Unexpected symbol error in messages.xml during sapinst AS Java install

[Former Member]

I am installing an application server JAVA on Redhat linux inside the DMZ for our ESS portal internet facing web app server. I downloaded the media and ftp'd it to the Redhat x86_64 server, and are now running sapinst to install it.

When starting sapinst as root, I get the following message:

ccerpprod17u# ./sapinst

[==============================] \ extracting... done!

MessageLib: ERROR: error: unexpected symbol: '</' entity=file:///51033511_8_Master/BS_2005_SR3_SAP_Installation_Master/IM_LINUX_X86_64/messages.xml in line 9333, 71

Starting GuiServer using:

/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_19/bin/java -Xmx256M -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/urandom -cp /tmp/sapinst_exe.2279.1248128583/JAR/instgui.jar:/tmp/sapinst_exe.2279.1248128583/JAR/inqmyxml.jar SDTServer config=jar:sdtserver.xml guiport=21212 sapinsthost=localhost sapinstport=21200 guistart=true

MessageLib: ERROR: error: unexpected symbol: '</' entity=file:///51033511_8_Master/BS_2005_SR3_SAP_Installation_Master/IM_LINUX_X86_64/messages.xml in line 9333, 71

init: retrieving account information for group sapinst...

init: retrieving account information done.

MessageLib: ERROR: error: unexpected symbol: '</' entity=file:///51033511_8_Master/BS_2005_SR3_SAP_Installation_Master/IM_LINUX_X86_64/messages.xml in line 9333, 71

load resource pool /51033511_8_Master/BS_2005_SR3_SAP_Installation_Master/IM_LINUX_X86_64/resourcepool.xml

ERROR 2009-07-20 15:23:05.958 [iaxxctoplvlrdr.cpp:79]

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I re-copied the files from windows to unix just in case it got corrupted in the transfer but get the same message. Any ideas?

[Former Member]

The network administrator that ftp'd the file to the server in the DMZ truncated the file during transmission. Resent the file for a complete load and that solved the problem.

[sunny_pahuja2]

Hi John,

Have you checked message.xml file on line 9333 for some garbage symbol ?

Thanks

Sunny