OBIEE 11g installation failed multiple times at Distributing Repository Configuration Step

Question

Hi,
I am getting the following error during the Distributing Repository Configuration step in the OBIEE 11g 11.1.1.7 enterprise installation in Windows 8 system.
Severe: Element Type:Domain
Element id: null
Operation result: failed to obtain domain file lock
Detail Message: java.util.concurrent.timeoutException.Timeout;
waiting for lock: Domain config lock;
c:\OBIEE\MIDDLE~1\USER_p~1\domains\EAM_DO~1\config\FMWCON~1\biee-config.lock;[121 secs]
Step Distributing Repository failed
Configuration Action 'Distributing Repository' has failed. Please check logs for details.
Step Distributing repository failed
I checked another blog for this https://forums.oracle.com/thread/2565716 and even there the explanation doesn't convince me.
I tried to look at the Locale of my system where I am installing and I could see it is using Eng-Us by default. One way suggested to check the Unicode format from the web browser and I could check that too to be UTF-8 as suggested by someone on some other blog.
I checked in the logs too as suggested by the Installation dialogue box but it didn't seem much conclusive too.
Here is the snapshot of the log file which I could found.
INFO: Current Inventory:
  Oracle Home: OraDb11g_home1
  This Oracle Home has not been changed in this session.
  Oracle Home: OH1858390736
  This Oracle Home has not been changed in this session.
  Oracle Home: OH440082373
  This Oracle Home has not been changed in this session.
  Oracle Home: OH440082374
  This Oracle Home has not been changed in this session.
  Oracle Home: OH1597391518
  This Oracle Home has not been changed in this session.
  Oracle Home: OH1285215443
  This Oracle Home has not been changed in this session.
INFO: Ending the inventory Session
INFO: Using an existing InstallAreaControl for this Inventory Session with existing access level 1
INFO: Using an existing InstallAreaControl for this Inventory Session with existing access level 1
INFO: Using an existing InstallAreaControl for this Inventory Session with existing access level 1
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
INFO: The ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME env var is set to
Can someone please help me with this since I am stuck with for quite some time now.
Is there any way to check in command prompt to check the locale as required by the system.
What could be the issue here?
Thanks,
Nitin

Answer 1

Hi all,
We are able to resolve the above issue with the below solution.
Root cause of the issue:
You may have a temp directory in the path C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Local Settings\Temp. You got the above mentioned exception because of the temp directory path having spaces_+ in it.
Solution:
1. Create a new directory called TEMP in a different location for ex: C:\TEMP
2. Now, Right click on My computer --> Properties --> Advanced --> click on Environment Variables.
3. You should be having TEMP and TMP as variables under user variables section pointing to the C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Local Settings\Temp path.
4. Edit the TEMP and TMP variables and mention C:\TEMP in the variable value.
5. Deinstall and re-install OBIEE 11g.
Happy OBIEE 11g installation!!
Thanks,
Rajesh Gurram