many customers to read that particular document.

 

Here's the link to the updated documentation: https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-5/en/upgrading/upgrade-the-data-aggregator

 

Glad you were able to get this working on hopefully others can avoid the same setback.

 

Thanks!

Jason

[Phani Devulapalli]

Thanks jason_normandin