You might encounter the following error in the application-server log when you try to start the SAS Content Server:

INFO [STDOUT] 2009–11–10 11:48:52,379[main] ERROR 
org.apache.jackrabbit.j2ee.RepositoryStartupServlet – RepositoryStartupServlet 
initializing failed: javax.servlet.ServletException: Error while creating 
repository
...
Caused by: org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.ConfigurationException: Workspace directory 
already exists: default

If you see this message, then the SAS Content Server has not started properly and it will not be functional. This error is caused by a missing workspace.xml file in the /SASContentServer/Repository/workspaces/default directory.

To resolve this issue, make sure that the workspace.xml file exists. If it does not exist, restore it from a backup copy. If you do not have a backup, click the Downloads tab in this note to access a downloadable copy. Save the workspace.xml file to the /SASContentServer/Repository/workspaces/default

If the file currently exists in the directory and the problem still occurs, compare your file with the downloadable file to make sure that your file contains all the information it should have. Also make sure that the user ID that you use to start the application server has permission to read the file on the file system.

Operating System and Release Information

ftp://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/blind/workspace.xml