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# sk168175 - CPM Server does not start in Multi-Domain Management HA environments

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk168175 |
| Date Created | 2020-07-21 |
| Last Modified | 2020-10-27 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R81.20, R82 |

## Symptoms

- * In Multi-Domain Management HA, CPM Server does not start while there is a Purge Revisions operations in progress on the server.   

* `$MDS_FWDIR/log/cpm.elg` shows:  

  `
  Caused by: CpmGeneralException{base='com.checkpoint.management.is.exceptions.CpmGeneralException: java.lang.NullPointerException', errorCode='null', errorFamily='null', messageForUser='null',
  message='java.lang.NullPointerException'}`  
  `
  at `  
  `com.checkpoint.management.dleserver.coresvc.internal.RevisionsSvcImpl.validatePurgeOperation(RevisionsSvcImpl.java:149)`

## Cause

Purge validation is now done using relay to other management server and the relay mechanism is not ready for usage at the point where the server attempts to recover unfinished purge operations.

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