Cannot start specific WebSphere Application Server

Question

I am receiving an error when starting application server. I am getting this error only specific server, the other starting perfectly fine. We are using WebSphere 8.0.0.9 version. I have shared the log below. I am not familiar with WebSphere system so if you need anything else beside this log, I will try to share it.

Exception Log:

    class load: org.eclipse.osgi.service.debug.DebugTrace from: file:/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_.jar
class load: org.osgi.framework.InvalidSyntaxException from: file:/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_.jar
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(SecureRandom.java:292)
        at java.security.SecureRandom.next(SecureRandom.java:311)
        at java.util.Random.nextLong(Random.java:252)
        at java.io.File.generateFile(File.java:1693)
        at java.io.File.createTempFile0(File.java:1736)
        at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:1814)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.AdaptorUtil.canWrite(AdaptorUtil.java:208)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.LocationManager.canWrite(LocationManager.java:276)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.LocationManager.buildLocation(LocationManager.java:204)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.LocationManager.initializeLocations(LocationManager.java:150)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.startup(EclipseStarter.java:275)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:175)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
        at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:340)
        at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:282)
        at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:981)
        at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSPreLauncher.launchEclipse(WSPreLauncher.java:394)
        at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSPreLauncher.main(WSPreLauncher.java:157)
class load: java/text/MessageFormat
class load: java/text/FieldPosition
class load: java/util/Date

Answer 1

See this IBM technote for directions on adding the IBM JVM specific security service classes to theserver configuration, in particular the java.ext.dirs JVM property definition. The technote is for the IBM i platform, and based on the file location of the native_stderr.log you pasted above, I believe you're on a Linux platform, but the technote should still apply.