1957798 - Update SAP kernel failed with error "2, No such file or directory" in sapcpe.log

SAP System upgrade or SAP kernel update failed, the sapcpe.log reports error like below,

*** ERROR: sapcpe: find <src> <PATH> failed, 2, No such file or directory,

Where the <PATH> is actually an incorrect SAP kernel executable folder.

Meanwhile , After kernel upgrade, startsap fails with following messages,

1) startsap.log

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Update local Kernel Files

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(*****) Local: /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/run/sapcpe name=<SID>

(*****) system(/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/run/sapcpe name=<SID>) returns 1

(*****) Return-Code 1 in Local-Kernel-Update. See sapcpe.log.

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2) sapcpe.log

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Command line:

  0: /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/run/sapcpe

  1: pf=/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/profile/<instance profile>

Trace level (profile): 1

** INFO:    Try to find file table sapcpeft (default:sapcpeft)

** INFO:    Try to find file table in the central directory /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/ctrun/sapcpeft

** INFO:    not found any file table.

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source: /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/ctrun

target: /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/run

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*** ERROR: sapcpe: find <src> /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/ctrun failed, 2, No such file or directory,

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