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Problem Note 66022: The SAS® Environment Manager Server and Agent do not start, and you see the error "Version number may be negative or greater than 255"
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The SAS Environment Manager Server and Agent do not start. When you encounter this issue, the wrapper.log file for the server contains messages that are similar to the following:
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/05/18 09:16:44 | Error initializing bootstrap class: org.jasypt.exceptions.EncryptionInitializationException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.ibm.icu.impl.NormalizerImpl java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.ibm.icu.impl.NormalizerImpl
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/05/18 09:16:44 | org.jasypt.exceptions.EncryptionInitializationException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.ibm.icu.impl.NormalizerImpl
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/05/18 09:16:43 | Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid version number: Version number may be negative or greater than 255
This issue occurs after you update the SAS Private Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to a minor version that is greater than 255.
To work around this issue, ensure that you complete the steps in the “Post-Installation Instructions” section in Instructions for SAS Private JRE Updates for SAS® 9.4M3 (TS1M3) and Later.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Environment Manager | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | ||||
| Linux for x64 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | ||||