Installation of Developer Workplace fails at Phase 11

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to install the Developer Workplace 7.01 MaxDB on a Virtual Box instance running Windows XP SP2. The Virtual Machine has 1 GB of RAM and about 8 GB of free disk space. (The aim is to run a local version of the ISA Webshop.
When installing I run into problems in phase 11: Creating Database Instance. The logs supply the following information:
sapinst.log
INFO 2010-08-02 21:32:07.364
Execute step sdb_create_db_instance of component |NW_Workplace|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost_System|ind|ind|ind|ind|2|0|NW_C
reateDBandLoad|ind|ind|ind|ind|10|0|NW_CreateDB|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_ADA_DB|ind|ind|ind|ind|6|0|SdbPreInstanceDialog
s|ind|ind|ind|ind|4|0|SdbInstanceDialogs|ind|ind|ind|ind|1|0|SDB_INSTANCE_CREATE|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0
ERROR 2010-08-02 21:32:14.646
MDB-07001  No action defined for actor.
ERROR 2010-08-02 21:32:14.646
The dbmcli call for action DB_CREATE failed. SOLUTION: Check the logfile XCMDOUT.LOG.
ERROR 2010-08-02 21:32:14.646
The dbmcli call for action DB_CREATE failed. SOLUTION: Check the logfile XCMDOUT.LOG.
ERROR 2010-08-02 21:32:14.661
FCO-00011  The step sdb_create_db_instance with step key |NW_Workplace|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost_System|ind|ind|ind|ind|2|0|NW_Cre
ateDBandLoad|ind|ind|ind|ind|10|0|NW_CreateDB|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_ADA_DB|ind|ind|ind|ind|6|0|SdbPreInstance
Dialogs|ind|ind|ind|ind|4|0|SdbInstanceDialogs|ind|ind|ind|ind|1|0|SDB_INSTANCE_CREATE|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|sdb_cr
eate_db_instance was executed with status ERROR ( Last error reported by the step :The dbmcli call for actio
n DB_CREATE failed. SOLUTION: Check the logfile XCMDOUT.LOG.).
XCMDOUT.LOG
<div class="jive-quote">Subprocess starts at 20100802213420</div>
Execute Command : C:\sapdb\programs\pgm\dbmcli.exe -n vmwareinstall db_enum
Execute Session Command : exit
<div class="jive-quote">Subprocess stops at 20100802213422</div>
OK
<div class="jive-quote">Subprocess starts at 20100802213422</div>
Execute Command : C:\sapdb\programs\pgm\dbmcli.exe -n vmwareinstall inst_enum
Execute Session Command : exit
<div class="jive-quote">Subprocess stops at 20100802213424</div>
OK
7.8.01.14    C:\sapdb\WDB\db
When running these commands manually (as suggested in this [thread|Re: The dbmcli call for action DB_CREATE failed;), I get the following output:
C:\>C:\sapdb\programs\pgm\dbmcli.exe -n vmwareinstall inst_enum
OK
7.8.01.14    C:\sapdb\WDB\db
C:\>C:\sapdb\programs\pgm\dbmcli.exe -n vmwareinstall db_enum
OK
It seems the installer is able to create an instance, but cannot or has not created a database.
I have retried several times, Viruscanner and Firewall are turned of. I am using JDK 1.4.2
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Natalia,
I used the following DVDs:
51037094 (Developer Workplace 7.01)
51038550_9 (RDBMS_MaxDB_7.8.01_Build_14)
51036767_7 (NW_7.01_SR1_Krnl_WIN_AIX_z_OS_HP_SOL)
I have just downloaded the latest release of MaxDB, but I understand from the note that this version is not compatible with NW 7.07 without additional steps.
Thanks for the Note, I will try download MaxDDB 7.7 and try again with that version right away.