I'm having what seems to be the same problem... Here are a few logs that looked interesting, possibly relevant. This server is at Java 6 13. Another server I maintain is at Java 6 and works. Last week I found that newer Java releases break Cisco's firewall management tools, ASDM.
catalina.out
May 27, 2009 7:56:43 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-9090
May 27, 2009 7:56:44 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8443
Starting service SCM
Apache Tomcat/4.1.37-LE-jdk1.4
Has valid SAV license
Info>> No SNAC license file in C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\tomcat\etc\license
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: ================== Server Environment ===================
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: os.name = Windows 2003
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: os.version = 5.2
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: os.arch = x86
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: java.version = 1.5.0_14
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: java.vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc.
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: java.vm.name = Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: java.vm.version = 1.5.0_14-b03
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: java.home = C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\jdk\jre
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: catalina.home = C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\tomcat
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: java.user = null
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: user.language = en
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: user.country = US
May 27, 2009 7:56:45 AM com.sygate.scm.server.util.ServerLogger writeHeader
SEVERE: scm.server.version = 11.0.2000.1567
dbvalidator.log
2009-05-18 22:51:19.953 INFO: *********************************************
2009-05-18 22:51:19.953 INFO: Following ids are not present in the database.
2009-05-18 22:51:19.969 INFO: *********************************************
2009-05-18 22:51:19.969 INFO: Link is broken for [1] target ids :
2009-05-18 22:51:19.969 INFO: TargetId:[1E06185CC0A8010201AB7626851D5C0E] TargetType:
[FwFirewallPolicy] ObjectTypeName:[ObjReference] ParentObjectTypeName :[SuspendedItem]
Parent's TopLevelObject's GUID:[1CBD3151C0A80102014E3BB0043CEDD5]
2009-05-18 22:51:19.969 INFO: *********************************************
2009-05-18 22:51:19.969 INFO: Link is broken for [0] physical file ids :
2009-05-18 22:51:19.969 INFO: *********************************************
2009-05-18 22:51:19.985 INFO: Database validation failed.
2009-05-18 22:51:19.985 INFO: Finished.
httperr118.log
2009-05-29 02:44:13 127.0.0.1 30626 127.0.0.1 8443 HTTP/0.0 Invalid - 400 - Verb -
Main-0.log
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: ================== Server Environment ===================
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: os.name = Windows 2003
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: os.version = 5.2
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: os.arch = x86
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: java.version = 1.5.0_14
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: java.vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc.
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: java.vm.name = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: java.vm.version = 1.5.0_14-b03
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: java.home = C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint
Protection Manager\jdk\jre
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: catalina.home = C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec
Endpoint Protection Manager\Tools\..\tomcat
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: java.user = null
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: user.language = en
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: user.country = US
2009-05-18 22:51:02.641 SEVERE: scm.server.version = 11.0.2000.1567
scm-server-1.log
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: ================== Server Environment ===================
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: os.name = Windows 2003
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: os.version = 5.2
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: os.arch = x86
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: java.version = 1.5.0_14
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: java.vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc.
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: java.vm.name = Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: java.vm.version = 1.5.0_14-b03
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: java.home = C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint
Protection Manager\jdk\jre
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: catalina.home = C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec
Endpoint Protection Manager\tomcat
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: java.user = null
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: user.language = en
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: user.country = US
2009-05-27 07:56:45.910 SEVERE: scm.server.version = 11.0.2000.1567
2009-05-27 07:56:48.972 SEVERE: ================== StartClientTransport
===================
2009-05-27 07:56:49.066 SEVERE: Unknown Exception in:
com.sygate.scm.server.servlet.StartupServlet
java.lang.Exception: HTTP 400 Bad Request, URL:
http://localhost/secars/secars.dll?
action=34
at com.sygate.scm.common.communicate.Communicator.getRequestInputStream
(Communicator.java:548)
at com.sygate.scm.server.util.ClientTransportHelper.startClientTransport
(ClientTransportHelper.java:72)
at com.sygate.scm.server.servlet.StartupServlet.init(StartupServlet.java:99)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:880)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:768)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup
(StandardContext.java:3484)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3710)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:697)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2213)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:484)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:371)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:134)
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:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:151)
com.sygate.scm.common.communicate.CommunicationException: Unexpected server error.
ErrorCode: 0x10010000
at com.sygate.scm.common.communicate.Communicator.getRequestInputStream
(Communicator.java:569)
at com.sygate.scm.server.util.ClientTransportHelper.startClientTransport
(ClientTransportHelper.java:72)
at com.sygate.scm.server.servlet.StartupServlet.init(StartupServlet.java:99)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:880)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:768)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup
(StandardContext.java:3484)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3710)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:697)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2213)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:484)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:371)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:134)
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:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:151)