2691624 - SQL11400 "Could not load library udfsybslib.so " (or udfsybslib.dll) reported during SUM - SAP ASE for Business Suite

• SUM ends with error SQL11400 "Could not load udfsybslib.so" (or .dll for Windows)
• Sometimes with an ST22 reporting the following category ABAP programming error:

Runtime Errors ASSERTION_FAILED
ABAP Program CL_DD_DB_VIEW_SYB=============CP
Application Component BC-DB-SYB

Short Text

The ASSERT condition was violated.
"ASSERTION_FAILED"
"CL_DD_DB_VIEW_SYB=============CP" bzw. CL_DD_DB_VIEW_SYB=============CM01

| "CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR" |

•  Corresponding errors in SM21 system log and the work process trace for the failing work process are any one of the following:

ERROR: -1 in function StartSelect (execute) [line 29841]

(11400) [ZZZZZ] [SAP][ASE ODBC Driver][Adaptive Server Enterprise]Could not load library /sybase/SID/ASE-16_0/lib/udfsybslib.so.
#0509-022 Cannot load module /sybase/SID/ASE-16_0/lib/udfsybslib.so.
#0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

sql statement is ==> select SAPSR3(SHD).CUDF_VERSION()
/* R3:CL_SQL_STATEMENT==============CP:500 T:notable M:000 */

[ASE Error SQL11400][SAP][ASE ODBC Driver][Adaptive Server Enterprise] Could not load library /sybase/SID/ASE-16_0/lib/udfsybslib.so.  /sybase/SID/ASE-16_0/lib/udfsybslib.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Could not load library E:\sybase\SID\ASE-16_0\dll\udfsybslib.dll. Bad descriptor magic

• The library name maybe garbled in some cases like so:

Error: 11400, Severity: 18, State: 100 - Could not load library /sybase/SID/ASE-16_0/lib/^XÒ<98>9^G.so. /sybase/SID/ASE-16_0/lib/^XÒ<98>9^G.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or Directory

• The error is noticed in the ASE errorlog at runtime after ASE/SAP NetWeaver upgrades or during SUM upgrades (on primary or shadow instance) or while running report RUTDDLSACT.
  
  
• Typically, affected SUM phases are: MAIN_NEWBAS/RUN_RUTCNVFUNCCRE, MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/XPRAS_SHD_AIMMERGE (Job: RDDEXECL), PREP_GENCHECKS/SYB_CHECKS_GENERIC.

• The library may or may not exist in "sybase" directory: /sybase/<SID>/ASE-16_0/lib (UNIX) ; <drive>:\sybase\<SID>\ASE-16_0\lib (Windows)
  
  

• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0 SP03 and above for Business Suite
• SAP NetWeaver 7.5x
• Software Update Manager (SUM) 1.0 / 2.0

11400, SQL11400, SUM, udfsybslib.so, CL_DD_DB_VIEW_SYB, ST22, "short dump", "bad descriptor magic", udfsybslib.dll, RDDEXECL, MAIN_NEWBAS/RUN_RUTCNVFUNCCRE, MAIN_TRANSEXEC/RUN_RUTCNVFUNCCRE_TRANS, CUDF_VERSION, RUTDDLSACT,
MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/XPRAS_SHD_AIMMERGE, "SAPSR3SHD.CUDF_VERSION()", "SAPSR3.CUDF_VERSION()",  SAP ASE 16.0 SP04 Supported Operating Systems and Versions , KBA , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Problem