title: DeploymentDescriptorLoadException: dd_in_ear_load_EXC
body: <p>I have a WebSphere enterprise app. Manual deployment in the IBM admin console works with no issue, but with the wsadmin scripts and jython, </p>
  
  <pre><code>AdminApp.update('%APP_NAME%', 'app', '[ -operation update -contents %EAR_FILE% -usedefaultbindings -defaultbinding.virtual.host default_host -nopreCompileJSPs -installed.ear.destination $(APP_INSTALL_ROOT)/%WAS_HOST%Network -distributeApp -nouseMetaDataFromBinary -nodeployejb -createMBeansForResources -noreloadEnabled -%ws% -validateinstall warn -noprocessEmbeddedConfig -filepermission .*\.dll=755#.*\.so=755#.*\.a=755#.*\.sl=755 -noallowDispatchRemoteInclude -noallowServiceRemoteInclude -asyncRequestDispatchType DISABLED -nouseAutoLink -noenableClientModule -clientMode isolated -novalidateSchema -MapModulesToServers [[ %MODULE_NAME% %WAR_FILE%,WEB-INF/web.xml WebSphere:cell=%WAS_HOST%Network,cluster=%CLUSTER%+WebSphere:cell=%WAS_HOST%Network,node=%WEB_NODE%,server=%WEB_NODE% ][ PobolEJB.jar PobolEJB.jar,META-INF/ejb-jar.xml WebSphere:cell=%WAS_HOST%Network,cluster=%CLUSTER%+WebSphere:cell=%WAS_HOST%Network,node=%WEB_NODE%,server=%WEB_NODE% ]]]' )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the following errors returns and the deployment failed:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>com.ibm.websphere.management.application.client.AppDeploymentException:
    com.ibm.websphere.management.application.client.AppDeploymentException:
    [Root exception is
    org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadException:
    dd_in_ear_load_EXC_]
    org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadException:
    org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.DeploymentDescriptorLoadException:
    dd_in_ear_load_EXC_</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I verified the war file, the ejb jar file, the deployment descriptor (application.xml), they are all correct. In fact the same automated deployment job in jenkins worked till recently. </p>
  
  <p>I have done lots research on the web, and also tests with no luck.</p>
  
  <p>Your comments will be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Webshphere 1.8.5.5.16<br>
  JDK 1.8<br>
  x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</p>