JVM-510037 Cannot find the Java dynamic library.

Description

Use case - A customer has reported an issue while replacing Oracle JDK with Open JDK on their Campaign instances running on Windows.

They currently have Oracle JDK v1.8.0.191 installed on all their Windows Campaign instances. Still, after replacing Oracle JDK with Open JDK  in one of their Campaign instances, the WEB has failed to start with the following error:

JVM-510037 Cannot find the Java dynamic library. Check that a JDK or a JRE is installed on the machine. (iRc=-53)

However, Java is correctly installed with the right Path and JAVA_HOME environment variables.

Resolution

In order to run the Web module, the JVM dynamic library must be visible to Campaign. By removing Oracle JDK, the JavaSoft key from the Windows registry is removed and any references to that JVM library is also lost.

There are 2 solutions to resolve this issue:

  1. You can manually add the JavaSoft key to the Windows registry under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE.

Here’s an example (with OpenJDK 1.8_292) of what you need to add:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment
"CurrentVersion"="1.8"
"BrowserJavaVersion"="11.301.2"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.8
"MicroVersion"="0"
"RuntimeLib"="C:\\Users\\perth\\Java\\openjdk-8u292-b10\\jre\\bin\\server\\jvm.dll"
"JavaHome"="C:\\Users\\perth\\Java\\openjdk-8u292-b10\\jre"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.8.0_292
"MicroVersion"="0"
"RuntimeLib"="C:\\Users\\perth\\Java\\openjdk-8u292-b10\\jre\\bin\\server\\jvm.dll"
"JavaHome"="C:\\Users\\perth\\Java\\openjdk-8u292-b10\\jre"

And the following path folder has been added to the Path environment variable.

C:\Users\perth\Java\openjdk-8u292-b10\bin

The Web module should be able to start as expected:

  1. The usage of two Windows environment variables can be defined to indicate where the jvm.dll file can be found by the Web module.

The variables are:

  • USEENV=1
  • JVMLIBDIR=the path of the jvm.dll file

Here’s an example:

Please note that the usage of the JVMLIBDIR will be visible from the log if the verbose logging is enable on the Web module.

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