2698687 - Assertion failed: in function (pfPath, userName, installationStatus, realhost, collectSource)

During the uninstallation of Diagnostics Agents using the Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM), the following error is encountered:

[sapinst_dev.log]

ERROR <timestamp> (root/sapinst) (startInstallation) [CSiStepExecute.cpp:1102] id=controller.stepExecuted errno=FCO-00011 CSiStepExecute::execute()
The step collect with step key |NW_Uninstall|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_GetSidMaybeProfiles|ind|ind|ind|ind|getSid|0|NW_readProfileDir|ind|ind|ind|ind|readProfile|0|
collect was executed with status ERROR (Last error reported by the step: Assertion failed: in 
function (pfPath, userName, installationStatus, realhost, collectSource) {
NW.trace("NWInstance._fromStartProfile(", pfPath, ", ", userName, ", ", installationStatus, ", ", realhost, ", ", collectSource, ")");

...

NW.trace("NWInstance._fromStartProfile() done: ", instance.getSID(), "/", instance.getNumber(), "/", instance.getHostName());
return instance;
}
: Variable pfStream(/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/profile/) should be defined).

This error can also occur during the installation process.

• Software Provisioning Manager
• Linux OS (Oracle Linux 6 x86_64)

DAA, Diagnostic Agent, installation, deinstallation pfStream , KBA , BC-INS-SWPM , Installation with Software Provisioning Manager , Problem