ECC 5.00 system copy, database instance installation error MDB-07004 "File not found C:\Program Files\sdb\globalprograms\pgm\dbmcli.exe"

[Former Member]

Dear experts,

I try to do a system copy from our old ECC 5.00 (Win2k3, 32bit) to a Win2k8RC2, 64bit. I already got the central instance installation done.

Now I got an installation error when trying to install the database instance. Following is the error message:

ERROR 2013-07-12 15:26:53

MDB-07004  File not found: "C:\Program Files\sdb\globalprograms\pgm\dbmcli.exe".

ERROR 2013-07-12 15:26:53

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

ERROR 2013-07-12 15:51:12

CJS-00030  Assertion failed: in function sapdb_inst_root(db_nm) {    var inst_root = "";    var r_call = sdb_inst_enum();    for (var r_cnt = 0; r_cnt < r_call.length; r_cnt++) {        var re = /\s+\t*/;        var re_db = new RegExp(db_nm, "i");        var db_enum = r_call[r_cnt].split(re);        if (re_db.test(db_enum[1])) {            inst_root = db_enum[1];        }    }    ASSERT(arguments.callee, inst_root != "", "SDB: no installation for Database: '" + db_nm + "' was found!");    return inst_root;}SDB: no installation for Database: 'PLM' was found!

The target system already contains a SAP Solution Manager installation with a MAXDB software 7.7. So I tried to use this software version as well. Strange enough that it mentions a missing file (dbmcli.exe) as this is exactly at this location. Checked twice and gave all access rights to the installation user.

Nevertheless, I tried to install the MAXDB server manually for the new instance which worked and created the files under "F:\sapdb\PLM\" where the files should be.

But then, when retrying the sapinst I gave me the next error that it can not create the database instance. So the manual step did not solve it and I uninstalled the it again.

I think this is all related to the MAXDB version and access rights but I do not know why!!!

I tried also to install the MAXDB 7.6 version but this installation aborted and did not run sucessfully.

Any help would be great, spent already a lot of hours searching for a solution but did not find anything 😞

Regards,

Andreas

System to install / copy:

ECC 5.00, MaxDB 7.7, non-unicode, 64bit

Data export comes from the old system (ECC 5.00, MaxDB 7.5, non-unicode, 32bit.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I finally ended up in reinstalling all systems, starting with the ECC 5.00 systems based on SAPDB 7.5 and did the Solution Manager installation 7.01 afterwards. This worked fine!

[Reagan]

Hello Andreas

SDB: ERROR WHILE DB INSTANCE CREATION! CHECK THE XCMDOUT.LOG FILE! ");} SDB: ERROR CREATING DATABASE INSTANCE! Check the XCMDOUT.LOG FILE

Can you check the XCMDOUT.LOG file ?

Regards

RB

[Manas_Vincit]

Hi Andeas ,

As error says File not found , Can you try to copy dbmcli.exe from existing MAXDB software to directory where it is asking and try to restart sapinst .

Please take a backup of existing dbmcli.exe .

Thanks

Manas Behra

[Former Member]

Hi Manas,

the dbmcli.exe is already there, I also checked the access rights on the directory and granted all access to the installation user.

I think this is due to the prior installation of SAP Solution Manager 7.0 which comes with a newer version of Max DB (7.7) and know it cannot overwrite or use it. Also I tried different max db installation dvds (7.6, 7.7, 7.9).

As there was also a database studio 7.9 installed the max db version in c:\program files\sdb is partly 7.9 and I am not able to uninstall this in order to have a clean install directory!! When renaming or removing the directory the max db installation complaints about missing files 😞

Is there a way for a clean install or removal of the MAX DB server installation without loosing my earlier sap solution manager installation?

Regards,

Andreas