3479751 - File XXX is not a valid archive.

Before installing an SAP system, you are performing the option "Prerequisites Check" via SWPM. The selected option may be like below.

 

Selected Service: SAP NetWeaver 7.5 > SAP HANA Database > Preparations > Prerequisites Check

 

After you provided the directory path of the kernel files in SWPM screen, the following error is reported.

 

Error message:

File XXX is not a valid archive.

 

The file is the kernel file in the provided kernel directory.

 

For example, the file "SAPEXE_1200-80002573.SAR" was provided. The error is like below.

 

File /<kernel files directory path>/SAPEXE_1200-80002573.SAR is not a valid archive.

 

In the log file "sapinst_dev.log", there is the following error.

 

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Execution of the command "/tmp/sapinst_exe.16172.1717643211/SAPCAR -xvf /<kernel files directory path>/SAPEXE_1200-80002573.SAR, -L /tmp/sapinst_exe.16172.1717643211/libsapcrypto.so sapmanifest.mf dbatoolsora.mf patchesdb.mf igsmanifest.mf sapmanifestdb.mf hostagent.mf sapcrypto.mf igs/igshelpermanifest.mf sapjvmmanifest.mf webdispatchermanifest.mf SAP_HANA_CLIENT/client/manifest SAP_HANA_DATABASE/server/manifest SUM/summanifest.mf" finished with return code 100. Output:

SAPCAR: processing archive /<kernel files directory path>/SAPEXE_1200-80002573.SAR (version 2.01)

SAPCAR: violation of data integrity - value of entry-name-length exceeds allocated buffer size! (error 100). No such file or directory

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