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2408590 - SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE): Assertion failed: Unable to install the database software

Symptom

During execution of Software Provisioning Manager tool (SWPM), the tool fails at "syb_step_install_database_software" with the following error message:

sapinst_dev.log
ERROR      <timestamp>  
Assertion failed: Unable to install the database software. Refer to trace file sapinst_dev.log for further information.
 
ERROR      <timestamp>  
Caught ESAPinstException in module call: Assertion failed: Unable to install the database software. Refer to trace file sapinst_dev.log for further information.
 
ERROR      <timestamp>
The step syb_step_install_database_software with step key |NW_Java_OneHost|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost_System|ind|ind|ind|ind|onehost|0|NW_CreateDBandLoad|ind|ind|ind|ind|createdbandload|0|NW_CreateDB|ind|ind|ind|ind|createdb|0|NW_SYB_DB|
ind|ind|ind|ind|SYB_DB_CONTEXT|0|syb_step_install_database_software was executed with status ERROR


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Environment

  • Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM);
  • SAP System based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 or higher;
  • Operating System Independent;
  • Database: SAP ASE for Business Suite 15.7/16.0.

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3

Keywords

Sybase, ASE, Return code, 208, 255, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, ASE_Suite.log does not exist, java.io.IOException, Cannot run, setup.bin, execve failed, EACCES - Permission denied, dbsrvresp.txt, DAGREE_TO_SYBASE_LICENSE, DAGREE_TO_SAP_LICENSE, RDBMS, Software Provisioining Manager, SWPM, SAPinst, Installer, Install, Installation, System Copy, Copying, Migration, Migrate, Migrating, OS/DB, OSDB, Homogeneous, Heterogeneous, HSC, NW, 7.1, 7.11, 7.2, 7.3, 7.31, 7.4, 7.5, 710, 711, 720, 730, 731, 740, 750, AS, Java, ABAP, Backup, Restore, Backup/Restore, Restoring, "Could not create control area file", "Initialization of the control area failed", "Maybe old VMs are still running", "Could not create the Java Virtual Machine" , KBA , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , BC-INS , Installation Tools (SAP Note 1669327) , BC-INS-MIG , OS/DB Migrations with SWPM and DB refresh , Problem

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