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Unable to deserialize Catalog error msg in updatemanager

SA-37999

Summary



User is trying to upload the CATALOG.ZIP file in the update manager to perform a system scan.
After the upload is completed from a local system user clicks the Scan button and few moments the below appears on screen:


Error Messages



Unable to desrialize Catalog ** see log for more details

The below error appears in the PegaRULES.log file:



PegaRULES:07.10] (t_HotfixManager_Scanner.Action) ERROR - Unable to deserialize Catalog
com.pega.pegarules.pub.PRException: Object deserialization failed

com.pega.pegarules.pub.PRException: Object deserialization failed
at com.pega.pegarules.updatemanager.util.MiscUtils.deserializeObject(MiscUtils.java:472)
at com.pega.pegarules.updatemanager.util.MiscUtils.deSerializeFromFile(MiscUtils.java:306)
at com.pega.pegarules.updatemanager.catalogue.CatalogUtils.processCatalogZip(CatalogUtils.java:255)
at com.pega.pegarules.updatemanager.catalogue.CatalogUtils.processCatalogZip(CatalogUtils.java:214)

Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.lang.StringCoding$StringEncoder.encode(StringCoding.java:300)
at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:344)


Steps to Reproduce


  1. Go to Hotfix manager.
  2. Click to scan system.
  3. Select a catalog.
  4. Click to scan.

Root Cause



This is a Java out of memory exception.
The issue happened due to insuffiecient memory size specified in the JVM arguments.


Resolution



Increase the memory allocation using the -Xms and -Xmx arguments to a sufficiently large value. This resolves the issue.

Published June 15, 2017 - Updated October 8, 2020

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