I have a WebSphere Portal Version 8.5 Cluster on AIX 7.1 with multiple Virtual Portals, working with managed pages and each Virtual Portal has it's own libraries and one shared library for all VPs using syndication of that library to each VP.
i successfully created the syndication pair between the syndicator (WAS base portal) and the subscriber (Virtual Portal) and tested connection between them and all is good (make sense since VP are local on the same server). however when trying to syndicate the library content it stays on Queued status and in the SystemOut.log i see the following error log:
[4/25/17 9:33:53:201 IDT] 00004163 PackageConsum E Unexpected exception thrown while updating subscription: [IceId: Current State: ], exception: com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.WCMServiceRuntimeException: code: 400
com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.WCMServiceRuntimeException: code: 400
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.CatalogRetrieverTask.getSourceCatalog(CatalogRetrieverTask.java:330)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.CatalogRetrieverTask.process(CatalogRetrieverTask.java:144)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.PackageConsumerTask.processPackage(PackageConsumerTask.java:513)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.PackageConsumerTask.processUpdate(PackageConsumerTask.java:267)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.PackageConsumerTask$1.run(PackageConsumerTask.java:183)
at com.ibm.wps.ac.impl.UnrestrictedAccessImpl.run(UnrestrictedAccessImpl.java:84)
at com.ibm.wps.command.ac.ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.execute(ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.java:90)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.PackageConsumerTask.doManagedWork(PackageConsumerTask.java:195)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.ManagedTask.runWork(ManagedTask.java:62)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmWork.runImpl(AbstractWcmWork.java:162)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmSystemWork.access$001(AbstractWcmSystemWork.java:40)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmSystemWork$1.run(AbstractWcmSystemWork.java:92)
at com.ibm.wps.ac.impl.UnrestrictedAccessImpl.run(UnrestrictedAccessImpl.java:84)
at com.ibm.wps.command.ac.ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.execute(ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.java:90)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.repository.PACServiceImpl.runAsPrivileged(PACServiceImpl.java:1878)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmSystemWork.runImpl(AbstractWcmSystemWork.java:87)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmWork.run(AbstractWcmWork.java:146)
at com.ibm.wps.services.workmanager.impl.WasWorkWrapper.run(WasWorkWrapper.java:44)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.J2EEContext$RunProxy.run(J2EEContext.java:271)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:274)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.J2EEContext.run(J2EEContext.java:797)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.WorkWithExecutionContextImpl.go(WorkWithExecutionContextImpl.java:222)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.ABWorkItemImpl.run(ABWorkItemImpl.java:206)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:804)
[4/25/17 9:33:53:222 IDT] 00004163 SyndicationEx W Unsuccessful request to send summary: 400
com.aptrix.deployment.wizard.SyndicatorCommunicationException: Unsuccessful request to send summary: 400
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.syndication.SyndicationExtensionsServiceImpl.sendSummaryToSyndicator(SyndicationExtensionsServiceImpl.java:293)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.syndication.SyndicationExtensionsServiceImpl.processSubscriberCompleting(SyndicationExtensionsServiceImpl.java:246)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.SubscriberTaskManager.processFailedUpdate(SubscriberTaskManager.java:405)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.PackageConsumerTask.processUpdate(PackageConsumerTask.java:400)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.PackageConsumerTask$1.run(PackageConsumerTask.java:183)
at com.ibm.wps.ac.impl.UnrestrictedAccessImpl.run(UnrestrictedAccessImpl.java:84)
at com.ibm.wps.command.ac.ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.execute(ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.java:90)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.subscriber.PackageConsumerTask.doManagedWork(PackageConsumerTask.java:195)
at com.aptrix.syndication.business.ManagedTask.runWork(ManagedTask.java:62)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmWork.runImpl(AbstractWcmWork.java:162)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmSystemWork.access$001(AbstractWcmSystemWork.java:40)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmSystemWork$1.run(AbstractWcmSystemWork.java:92)
at com.ibm.wps.ac.impl.UnrestrictedAccessImpl.run(UnrestrictedAccessImpl.java:84)
at com.ibm.wps.command.ac.ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.execute(ExecuteUnrestrictedCommand.java:90)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.repository.PACServiceImpl.runAsPrivileged(PACServiceImpl.java:1878)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmSystemWork.runImpl(AbstractWcmSystemWork.java:87)
at com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.workmanager.AbstractWcmWork.run(AbstractWcmWork.java:146)
at com.ibm.wps.services.workmanager.impl.WasWorkWrapper.run(WasWorkWrapper.java:44)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.J2EEContext$RunProxy.run(J2EEContext.java:271)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:274)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.J2EEContext.run(J2EEContext.java:797)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.WorkWithExecutionContextImpl.go(WorkWithExecutionContextImpl.java:222)
at com.ibm.ws.asynchbeans.ABWorkItemImpl.run(ABWorkItemImpl.java:206)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:804)
[4/25/17 9:33:53:227 IDT] 00004163 syndication I Syndication Summary - Subscriber
Syndicator: IntShared_Syn, URL=http://'Was_Server':10039/wps/wcm/connect?MOD=Synd
Subscriber: IntShared_Sub, URL=http://'Was_Server':10039/wps/wcm/connect/'VP_URL_Context'?MOD=Subs
Status: FAILED
Failure Detail: Update failed on subscriber
Unexpected exception thrown while updating subscription: [IceId: Current State: ], exception: com.ibm.workplace.wcm.services.WCMServiceRuntimeException: code: 400
Update Type: REBUILD
Start Date: Tue Apr 25 09:33:53 IDT 2017
Finished Date: Tue Apr 25 09:33:53 IDT 2017
Duration:
Total: 0
Total Failed: 0
[4/25/17 9:33:54:613 IDT] 00000136 syndication I Syndication Summary - Syndicator
Syndicator: IntShared_Syn, URL=http://'Was_Server':10039/wps/wcm/connect?MOD=Synd
Subscriber: IntShared_Sub, URL=http://'VP_HostName':10039/wps/wcm/connect?MOD=Subs
Status: FAILED
Failure Detail: Terminated without confirmation
Returned non-confirmed response: Not confirmed. Unable to contact subscriber. Check the subscriber to ensure it is active and error free. Also review your network connections and your syndication configuration to ensure the subscriber details are correct.
Update Type: REBUILD
Start Date: Tue Apr 25 09:33:53 IDT 2017
Finished Date: Tue Apr 25 09:33:54 IDT 2017
Duration: 1 second
Total: 0
Total Failed: 0