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1888636 - DOES_INSTALLATION_EXIST: Main Class Missing - Error in SWPM/MaxDB

Symptom

In a SAP installation with MaxDB database, Software Provisioning Manager tool (SWPM) fails with following error:

sapinst_dev.log
ERROR      <timestamp>
Error during execution of command identifier 'DOES_INSTALLATION_EXIST' : Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sap/sdb/core/main/cmd/SdbCmdMain
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sap.sdb.core.main.cmd.SdbCmdMain
                at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:255)
                at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
                at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:243)
                at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:372)
                at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:344)
                at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:313)
Could not find the main class: com.sap.sdb.core.main.cmd.SdbCmdMain.  Program will exit.

There is a similar error message 'DOES_INSTALLATION_EXIST' explained in SAP Note #2207314, but the installation scenario is different and so is the solution.
#2207314 - DOES_INSTALLATION_EXIST: MaxDB Software must be installed before this class can be instantiated


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Environment

  • Software Provisioning Manager (SPWM);
  • Systems based on SAP NetWeaver;
  • Operating System Independent;
  • MaxDB Database.

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

sdb_sl_lib.jar, sdb_sl_lib_api.jar, sdb_core.jar, Software Provisioning Manager, SWPM, SAPinst, MaxDB, Jar, Installation, Installer, Install, System Copy, Import, Importing, Migration, Migrating, Migrate, NetWeaver, SdbCmdMain, LiveCache, Live Cache, SDB, Class, File permission, Access, Rights, Authorization , KBA , BC-INS-SWPM , Installation with Software Provisioning Manager , BC-DB-LVC , liveCache , BC-DB-SDB , MaxDB , BC-INS-MIG , OS/DB Migrations with SWPM and DB refresh , BC-INS-NT , SAP Netweaver based Solutions on Windows , BC-INS-UNX , Installation Unix , BC-DB-SDB-INS , Installation with MaxDB , BC-DB-LVC-INS , Installation , Problem

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