Problem Installing Business Objects XI 3.1 SP2 on AIX 5.3

Hi,
We installed Business Objects XI 3.1 first on AIX 5.3 and everything worked fine.
Once we apply BO XI 3.1 SP2 patch (by running the install.sh script from the
BO XI 3.1 SP2 install bits) onto the Business Objects XI 3.1instance, the following error
[error] Errcode 1: gzip -dc "/apps/truecomp/boXI31-temp/xi31_sp2/pkg/jdk00000.tar.gz" | /bin/tar xvfb - 1
during the installation ( when we checked, the package "jdk00000.tar.gz" contained mostly some libraries
that are already existing under the installed java/bin directory, the error is likely due to tar command can't
overwrite the existing files there), and it seems that the library files in "jdk00000.tar.gz" package are same as
the existing files under java/bin directory. So this error may not matter (just our guess).
The real problem for us after installing BO XI 3.1 SP2 is that, the tomcat log (file name "catalina.out") throws
the following exception and tomcat can't start up, so we can't log onto CMC anymore. Anyone know if this is
a known issue or any solution or workaround? The frustrating thing is that, SP2 can't be uninstalled (
it likely thinks SP2 was not installed successfully), and this whole BO XI 3.1 instance is not usable anymore,
we have to remove the whole thing altogether (no way to remove just SP2 part).
=============Tomcat error log from ""catalina.out" after installing BO XI 3.1 SP2============
New org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping
10-07-10 17:28:19:306 - session.ManagerBase Thread [main]; IOException while saving persisted sessions: java.io.FileNotFound
Exception: /apps/truecomp/BOXI31/bobje/tomcat/work/Catalina/localhost/BusinessProcessBI/SESSIONS.ser (A file or directory in the path name does not exist.)
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /apps/truecomp/BOXI31/bobje/tomcat/work/Catalina/localhost/BusinessProcessBI/SESSIONS.ser (A file or directory in the path name does not exist.)
 at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:205)
 at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doUnload(StandardManager.java:488)
 at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.unload(StandardManager.java:462)
 at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.stop(StandardManager.java:666)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4358)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.removeChild(ContainerBase.java:892)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.undeployApps(HostConfig.java:1164)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.stop(HostConfig.java:1135)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:312)
 at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.stop(ContainerBase.java:1054)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.stop(ContainerBase.java:1066)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.stop(StandardEngine.java:447)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.stop(StandardService.java:512)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.stop(StandardServer.java:743)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stop(Catalina.java:601)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:576)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
10-07-10 17:28:19:311 - session.ManagerBase Thread [main]; Exception unloading sessions to persistent storage
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /apps/truecomp/BOXI31/bobje/tomcat/work/Catalina/localhost/BusinessProcessBI/SESSIONS.ser (A file or d
irectory in the path name does not exist.)
=============================

Just want to add to the original question that:
the directory (in the error stack from tomcat)
/apps/truecomp/BOXI31/bobje/tomcat/work/Catalina/localhost is NOT even existing on the
AIX server which installed BO XI 3.1 SP2.
Would really appreciate any comments on this problem, especially from SAP support team.
We are really stuck here.
Thanks.

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