title: Unable to run Jboss AS 7.1.3 with JDK 1.8
body: <p>We have an existing JSF application on Jboss 7.1.3 and Jdk 1.6. We are trying to upgrade it to jdk 1.8 but server does not start.</p>
  
  <p>Following is the log that is generated:</p>
  
  <pre><code>12:49:03,282 INFO  [org.jboss.modules] JBoss Modules version 1.1.3.GA
  12:49:03,657 INFO  [org.jboss.msc] JBoss MSC version 1.0.2.GA
  12:49:03,704 INFO  [org.jboss.as] JBAS015899: JBoss AS 7.1.3.Final "Arges" starting
  12:49:03,704 DEBUG [org.jboss.as.config] Configured system properties:
      awt.toolkit = sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
      file.encoding = Cp1252
      file.encoding.pkg = sun.io
      file.separator = \
      java.awt.graphicsenv = sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
      java.awt.printerjob = sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
      java.class.path = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\jboss-modules.jar
      java.class.version = 52.0
      java.endorsed.dirs = C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\endorsed
      java.ext.dirs = C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\ext;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\lib\ext
      java.home = C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91
      java.io.tmpdir = C:\Users\SIKAND~1.AHM\AppData\Local\Temp\
      java.library.path = C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6u121\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6u121\bin;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\ibm\gsk8\lib64;C:\Program Files (x86)\ibm\gsk8\lib;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Utilities 1.6\;C:\Users\sikander.ahmed\.dnx\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft DNX\Dnvm\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;.
      java.net.preferIPv4Stack = true
      java.runtime.name = Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
      java.runtime.version = 1.8.0_91-b14
      java.specification.name = Java Platform API Specification
      java.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation
      java.specification.version = 1.8
      java.util.logging.manager = org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager
      java.vendor = Oracle Corporation
      java.vendor.url = http://java.oracle.com/
      java.vendor.url.bug = http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/
      java.version = 1.8.0_91
      java.vm.info = mixed mode
      java.vm.name = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
      java.vm.specification.name = Java Virtual Machine Specification
      java.vm.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation
      java.vm.specification.version = 1.8
      java.vm.vendor = Oracle Corporation
      java.vm.version = 25.91-b14
      javax.management.builder.initial = org.jboss.as.jmx.PluggableMBeanServerBuilder
      javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory = __redirected.__DatatypeFactory
      javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory = __redirected.__DocumentBuilderFactory
      javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory = __redirected.__SAXParserFactory
      javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory = __redirected.__XMLEventFactory
      javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory = __redirected.__XMLInputFactory
      javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory = __redirected.__XMLOutputFactory
      javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory = __redirected.__TransformerFactory
      javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory:http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema = __redirected.__SchemaFactory
      javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory:http://java.sun.com/jaxp/xpath/dom = __redirected.__XPathFactory
      jboss.home.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final
      jboss.host.name = pitt-l-sikander
      jboss.messaging.ServerPeerID = 82
      jboss.modules.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\modules
      jboss.modules.system.pkgs = org.jboss.byteman
      jboss.node.name = pitt-l-sikander
      jboss.qualified.host.name = pitt-l-sikander
      jboss.server.base.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone
      jboss.server.config.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone\configuration
      jboss.server.data.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone\data
      jboss.server.default.config = standalone-full.xml
      jboss.server.deploy.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone\data\content
      jboss.server.log.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone\log
      jboss.server.name = pitt-l-sikander
      jboss.server.temp.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone\tmp
      line.separator = 
  
      logging.configuration = file:E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone/configuration/logging.properties
      module.path = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\modules
      org.apache.catalina.connector.URI_ENCODING = UTF-8
      org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.SERVER = TestServer
      org.jboss.boot.log.file = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone\log\boot.log
      org.jboss.resolver.warning = true
      org.quartz.properties = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone/configuration/quartz.properties
      org.xml.sax.driver = __redirected.__XMLReaderFactory
      os.arch = amd64
      os.name = Windows 8.1
      os.version = 6.3
      path.separator = ;
      program.name = standalone.bat
      stat.deploy.db.host = 52.7.53.54
      stat.deploy.db.instance = STATDB_UAT_NEW
      stat.deploy.db.port = 1433
      stat.deploy.db.pwd = ST@t5ql$vc
      stat.deploy.db.user = STATSQLSVC
      sun.arch.data.model = 64
      sun.boot.class.path = C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\resources.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\rt.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\sunrsasign.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\jce.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\lib\jfr.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\classes
      sun.boot.library.path = C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin
      sun.cpu.endian = little
      sun.cpu.isalist = amd64
      sun.desktop = windows
      sun.io.unicode.encoding = UnicodeLittle
      sun.java.command = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\jboss-modules.jar -mp E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\modules -jaxpmodule javax.xml.jaxp-provider org.jboss.as.standalone -Djboss.home.dir=E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final -Djboss.server.default.config=standalone-full.xml -Dorg.quartz.properties=E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone/configuration/quartz.properties -Dorg.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.SERVER=TestServer -Dorg.apache.catalina.connector.URI_ENCODING=UTF-8
      sun.java.launcher = SUN_STANDARD
      sun.jnu.encoding = Cp1252
      sun.management.compiler = HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers
      sun.os.patch.level = 
      sun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval = 3600000
      sun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval = 3600000
      sun.stderr.encoding = cp437
      sun.stdout.encoding = cp437
      user.country = US
      user.dir = E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\bin
      user.home = C:\Users\sikander.ahmed
      user.language = en
      user.name = sikander.ahmed
      user.script = 
      user.timezone = America/New_York
      user.variant = 
  12:49:03,704 DEBUG [org.jboss.as.config] VM Arguments: -Dprogram.name=standalone.bat -Xms128M -Xmx1024M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dorg.jboss.resolver.warning=true -Djboss.modules.system.pkgs=org.jboss.byteman -Djboss.server.default.config=standalone-full-ha.xml -Dstat.deploy.db.host=52.7.53.54 -Dstat.deploy.db.port=1433 -Dstat.deploy.db.user=STATSQLSVC -Dstat.deploy.db.pwd=ST@t5ql$vc -Dstat.deploy.db.instance=STATDB_UAT_NEW -Djboss.messaging.ServerPeerID=82 -Dorg.quartz.properties=standalone/configuration/quartz.properties -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8787,server=y,suspend=n -Dorg.jboss.boot.log.file=E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone\log\boot.log -Dlogging.configuration=file:E:\atClose\jboss-as-7.1.3.Final\standalone/configuration/logging.properties 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What needs to be done so we can run it on jdk 1.8?</p>