RMI (Remote Method Invocation) errors

Any error message about RMI is a message stating that RMI is already bound, not found, and so on. This indicates that the system components, for example, security server, host server, or client, cannot communicate with each other.

This may happen because:

  • One of the system components is down.
  • Two instances of the same system component have been invoked.
  • Another application, such as Microsoft Outlook, has taken control of the RMI port.

The system components communicate through RMI.

The workaround is to ensure that all system components are shut down. Then, you can verify that default RMI port 13021, is not in use. To do this, specify netstat -a from the command line. After you ensure that port 13021 is available, restart the components.