2415383 - Error occurred: null not allowed as link path for DerivedConfiguration.setLink() during System copy

During the installation phase of a system copy/migration of an AS Java system, Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM 1680045) fails with an error in phase "Performing initial Java engine configuration".

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You start to analyze the problem according to SAP KBA:

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The 'sapinst_dev.log' ends with an error similar to this:
"Last error reported by the step: Java EE Engine configuration error. DIAGNOSIS: See output of log file configtool.0.trc: '"

Open mentioned file 'configtool.0.trc' in a text editor of your choice and you will see this:

"com.sap.ASJ.cft.000075#BC-JAS-ADM-ADM-CFT#sap.com~tc~je~configtool#C0001EB16C6200000000000112A90E78###configtool########Thread[Thread-5,5,main]#Plain##
Critical error occurred while working with Configuration - instance is not created.
com.sap.engine.frame.core.configuration.ConfigurationException: Error occurred: null not allowed as link path for DerivedConfiguration.setLink()
 at com.sap.engine.core.configuration.impl.WriteAccessDerivedConfiguration.setLink(WriteAccessDerivedConfiguration.java:230)
 at com.sap.engine.configtool.batch.task.CreateNewInstanceTask.go(CreateNewInstanceTask.java:160)
 at com.sap.engine.configtool.batch.task.TasksManager.run(TasksManager.java:217)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:763)"

Note that the text in bold must match!

• Unix based operating system
• Any RDBMS
• NetWeaver 7.1 or higher based AS Java system

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