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Re: domain.xml.bak rename problem

From: Jerome Dochez <jerome.dochez_at_oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:59:14 -0700

On 6/17/10 8:52 AM, Tom Mueller wrote:
> What is the significance of the following log message showing up in
> server.log?
> [#|2010-06-17T08:34:27.953-0700|SEVERE|glassfish3.1|null|_ThreadID=30;_ThreadName=Thread-1;|Could not rename C:\files\hudson\workspace\admin-devtests-v3.1\glassfishv3\glassfish\domains\domain1\config\domain.xml to C:\files\hudson\workspace\admin-devtests-v3.1\glassfishv3\glassfish\domains\domain1\config\domain.xml.bak|#]
>
> This is showing up on our admin devtests run on Windows (21 times). We
> also have 15 test failures that appear to be related to not being able
> to make changes to the domain.xml file (for example, a missing
> <server> element when trying to start an instance) and a failed xpath
> test that is checking the domain.xml file to see if it really got
> changed.
>
> The tests pass when run manually on my Windows system (but this
> message only shows up 3 times rather than 21 times).
>
> Is it possible that something is keeping a file descriptor open to the
> domain.xml file, which causes Windows to have trouble deleting the
> backup copy after it is renamed to domain.xml.bak?
yes it's certainly one possibility.

is it something new ?
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> Tom
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