Alfresco Server fails to start

[trying2alfresco]

I have been running alfresco for awhile suddenly it fails to start up and I receive the following error message:

10:25:27,490 WARN  [org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils] Could not close OutputStream
ClientAbortException:  java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:366)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.flushBuffer(ByteChunk.java:403)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.doFlush(OutputBuffer.java:314)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.close(OutputBuffer.java:278)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteOutputStream.close(CoyoteOutputStream.java:103)
        at org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils.copy(FileCopyUtils.java:132)
        at org.alfresco.repo.content.AbstractContentReader.getContent(AbstractContentReader.java:343)
        at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.DownloadContentServlet.doGet(DownloadContentServlet.java:209)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:136)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(InternalOutputBuffer.java:747)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.flushBuffer(ByteChunk.java:403)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.append(ByteChunk.java:323)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer$OutputStreamOutputBuffer.doWrite(InternalOutputBuffer.java:770)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.ChunkedOutputFilter.doWrite(ChunkedOutputFilter.java:123)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.doWrite(InternalOutputBuffer.java:580)
        at org.apache.coyote.Response.doWrite(Response.java:555)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:361)
        … 23 more
10:25:27,492 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/alfresco].[downloadContent]] Servlet.service() for servlet downloadContent threw exception
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Error during download content servlet processing: Failed to copy content to output stream:
   accessor: ContentAccessor[ contentUrl=store://2006/9/14/16/28/9337a28a-442f-11db-a897-b386a9572a78.bin, mimetype=application/octet-stream, size=1780736, encoding=UTF-8]
        at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.DownloadContentServlet.doGet(DownloadContentServlet.java:226)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:868)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:663)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentIOException: Failed to copy content to output stream:
   accessor: ContentAccessor[ contentUrl=store://2006/9/14/16/28/9337a28a-442f-11db-a897-b386a9572a78.bin, mimetype=application/octet-stream, size=1780736, encoding=UTF-8]
        at org.alfresco.repo.content.AbstractContentReader.getContent(AbstractContentReader.java:348)
        at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.DownloadContentServlet.doGet(DownloadContentServlet.java:209)
        … 16 more
Caused by: ClientAbortException:  java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:366)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.flushBuffer(ByteChunk.java:403)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.append(ByteChunk.java:323)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.writeBytes(OutputBuffer.java:392)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.write(OutputBuffer.java:381)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteOutputStream.write(CoyoteOutputStream.java:88)
        at org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils.copy(FileCopyUtils.java:118)
        at org.alfresco.repo.content.AbstractContentReader.getContent(AbstractContentReader.java:343)
        … 17 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
        at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:136)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(InternalOutputBuffer.java:747)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.flushBuffer(ByteChunk.java:403)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.ByteChunk.append(ByteChunk.java:323)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer$OutputStreamOutputBuffer.doWrite(InternalOutputBuffer.java:770)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.filters.ChunkedOutputFilter.doWrite(ChunkedOutputFilter.java:125)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.InternalOutputBuffer.doWrite(InternalOutputBuffer.java:580)
        at org.apache.coyote.Response.doWrite(Response.java:555)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.OutputBuffer.realWriteBytes(OutputBuffer.java:361)
        … 24 more

[gavinc]

According to the MySQL forums this can be caused by a stale connection to the database. There is another forum thread discussing a similar problem: http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?p=8771#8771

[trying2alfresco]

thanks. i will take a look at that thread.