Technology Preview SAP NetWeaver 04 for linux broken?

[former_member931766]

Hi,

I downloaded the "Technology Preview SAP NetWeaver 04 - SAP Web Application Server on Linux" from this site and followed the installation instructions.

There were no problems during the server installation. Everything I tried so far worked.

The installation of the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio did not work however. During the 1st installation I got the message:

c:\program files\common files\sap shared\sapchart.ocx

c:\program files\adobe\designer 6.0\filesystembrowser.dll

could not be installed. To view the log, open

file://Y:\J2EELX1\IDE\setup\saplogvw.exe.

Unfortunately I cannot find the the program saplogvw.exe.

If I start the developer studio, I encounter two problems:

I can change the perspective once, for instance to development configurations. From there I cannot change the perspective any more. In the console I get the error message:

An error has occurred restoring the coolbar layout. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid

Unhandled exception caught in event loop.

Reason:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Unhandled exception caught in event loop.

Reason:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Unhandled exception caught in event loop.

Reason:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Unhandled exception caught in event loop.

Reason:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Unhandled exception caught in event loop.

Reason:

java.lang.NullPointerException

Unhandled exception caught in event loop.

Reason:

java.lang.NullPointerException

[...]

I did the 1st installation on a linux box with SuSE linux 9.0. The server is on the same box.

Then I tried a 2nd installation of the developer studio on a laptop with windows 2000. The laptop is connected to the linux box though a local network. The installation went through without errors. I also can change the perspectives repeatedly without getting any exception. However, I cannot connect to the server. I set the message server parameters of the SAP J2EE engine to

host: nw4host

port: 3601.

With tcpdump I can see, that the developer studio does not send any IP packets through the network, i.e. it does not try to connect to the server. And I cannot login, e.g. in the development configurations, because the "login" is disabled.

With a browser, I can connect to the server, however.

What did I miss?

Thanks for any help in advance,

Andreas.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi Andreas,

The problem is with your UNPACKING of YOUR NWDS SAR File. i had similar problems when i unpacked the NWDS SP13 file. i guess the sapcar file was corrupted or the downloaded file was corrupted.

but i down loaded NWDS SP14 and used <b>SAPCAR -XVF JIDE14_0-10002804.SAR</b> to unpack and install.

Now i'm able to use the Studio fine.

Regarding the second problem, you should point your J2EE server to the place where it is installed. And you should have the SDM password to deploy the applications in your server.

Regards

Ak.