Rex, I also just finished an install of z/OS 3.1. Mine comes up, but I’m using Java 17.
Launching zosmfServer (z/OSMF 3.1.0/wlp-1.0.93.cl241020240827-1743) on IBM J9 VM, version 17.0.14+7 (en_US) Rich Smrcina Sr. Systems Engineer Velocity Software Inc. Main: (650) 964-8867 Main: (877) 964-8867 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Aug 8, 2025, at 12:49 PM, Pommier, Rex > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We used z/OSMF to install z/OS 3.1 successfully. Now that we're on 3.1, we > just tried to start z/OSMF to retrieve and install an MQ upgrade but we can't > get the server to start. Just looking for a place to start looking or any > suggestions. > > The angel process is running. When we try to start the server, it starts up > then we get this block of gibberish. > > IZUG210I: The z/OSMF Configuration Utility has completed successfully at Thu > Aug 7 08:17:07 CDT 2025. > IZUG349I: The z/OSMF AUTOSTART Server home page can be accessed at > > : https://MVSJES2.MNLIFE.COM/zosmf > > : after the z/OSMF server is started on your system. > > IZUG350I: The z/OSMF server on this system will attempt to connect to the > named angel IZUANG1. > Launching zosmfServer (z/OSMF 3.1.0/wlp-1.0.75.cl230320230319-1900) on IBM J9 > VM, version 8.0.8.20 - pmz6480sr8fp20-20240112_01(SR8 FP20) (en_US) > ÝAUDIT ¨ CWWKE0001I: The server zosmfServer has been launched. > > CWWKE0005E: The runtime environment could not be launched. > > CWWKE0018E: An exception occurred while launching the runtime environment: > java.lang.NullPointerException > TRAS3005E: Failed to write messages to the > /global/zosmf/data/logs/zosmfServer/logs/messages.log file. > > com.ibm.ws.kernel.boot.LaunchException: Caught unexpected exception > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error initializing storage for Equinox > container. > at > com.ibm.ws.kernel.boot.internal.KernelBootstrap.rethrowException(KernelBootstrap.java:734) > > at > com.ibm.ws.kernel.boot.internal.KernelBootstrap.go(KernelBootstrap.java:222) > > at com.ibm.ws.kernel.boot.Launcher.handleActions(Launcher.java:243) > > > TIA for any pointers, > > Rex > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
