Problems starting CE7.2

Question

Hello experts,
<br/>I installed the CE 7.2 Java AS. The installation seemed successful, but I have trouble starting the server. I installed the AS, using the default installation values where possible. My servername is CE1.
<br/>The SAP Central Services (SCS) instance starts up normally and has status "Running" (there are no problems stated in the SCS log files).
<br/>The JEE instance however doesn't startup completely, its status remains "Some processes running" forever. The JEE instances work\stderr0 log contains following error: "Error: Database CE1 NOT started !". The WinXP Services-console states, that the MAXDB: CE1  service is started (and is configured to start automatically). The MAXDB: CE1 (slow) is also configured to start automatically, but is not started. It can't be started manually either.
<br/>The installed sap mmc doesn't show any database informations (in contrast to previous installations), the database view only shows the message "There are no items to show in this view.".
<br/>The SAP Management Console, that can be accessed using port 50*13 shows one Database for CE1, a click on the database icon results in an exception:
<br/>java.rmi.RemoteException: Service call exception; nested exception is:
<br/>
     java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
<br/>Moreover, the work\jvm_datcol.out logfile contains three fatal entries:
<br/>FATAL: Main class "com.sap.engine.datcol.internal.DataCollectorApp"; cannot be started:
<br/>FATAL: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to determine data set location.
<br/>at com.sap.engine.datcol.internal.DataCollectorApp.determineDirectoryLayout(DataCollectorApp.java:76)
<br/>at com.sap.engine.datcol.internal.DataCollectorApp.main(DataCollectorApp.java:28)
<br/>at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
<br/>at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
<br/>at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
<br/>at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
<br/>at com.sap.engine.offline.OfflineToolStart.main(OfflineToolStart.java:161)
<br/>FATAL: com.sap.engine.offline.OfflineToolStart will abort now with exitcode 2
<br/>I installed the server to a 32bit WinXP system (SP3), parallel to an already existing installation of the CE7.1 AS Java (the old installation was running just fine).
<br/>I Guess the database installation/configuration is erroneous. Some SDN posts indicate, that other users have this problem too. Is there a way to fix this?
<br/>Any help is appreciated.
<br/>Kind regards,
<br/>Edit 1: I'm sorry for the poor formatting of this post, I don't know why it is not formatted the way I posted it...
<br/>Edit 2: Plain html-formatting seems to work. I guess that's better than a completely unformatted post...
Helmut
Edited by: Helmut Kigseder on Mar 25, 2010 9:39 AM
Edited by: Helmut Kigseder on Mar 25, 2010 9:43 AM

Answer 1

I have the same problem too, and still looking for a solution .
I tried to install Netweaver ABAP+Java SR3 and  had so many problems.
now I am trying to install Netweaver CE 7.2 SDN evaluation  and the installation is complete but it seems that the java server is not running. when I open the management console, everything is running (green lights) except jstart.exe (yellow light : some process running)
Error :
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java.rmi.RemoteException: Service call exception; nested exception is:
     java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
     at com.sap.managementconsole.soap.sap.saphostcontrol.SAPHostControlStub.getDatabaseStatus(SAPHostControlStub.java:995)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.dataloader.soap.sap.ISAPHostControlImpl.getDatabaseStatus(ISAPHostControlImpl.java:147)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.common.data.SAPDatabaseInstance.loadChildren(SAPDatabaseInstance.java:57)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.operations.LoadOperation.execute(LoadOperation.java:32)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.operations.AuthorizedOperation.execute(AuthorizedOperation.java:55)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.common.DataLoader.executeAllQueuedOperations(DataLoader.java:670)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.common.ThreadPoolDataLoader$DataLoaderTask.execute(ThreadPoolDataLoader.java:127)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.common.ThreadPoolManager$ThreadPoolElement.run(ThreadPoolManager.java:276)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.jaxm.soap.HTTPSocket.initStreamsFromSocket(HTTPSocket.java:648)
     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.jaxm.soap.HTTPSocket.initializeStreams(HTTPSocket.java:470)
     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.jaxm.soap.HTTPSocket.getOutputStream(HTTPSocket.java:427)
     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.jaxrpc.wsdl2java.soapbinding.HTTPTransport.getRequestStream(HTTPTransport.java:355)
     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.jaxrpc.wsdl2java.soapbinding.MimeHttpBinding.outputMessage(MimeHttpBinding.java:550)
     at com.sap.engine.services.webservices.jaxrpc.wsdl2java.soapbinding.MimeHttpBinding.call(MimeHttpBinding.java:1432)
     at com.sap.managementconsole.soap.sap.saphostcontrol.SAPHostControlStub.getDatabaseStatus(SAPHostControlStub.java:988)
     ... 8 more