ProjectAssist Installation Errors (part 3)

Posted on March 20, 2007 by andy dingfelder

Moving along, I decided to try the ProjectAssist install on a different machine, which we will be using for a development server, instead of doing it on my standalone XP workstation. Maybe the installer will work better on this environment.

I did a fresh install of Windows 2000 SP4, and then installed Project Assist, using all the defaults except

  1. install dir was c:dev
  2. data dir was c:devdata
  3. added the smtp url & port.
  4. I added a settings.xmp file to .m2 dir to handle the maven proxy access.
  5. I added perl’s environment variable to handle the perl proxy access.

When the installer finished, it displayed a list of all errors (shown below). There were lots of them.

Here are the reported errors:

sc config Tomcat5 start= auto
java.io.IOException
java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:81)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:30)
java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:451)
java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:591)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.a.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.c.b(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.b.f.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.b.f.ub(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.b.f.e(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.b.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.ub.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.access$0(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m$1.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Bugzilla install: Could not update file "localconfig"

Bugzilla install: Could not update file “params”

schtasks /create /tn “Bugzilla Collect Stats” /tr c:devbugzilla-2.22collectstats.bat /sc DAILY /st 04:00:00 “/ru System”
java.io.IOException
java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:81)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:30)
java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:451)
java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:591)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.a.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.c.b(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.v.g(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.v.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.cb.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.w.e(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.w.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.ub.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.access$0(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m$1.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
schtasks /create /tn “Bugzilla Bugs Notification” /tr c:devbugzilla-2.22whineatnews.bat /sc DAILY /st 04:20:00 “/ru System”
java.io.IOException
java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:81)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:30)
java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:451)
java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:591)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.a.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.c.b(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.v.i(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.v.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.cb.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.w.e(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.w.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.ub.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.access$0(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m$1.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

schtasks /create /tn “Bugzilla Tables Backup” /tr “c:devmysql-4.1.18-win32binmysqldump bugs -u root -P 3306 > c:devbugzilla-2.22backupbugzillaTablesBackup_2_23_2007.backup” /sc DAILY /st 04:40:00 “/ru System”
java.io.IOException
java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:81)
java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:30)
java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:451)
java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:591)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.a.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.c.b(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.a.d.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.v.k(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.v.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.cb.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.w.e(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.bugzilla.w.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.ub.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.access$0(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m$1.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Bugzilla Configure Products: Could not open page “Products”

XPlanner unable to add project “fastloc”
org.apache.axis.AxisFault
org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:101)
org.apache.axis.transport.http.CommonsHTTPSender.invoke(CommonsHTTPSender.java:301)
org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
org.xplanner.soap.XPlanner.XPlannerSoapBindingStub.getProjects(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.g.e.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.g.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.access$0(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m$1.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

XPlanner unable to add user “mycompany admin” to project fastloc
org.apache.axis.AxisFault
org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:101)
org.apache.axis.transport.http.CommonsHTTPSender.invoke(CommonsHTTPSender.java:301)
org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
org.xplanner.soap.XPlanner.XPlannerSoapBindingStub.getPeople(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.g.e.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.g.c.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.a(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m.access$0(Unknown Source)
com.borland.dsib.utilities.m$1.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
When I posted info about this on the Borland forums, the response I got was:

W2K is not a supported/tested platform. The progress log file will have better information about what is going on.

First of all, I get points off for not reading the install guide more thoroughly.

Having said that, I thought that (according to eclipse) Eclipse itself should work fine on:

  1. Windows 98 & ME
  2. Windows XP
  3. Windows NT, 2000, and Server 2003

And adding to that the fact that Windows 2000 is supported by all the stack subcomponents, one would think that Jbuilder2007 / ProjectAssist would support it as well.

My assumption here is that while it is not “supported/tested” by Borland, it will work, it is just not guaranteed to work.

Having said that, I am a bit troubled by the fact that none of the big server versions (windows 2000 or windows 2003) are supported. I wonder about Vista, although I don’t think my server would like that OS.

I am running the ProjectAssist stack on a Proliant Server running multiple RAID drives, and the drivers are not available for XP. I understand that XP should be quite suitable for development and JBuilder itself but I would think that for such a server-centric application suite, a real server operating system would be better. As an aside, some would argue that Linux would be a better alternative here but that is not (yet) an option for JBuilder 2007.

About andy dingfelder

Andy is a CISO/CTO in the fintech sector with over 20 years of experience in Software Delivery and Team Leadership in multiple industry domains. Master's Degree (MPA) in Public Administration Information Systems and over 10 years of board governance experience for multiple organisations. Full bio is available at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dingfelder and links available at https://linktr.ee//dingfelder or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dingfelder. Andy lives in the Wellington region, New Zealand with his wife and two daughters.
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