Troubleshooting
Problem
Installing WebSphere where the workspace was on a mapped network directory fails.
Symptom
Installation Manager console output:
Log location: <IM_InstallLocation>/Installation Manager/logs
Installation failed. Error during "install" phase:
com.ibm.rational.cdi.was.install.WASInstallException: failed to install
Update Installer.com.ibm.rational.cdi.was.install.UPDIInstallCmd.checkCmdResult(UPDIInstallCmd.java:202)
com.ibm.rational.cdi.was.install.UPDIInstallCmd.performInstall(UPDIInstallCmd.java:277)
com.ibm.rational.cdi.was.install.UPDIInstallCmd.run(UPDIInstallCmd.java:110)
Log location: <IM_InstallLocation>/Installation Manager/logs/native/
ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2014-03-19 12:52:09.497
!MESSAGE Startup error
!STACK 1
java.nio.channels.OverlappingFileLockException
at
sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl$SharedFileLockTable.checkList(FileChannelImpl.java:1213)
at
sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl$SharedFileLockTable.add(FileChannelImpl.java:1115)
at sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.tryLock(FileChannelImpl.java:915)
at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.tryLock(FileChannel.java:973)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.Locker_JavaNio.lock(Locker_JavaNio.java:32)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.storagemanager.StorageManager.initializeInstanceFile(StorageManager.java:190)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.storagemanager.StorageManager.open(StorageManager.java:700)
Similar exceptions may be seen when attempting to create a new profile from PMT tool or the profileManagement command line tool.
Cause
User has tried to installed WebSphere on a UNC mapped drive "\\servername\sharefolder$" that is mapped drive from their machine such as"H:/." (UNC) Universal Naming Convention
Diagnosing The Problem
In the Installation Manager logs you will find exceptions noted above.
Resolving The Problem
{WAS_INSTALL}\bin\ProfileManagement\configuration\config.ini
Backup the config.ini to location outside configuration.
Edit the config.ini replacing the UNC type with map name.
For example change "\\myserver\sharefolder$" to "H:\"
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
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swg21668177