Assert Failure

We have had alot of logging about assert failures in the log files for our different BusinessObjects Enterprise systems. I contacted Business Objects support to try to get an explanation of these messages and if we should act on any of them.

The answer is that the log files with assert failures are only interesting when there are some specific issues with the system. When a certain problem arises the support goes through the assert failure log files to try to get an explanation. And as you can see in the examples below the source code file name and line number is logged to ease up the trace.

I also asked if there was some way to turn that logging off and the answer was No.

Assertion generally stops the execution of code but Business Objects said that their assertion doesn't. If you don't know what assertion is you can take a minute or two and read this article from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertion_(computing).

Here are some examples of assert failures that we experienced in one of our BOXI 3.0 environments.

[Mon Oct 13 08:30:39 2008] 304 7312 assert failure: (.\frsresmgr.cpp:1242). (false : FileResourceMgr::unlockFile: Cannot find entry for file E:\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\FileStore\Input\a_049\017\036\2363697\~fc_23f0568ca38e233.xls).

[Mon Oct 20 06:36:24 2008] 12112 3684 assert failure: (d:\titan_rtm\src\framework\servers\cpp\cms\include\infoobj.h:787). (GetPropString( id, ret, bSearchWireObj ) : no message).

[Mon Oct 27 10:00:42 2008] 9288 9724 assert failure: (.\sessionmgr.cpp:271). (beforeAuthen != serverAuthen && afterAuthen == serverAuthen : no message).

[Thu Oct 02 14:41:43 2008] 7228 1864 assert failure: (.\secssoplugin_impl.cpp:62). (0 : UnInitializePlugin() -- Unexpected Exception!).

[Thu Oct 02 14:41:43 2008] 7228 1864 assert failure: (.\secssoplugin_impl.cpp:62). (0 : UnInitializePlugin() -- Unexpected Exception!).

[Tue Sep 23 19:52:26 2008] 2444 2440 assert failure: (.\auditsubsystem_impl.cpp:1233). (cuidToIdMap.Lookup( auditCUID, auditId ) : Auditor::CreateRecordsForServer - the AuditingService seems to be missing from this deployment.).

[Wed Oct 01 10:46:49 2008] 7028 3824 assert failure: (.\auditsubsystem_impl.cpp:1233). (cuidToIdMap.Lookup( auditCUID, auditId ) : Auditor::CreateRecordsForServer - the AuditingService seems to be missing from this deployment.).

[Wed Oct 01 10:47:51 2008] 7028 6824 assert failure: (.\ScheduleObject.cpp:199). (0 : no message).

[Wed Oct 01 10:47:51 2008] 7028 6824 assert failure: (.\ScheduleObject.cpp:253). (0 : objectId[2278305] is missing SI_NEXTRUNTIME property; isRunnable[true], hasScheduleStatus[false]=[9], hasProgress[false]=[0], hasOutcome[false]=[0].).

[Wed Oct 01 20:00:12 2008] 8072 6944 assert failure: (.\wireob.cpp:749). (state == foundFlag : no message).

[Wed Oct 01 20:00:12 2008] 8072 6944 assert failure: (.\wireob.cpp:775). (false : Error: Wrong number of parameters in URL ).

[Wed Oct 01 20:00:12 2008] 8072 6944 assert failure: (.\infosessionmgr.cpp:913). (false : Couldn't get token).

[Fri Oct 24 08:27:55 2008] 8668 8504 assert failure: (.\DocumentConnectionRepository_common.cpp:78). (0 :
ReportSourceRepositoryCommon::getServerDisabled(): m_varSvrFactory is NULL).