SP16 Preview: MaxDB Installation fails (Phase 6)

[Former Member]

Hi

I have a WinXP Sp2 box. I have removed an old WAS SP11 preview installation incl. the old Max DB.

I have cleaned the registry and I have adminstration rights.

Now when I try to install the SP16 preview full java versioin I got the follwoing error:

ERROR 2006-04-12 10:10:26
MDB-07001  No action defined for actor.
ERROR 2006-04-12 10:10:26
CJS-00030  Assertion failed: in function sapdb_db_create(db_nm, db_host, db_ver) {    
var dep_root = sapdb_inst_root(db_nm); 
    var sdb_i = new sdbInstance(); 
    sdb_i.dbName = db_nm;
    sdb_i.dbHost = db_host;
    sdb_i.dbVer = db_ver[0] + "." + db_ver[1];
    sdb_i.ctlUser = sapdb_get_db_user("CONTROL", db_nm, db_host);
    sdb_i.ctlUserPasswd = sapdb_get_db_user_passwd("CONTROL", db_nm, db_host);
    var actorObj = new SdbExtActor();
    actorObj.setSdbInstance(sdb_i);
    actorObj.setDbmCmd("DB_CREATE");
    actorObj.setExecutable(sapdb_dbmcli_path());
    actorObj.setDbRoot(dep_root);
    var rv = actorObj.sessionExecute();
    ASSERT(arguments.callee, rv == "OK", " SDB: ERROR CREATING DATABASE INSTANCE! Check the XCMDOUT.LOG FILE");
    var creation_ok = false;
    var i_size = actorObj.outSize();
    for (var i = 0; i < i_size; i++) {
        var s_line = actorObj.getOutputLine(i);
        if (/OK/.test(s_line)) {
            creation_ok = true; 
        }
    }
    ASSERT(arguments.callee, creation_ok, "SDB: ERROR WHILE DB INSTANCE CREATION! CHECK THE XCMDOUT.LOG FILE! ");} 
SDB: ERROR CREATING DATABASE INSTANCE! Check the XCMDOUT.LOG FILE

In the XCMDOUT.Log there is :

> Subprocess starts at 20060412093309

 Execute Command : d:sapdbprogramspgmdbmcli.exe -n wfr00338 inst_enum
 Execute Session Command : exit

> Subprocess stops at 20060412093309

 OK
 7.6.00.15    d:sapdbj2edb

So I'm not very familiar with the MaxDb but it seems it is

only checking the version of the installed db and says it's OK.

Can I install the db instance without the SAP installer?

Or any other hints?

Kind regards

Ralph

Message was edited by: Ralph Nagel

[Former Member]

Now it seems to work, the problem was that I didn't delete all the files included in the i386-directory...

Thanks anyway...

Claudio Schmidt

[Former Member]

Per instructions, I downloaded the MaxDB Version 7.5 from the SAP FTP Server and copied the 7.5 under the path where the 7.6 Version was(smoke\NWSneakPreviewSP16\RDBMS_MaxDB_7.5.0_Build_18_NT\NT\I386).

In the previous messages, I was also suppose to remove the version 7.6 from the I386 directory. Are these the zip files only?

Please advise. Thanks in advance!

[Former Member]

Hello Margie,

I removed all 7.6 files and copied all 7.5 files in the folder.

Regards

Ralph

[Former Member]

Hi

I have tried to solve this problem in installation step 6 with copying the files of "maxdb_all_win_32bit_i386_7_5_00_15.zip" to folder "smoke\NWSneakPreviewSP16\RDBMS_MaxDB_7.5.0_Build_18_NT\NT\I386" but there is another error while installing:

<b>unresolved dependency - package Database Connectivity >= 7.6.00.15 not found</b>

I downloaded the maxdb-zip-file from "ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/sdn/devkits/MaxDB" - are there any other files needed or is this the wrong download location?!?

Thanks in advance,

Claudio Schmidt

[christiansche]

Hello!

You could also take the old installation archive and replace the contents folder through the folder from the new installation archive. after this, start the installation. i've done it that way and there was no problem.

Regards, Christian

[CHKNELL]

Hi Ralph,

I've the same error in phase 6. Did you identify the cause of this error? Maybe an update for control.xml?

The command DB_CREATE should be executed.

Your described solution ist to overwrite the inst-dir of MAXDB with 7.5.

Best regards,

Christian

[Former Member]

Hi Christian,

yes, I downloaded the MaxDB Version 7.5 from the SAP FTP Server, removed the version 7.6 and copied the 7.5 under the path where the 7.6 Version was(smoke\NWSneakPreviewSP16\RDBMS_MaxDB_7.5.0_Build_18_NT\NT\I386).

After that it works.

Best regards

Ralph

[Former Member]

I think you can install the DB instance without installing SAP, and then when you are asked if you want to use the existing DB instance, say yes.

I have done something similar.

I had installed the 'old' version of Sneak Preview SP16 (from March 30th), which had faulty Knowledge Management and Collaboration. I then uninstalled the SAP installation, but kept the MaxDB installation. Then installed the 'new' Sneak Preview SP16 and said 'yes' to keep the current DB instance.

This seems to work. (also past phase 10)

[Former Member]

Hi

solved it on my own.

The error message says: There is no classfactory for the DB in version 7.6.

Downloaded SAPDB 7.5 and copied it in the folder "RDBMS_MaxDB_7.5.0_Build_18_NT" and it work (till phase 10)

Regards

Ralph