Technical Blog Post
Abstract
Does Configure_MasterDataManagement fail with Return Code: -1073741515? Find the fix here
Body
For Master Data Management v11.5.0 and Master Data Management v11.6.0 installation on Windows, installation of Microsoft Visual C++ is a pre-requisite.
Issue
The below Exception will be noticed in <MDM_INSTALL_DIR>/logs/madconfig/Configure_MasterDataManagement_<TIMESTAMP>.log when Microsoft Visual C++ is not installed.
test_datasource:
Running ODBC SQL statement [select 1 from sysibm.sysdummy1;]...
Executing C:\Program Files\IBM\MDM\mds\bin\madsql.exe
Result: -1073741515
Return Code: -1073741515, Time elapsed: 0.053 sec
The error occurs because certain libraries that come with Microsoft Visual C++ are missing.
Solution
1. Download Microsoft Visual C++ from https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=30679 and install Visual C++
2. Ensure that the file msvcp110.dll is present in the system
3. Open a new command prompt
4. Go to <MDM_INSTALL_DIR>/mds/scripts
5. Invoke madconfig Configure_MasterDataManagement
UID
ibm11142074