Tomcat启动时出现如下异常问题：

严重: IOExceptionwhileloadingpersisted sessions: Java.io.EOFException
Cause by: Exception loading sessions from persistent storage

    IOException while loading persisted sessions: java.io.EOFException
java.io.EOFException
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(ObjectInputStream.java:2279)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(ObjectInputStream.java:2748)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(ObjectInputStream.java:780)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(ObjectInputStream.java:280)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.CustomObjectInputStream.<init>(CustomObjectInputStream.java:57)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doLoad(StandardManager.java:361)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.load(StandardManager.java:320)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.start(StandardManager.java:634)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.setManager(ContainerBase.java:431)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.managerConfig(ContextConfig.java:391)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:1042)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:255)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4053)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:683)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:537)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:271)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409)
- Exception loading sessions from persistent storage
java.io.EOFException
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(ObjectInputStream.java:2279)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(ObjectInputStream.java:2748)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(ObjectInputStream.java:780)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(ObjectInputStream.java:280)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.CustomObjectInputStream.<init>(CustomObjectInputStream.java:57)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doLoad(StandardManager.java:361)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.load(StandardManager.java:320)
    at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.start(StandardManager.java:634)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.setManager(ContainerBase.java:431)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.managerConfig(ContextConfig.java:391)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start(ContextConfig.java:1042)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:255)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4053)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:683)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:537)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:271)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409)

原因分析：
EOFException表示输入过程中意外地到达文件尾或流尾的信号,导致从session中获取数据失败。这是由于tomcat上次非正常关闭时有一些活动session被持久化（表现为一些临时文件），在重启时，tomcat尝试去恢复这些session的持久化数据但又读取失败造成的。此异常不影响系统的使用。

解决方法：
删除掉<TOMCAT_HOME>\work\Catalina\localhost\webstart\下的SESSIONS.ser文件

或者把整个<TOMCAT_HOME>\work\下面的东西删除掉

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