Support Article
WebLogic ModuleException during EAR deployment in 7.2.1
SA-25739
Summary
User updated to Pega 7.2.1 split schema environment. Trying to deploy the prpc_wls_jee4.ear and it fails.
Error Messages
<BEA-149265> <Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID '1468492006429' for task '6'. Error is: 'weblogic.application.ModuleException: '
weblogic.application.ModuleException:
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.prepare(WebAppModule.java:393)
Caused By: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/pega/jmx/connection/util/JMXClientStartupListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.defineClass(GenericClassLoader.java:343)
at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findLocalClass(GenericClassLoader.java:302)
at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findClass(GenericClassLoader.java:270)
at weblogic.utils.classloaders.ChangeAwareClassLoader.findClass(ChangeAwareClassLoader.java:64)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
Steps to Reproduce
Try to deploy ear on WebLogic application server.
Root Cause
A defect or configuration issue in the operating environment.
Trying to run on Java 6 which Oracle stopped supporting in February 2013 and is not supported in Pega since 7.1.7. Refer: https://pdn.pega.com/documents/platform-support-guide
Resolution
Make the following change to the operating environment:
Upgrade to Java 7 which is supported on Pega 7.2.1 and then deploy the application.
Published July 26, 2016 - Updated October 8, 2020
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