Typically, we may use various tools to view JMS queue(s) related metrics for trends and stale/stuck activity. During issues with J2EE JMS Queue, though, it would be helpful to be able to view and trace transactions to assist with a resolution. With proper logging levels enabled, Wildfly/JBOSS logs show detailed information containing the JMS IDs associated with each transaction. These JMS transactions we see in the logs are already ‘in-flight’ and are being processed by a message handler.
On the Symantec Identity Suite Virtual Appliance, the Wildfly & HornetQ processes are run under the ‘wildfly’ service ID. The wildfly journals are located in the wildfly data folder and stored in a format that is efficient for processing. To perform analysis on the data within these journals, though, we noticed a challenge with read-permissions for the HornetQ files even when Wildfly/Java process is not actively running.
To avoid this issue on the Virtual Appliance, copy the HornetQ files to a temporary folder. Remember to copy the entire folder, including sub-folders.
mkdir -p /tmp/hornetq; cd /tmp/hornetq
cp -r -p /opt/CA/wildfly-idm/standalone/data/live-hornetq ./
java -cp "/opt/CA/wildfly-idm/modules/system/layers/base/io/netty/main/*:/opt/CA/wildfly-idm/modules/system/layers/base/org/hornetq/main/*:/opt/CA/wildfly-idm/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/logging/main/*" org.hornetq.tools.Main print-data /tmp/hornetq/live-hornetq/bindings /tmp/hornetq/live-hornetq/journal
Once the live-hornetq folder is available in a tmp location, execute the below process for printing Journal content.
To export the HornetQ Journal Files to XML, the Java module of “org.hornetq.core.journal.impl.ExportJournal” requires the journal sub-folder with the prefix of “hornetq-data”, the file extension (hq), the file sizes, and where to export the XML file (export.dat). The prefix and file extension (hq) are unique to the Identity Suite vApp.
mkdir -p /tmp/hornetq; cd /tmp/hornetq
cp -r -p /opt/CA/wildfly-idm/standalone/data/live-hornetq ./
java -cp "/opt/CA/wildfly-idm/modules/system/layers/base/io/netty/main/*:/opt/CA/wildfly-idm/modules/system/layers/base/org/hornetq/main/*:/opt/CA/wildfly-idm/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/logging/main/*" org.hornetq.core.journal.impl.ExportJournal /tmp/hornetq/live-hornetq/journal hornetq-data hq 25485760 /tmp/hornetq/export.dat
The body/rows of the JMS export is partially base64. You may parse through this information as you wish.
Use this information to trace through transactions in the JMS queue.
For Cleanup, within the Symantec Identity Suite vApp, there are a few options. The first is deleting the JMS queue journals before starting the Wildfly service. This can be accomplished using the build-in alias ‘deleteIDMJMSqueue’.
alias deleteIDMJMSqueue='sudo /opt/CA/VirtualAppliance/scripts/.firstrun/deleteIDMJMSqueue.sh'Another option is to remove a select JMS entry from the queue using /opt/CA/wildfly-idm/bin/jboss-cli.sh process. If created with an input script, escape the colons in the GUID.
/subsystem=transactions/log-store=log-store/:probe()
ls /subsystem=transactions/log-store=log-store/transactions
/subsystem=transactions/log-store=log-store/transactions=0:ffffa409cc8a:1c01b1ff:5c7e95ac:eb:delete() View a description of the JMS Processing from Broadcom Engineering/Support Teams (see below video)
This write-up provides the tools required for a deeper analysis. Debugging issues with JMS may test one’s patience, stay the course, stay persistent, and have fun!
References: (Delete JMS queue and remove a single entry)
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/233003/inprogress-task-issues-a-clients-guide.html
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/129101/arjuna016037-could-not-find-new-xaresour.html
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