Hi folks

I have SLES 9 installed on an IBM iSeries partition and I'm trying
to get WAS 5.0.2 (base) running. The requirements for 5.0.2 list SLES 8
- am I assuming too much to expect it to work on SLES 9? I'm following the
WebSphere for Linux on iSeries: Implementation Guide Redbook, but as that
came out over a year before SLES 9, it doesn't cover troubleshooting
issues for it

LaunchPad.sh refused to run until I'd set LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
(gleaned from posts to this group), but then the install ran through to
completion. There was one warning/error which didn't stop the install,
but it may be related to subsequent problems.

From the installation /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/logs/log.txt:
--------------------------------------------8<----------------------------------
(Mar 1, 2005 2:17:32 PM), Setup.product.install,
com.ibm.wizard.platform.linuxppc.LinuxPPCProductSe rviceImpl, wrn, The RPM
package WSBJD9AA-1.3-1 could not be entered into RPM Db (Mar 1, 2005
2:17:32 PM), Setup.product.install,
com.ibm.wizard.platform.linuxppc.LinuxPPCProductSe rviceImpl, wrn, The
install could not successfully add the product information into the
RPM database. Installation will continue as this is not critical to the
installation of the product. (Mar 1, 2005 2:20:52 PM),
Setup.product.install, com.installshield.wizard.awt.AWTWizardUI, err,
java.lang.Exception: The wizard bean "linuxLibraryLinkActionBean" could
not be loaded beca use the following exception occurred:

java.util.NoSuchElementException
STACK_TRACE: 7
java.lang.Exception: The wizard bean "linuxLibraryLinkActionBean" could
not be loaded because the following exception occurred:

java.util.NoSuchElementException
at
com.installshield.wizard.awt.AWTWizardUI.currentBe anChanged(AWTWizardUI.java:1246)
at
com.installshield.wizard.StandardWizardListener.cu rrentBeanChanged(StandardWizardListener.java:78)
at
com.installshield.wizard.Wizard$RunThread.run(Wiza rd.java:1535)

(Mar 1, 2005 2:22:21 PM), Setup.product.install,
com.ibm.ws.install.actions.WSAdminInstallEarsActio n, msg1, Installing ear
with: "/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/wsadmin.sh" -conntype NONE
-c "$AdminApp install
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/installableApps/DefaultApplication.ear {-node
linux1 -appname DefaultApplication}"
---------------------------------------8<---------------------------------------
which
reported the install complete a dozen lines further down.

Is this error critical, and should I be able to repair it?

When I then run /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/startServer.sh server1 to
start the server it gets as far as (in startServer.log):

--------------------------------------8<--------------------------------------
************ Start Display Current Environment ************
Host Operating System is Linux, version 2.6.5-7.97-iseries64
Java version = J2RE 1.3.1 IBM build cxppc32131-20030618 (JIT enabled:
jitc), Java Compiler = jitc, Java VM name = Classic VM
was.install.root = /opt/WebSphere/AppServer
user.install.root = null
Java Home = /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre
ws.ext.dirs =
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/lib:/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/classes:
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/lib:/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/lib/ext:
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/web/help:
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/deploytool/itp/plugins/com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy/runtime:
/opt/mqm/java/lib:/opt/wemps/lib
Classpath =
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/properties:/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/lib/bootstrap.jar:
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/lib/j2ee.jar:/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/lib/lmproxy.jar:
/opt/WebSphere/A
ppServer/lib/urlprotocols.jar
Java Library path =
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/bin:
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/bin/classic:/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/bin:
/opt/mqm/java/lib:/opt/wemps/lib::/usr/lib
Current trace specification = *=all=disabled ************* End Display
Current Environment ************* [02/03/05 14:49:08:719 GMT] 4855ce7e
ManagerAdmin I TRAS0017I: The startup trace state is *=all=disabled.
[02/03/05 14:49:08:804 GMT] 4855ce7e AdminTool A ADMU3100I: Reading
configuration for server: server1 [02/03/05 14:49:32:119 GMT] 4855ce7e
AdminTool A ADMU3200I: Server launched. Waiting for initialization
status. [02/03/05 14:50:43:176 GMT] 4855ce7e AdminTool A ADMU3011E:
Server launched but failed initialization. Server log files should contain
failure information.
-------------------------------------->8-------------------------------------

SystemOut.log gets as far as JMSEmbeddedPr A MSGS0052I: Starting the Broker
and native_stderr.log just lists:

-------------------------------------8<--------------------------------------
JVMXM004: JVM is performing abort shutdown sequence
JVMDG217: Dump Handler is Processing a Signal - Please Wait.
JVMDG303: JVM Requesting Java core file
-------------------------------------->8-------------------------------------

but I can't find any javacore files as a result. /tmp/javacore_locations
lists entries like /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/javacore2467.1109775043.txt
matching the error time, but the file doesn't appear to be produced.

The reason I'm trying with WAS 5.0.2 is that's the version we have running
natively on OS/400, and we're trying to do some comparisons.

If anyone has any pointers or suggestions, please let me know

Regards, Martin
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