tar: jre: No such file or directory when installing 6.5.4
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ISSUE:
VrtsNB_Clt_6.5.4_Solaris.tar.Z failed:Receiving error when installing MP4 for solaris 10 sparc
ERROR :
The installation logs was showing the following :
Saved client binaries successfully.
JRE tarball creation complete.
/bin/tar cf /usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris10/JRE.tar jre
tar: jre: No such file or directory
Tar returned 1.
Error saving JRE binaries. !!
/bin/tar cf /usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris10/JRE.tar jre
tar: jre: No such file or directory <--------- It is showing that "jre" file is not available to TAR and so is exiting with Exit code 1 (failed to open input file).
DIAGNOSTIC :
- Check the size of the packages he downloaded to check if any possibility of corruption.
- The location of "jre" from the NB_update.install script.
# cat NB_update.install
<snip>
1351 cd /usr/openv/java <---------- the script is changing it's location to /usr/openv/java, where it searches for "jre" directory.
1352 ${ECHO} "${TAR} ${Tar_c_Options} ${JTZ} jre" >> ${TMPLOG} 2>> ${TMPLOG}
</snip>
CAUSE:
- The possible cause for unavailabilty of "jre" binaries under /usr/openv/java could be due to the OS was preinstalled with java runtime package outside NBU.
SOLUTION:
- Created a blank "jre" under /usr/openv/java/ directory, which made the installation to complete successfully.
