3651755 - SWPM error: Profile XXX is not a file.

Symptom

You are performing the system installation with SWPM. An error occurred. In the SWPM log file "sapinst_dev.log", there is the following error.

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<html> <head> </head> <body> <p> An error occurred while processing option <i>SAP NetWeaver 7.5 > SAP ASE > System Copy > Target System > Standard System > Based on AS ABAP > Standard System (Last error reported by the step: The JVM reports an exception during execution of class ( com.sap.sdt.ins.component.nw_create_cds_views.RunRUTCNVFUNCCRE1 ) and function executeStepClass. DETAILS: The reported error message from JVM is: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Profile \\<hostname>\sapmnt\<SID>\SYS\profile\<profile_name> is not a file.

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Environment

Windows

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

Profile, "is not a file", SWPM , KBA , BC-INS-SWPM , Installation with Software Provisioning Manager , Problem

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