SAPINST stuck on UnPack SAP Archives stage doing an Import for System Copy

[rommel_bhan]

I am doing a build of a distributed CRM system on AIX (5.3). The source system is also distributed. Using SAPINST I got the SCS imported on the CI and now trying to import the DB on the database host(with homogenous option) and the Installer hangs or loops at the UnPack SAP Archives stage.

Since I have the database already restored and all tools installed I don't select any DB tools except for the Oracle Client. The installer seems to be stuck at this point, I have even tried it without the Oracle Client. I have set the permissions from /oracle/client/* down to 777.

Output of /tmp/sapinst_exe.581788.1231771918/SAPCAR -x -v -g -i -R /oracle/client/10x_64/.created_by_SAPinst -f /sap_exports/d51031613/OCL_AIX_PPC64/OCL10264.SAR,:

SAPCAR: processing archive /sap_exports/d51031613/OCL_AIX_PPC64/OCL10264.SAR (version 2.00)

x dbclient.lst

x instantclient_10202

x instantclient_10202/classes12.jar

x instantclient_10202/libclntsh.a

x instantclient_10202/libnnz10.so

x instantclient_10202/libocci.a

x instantclient_10202/libociei.so

x instantclient_10202/libocijdbc10.so

x instantclient_10202/ojdbc14.jar

x instantclient_10202/libclntsh.so

SAPCAR: 10 file(s) extracted

INFO 2009-01-12 10:42:55.309 [syuxcdir.cpp:177]

CSyDirectoryImpl::remove()

Removing directory /oracle/client/10x_64/.created_by_SAPinst/instantclient_10202.

INFO 2009-01-12 10:42:55.310 [syuxcdir.cpp:177]

CSyDirectoryImpl::remove()

Removing directory /oracle/client/10x_64/.created_by_SAPinst. <-- This directory is never created

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

On AIX it has happened several times where the SAPCAR gets stuck. What I have done in the past is opened another session and executed the command which its trying to execute but with the -tvf option.

So try executing this command couple of times or till its start moving. In your case try:

tmp/sapinst_exe.581788.1231771918/SAPCAR -tvf /oracle/client/10x_64/.created_by_SAPinst -f /sap_exports/d51031613/OCL_AIX_PPC64/OCL10264.SAR

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Naveed

[former_member204746]

you know that under Unix, all files and directories with names starting with a dot "." are invisible unless uyou use option -a in your ls commands?

try this:

ls -la /oracle/client/10x_64/.created_by_SAPinst