Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed
kbt144582
PRODUCTK2 blackpearl
TAGSDeployment
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Issue
You are unable to deploy a workflow and this error appears:"SmartObject Server Exception: Could not publish SmartObject Definition to server: Error refreshing Service Instance 'WorkflowReportService'. Service returned: 'Workflow Reporting SO Service': Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed"
Symptoms
This error generally points to DTC. The troubleshooting steps below should help determine whether or not the error is due to a misconfiguration on this component.Troubleshooting Steps
- Check if the K2 server and SQL server hosting the K2 database has DTC configured as per the following documentation.
- Verify if DTC and its port is opened if the firewall is active. You may refer to this documentation on K2 and Firewalls.
- Use the DTCPing tool to test the connection between your servers outside the context of K2. You may download the tool here.
