Errors during upgrade IdP 2.4.0 to 3.1.1

[Rod Widdowson]

> a)Upgrade Tasks for metadata-providers.xml
>   At this step ,
>    a.1)<MetadataProvider>  & <SecurityPolicy> elements is removed 

I'm not sure what in that segment made you think to do that.  The metadata-providers file *MUST* have a <MetadataProvider> in it, either as the top level element, or inside the RelyingPartyGroup element.  That is what is provoking this:

> 2015-06-12 17:40:02,966 - ERROR [net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.service.AbstractReloadableService:181] - Service 'shibboleth.MetadataResolverService': 
> Initial load failed net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.service.ServiceException: Failed to load [file [D:\IdPv3.0-ws\conf\metadata-providers.xml], 
> file [D:\IdPv3.0-ws\system\conf\metadata-providers-system.xml]]
> at net.shibboleth.ext.spring.service.ReloadableSpringService.doReload(ReloadableSpringService.java:344)
> Caused by: net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.service.ServiceException: Reload did not produce any 
> bean of typenet.shibboleth.idp.saml.metadata.impl.RelyingPartyMetadataProvider

> b)Upgrade Tasks for relying-party.xml
>    At this step , content of "relying-party.xml" is replica of  "metadata-providers.xml" file content

That is probably wrong.  You are goiung to need to have a 

<DefaultRelyingParty>

Inside a <RelyingPartyGroup>

/Rod