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3697102 - DBISQL does not start due to creation failure of Java Virtual Machine - SAP IQ

Symptom

Symptom
With older IQ version 16.1.050.2280/12790/P/SP05.08/MS/Windows 2012 R2/64bit/2023-03-13 01:58:36
OS: Windows 2012R2 Build 9600  on X86_64
No need 'admin' privilege to launch dbisql.


New install of IQ
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DB: Versn: 16.1.050.2916/15831/P/SP05.15/MS/Windows 2016/64bit/2025-03-10 15:03:41
On a new windows server: Windows 2019 Build 17763  on X86_64

On this IQ server, DBISQL runs from an account (having admin authorization) without any problems.                                
But it fails with a technical account (not having ADMIN authorization):
err:
could not create the java virtual machine
unknown error

Event Viewer :
[21200] 09:53:13 ***ERROR (os_windows.cpp:5321): os::create_control_area: Could not create or open file mapping (filename=Local\sap_jvm_file_pid_14208_ 0) (size=45760) (error=5)
[21200] 09:53:13 ***ERROR (controls.cpp:281): Controls::init: Could not create control area. Maybe old VMs are still running.
[21200] 09:53:13 ***ERROR (jvmEnv.cpp:132): VMCOs::init: Initialization of the control area failed
[21200] 09:53:13 ***ERROR (thread.cpp:5983): VMCOs::init failed

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D:\>d:\path\SAPIQ\IQ-16_1\Bin64\dbisql.exe -version
Popup window : Could not create the Java virtual machine. Unknown error

In the Event Viewer the source of the error is : ‘SAPJVM’.
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Environment

IQ 16.1 SP05 PL15 
OS: Windows 2019

Keywords

dbisql java create control area old VMs still running Java Virtual Machine jvm authorization permission privilege , KBA , BC-SYB-IQ , Sybase IQ , Problem

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