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3064563 - System error: Bad file number

Symptom

In phase PREP_EXTRACT/BEGIN_PRE the following error is encountered:

guiconnect=<host ip>:<port number>
Connecting to host '<host ip>' port <port number>...
Connected
ERROR: System error: Bad file number

Multiple entries are found for a single service when running sapcontrol -nr <instance number> -function GetSystemInstanceList.

For example, the case where two IGS entries exist:

<host name>, 1, <port number>, 0, 1, MESSAGESERVER|ENQUE, GREEN
<host name>, 0, <port number> , <port number>, 3, ABAP|GATEWAY|ICMAN|IGS, GREEN
<host name>, 0, <port number> , <port number>, 3, ABAP|GATEWAY|ICMAN|IGS, YELLOW


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Environment

Software Update Manager (SUM)

Product

SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3

Keywords

Bad file number, GetSystemInstanceList, GetProcessList , KBA , BC-UPG-TLS-TLA , Upgrade tools for ABAP , BC-CST-STS , Startup Service , Problem

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