Why I cannot start Vdbench? Invalid or corrupt jarfile?

Question

I tried to start Vdbench in my Windows7 laptop. I downloaded Vdbench 502 503 and 504, but I kept getting the same error message that it is a invalid or corrupt jarfile. I updated my JRE to the latest one, but it still didn't work.
Can someone tell me why?
Thanks

Answer 1

I run the java-version, vdbench.bat and vdbench.jar in the command environment. Does it give the reason why the jar file cannot be open?
C:\vdbench>java -version
java version "1.6.0_17"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_17-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.3-b01, mixed mode)
C:\vdbench\vdbench.bat
12:41:41.196
12:41:41.203  usage:
12:41:41.203  ./vdbench [compare] [-f xxx] [-o xxx] [-e nn] [-i nn] [-j] [-jr]
-v] [-vq] [-s] [-k] [- "parmfile parameters"]
12:41:41.204
12:41:41.204  '-f xxx': Workload parameter file name(s). Default 'parmfile' in
urrent directory
12:41:41.204  '-o xxx': Output directory for reporting. Default 'output' in cur
ent directory
12:41:41.204  '-e nn':  Override elapsed=seconds.
12:41:41.204  '-i nn':  Override interval=seconds.
12:41:41.204  '-v':     Activate Data validation.
12:41:41.204  '-vq':    Activate Data validation, validate lba and data key (sa
es cpu)
12:41:41.204  '-j':     Activate Data validation with Journaling.
12:41:41.205  '-jr':    Recover existing Journal, Validate data and run workloa
12:41:41.205  '-s':     Simulate execution. Do everything but I/O.
12:41:41.205  '-k':     Solaris only: Report kstat statistics on console.
12:41:41.206
12:41:41.207
12:41:41.207
12:41:41.209 *example 1 parameter file contents, execute 'vdbench -f example1'
12:41:41.210 *Single raw disk, 100% random read of 4k records at i/o rate of 10
for 10 seconds
12:41:41.211
12:41:41.211 *SD:    Storage Definition
12:41:41.212 *WD:    Workload Definition
12:41:41.213 *RD:    Run Definition
12:41:41.213 *
12:41:41.214 sd=sd1,lun=/dev/rdsk/cxt0d0s0
12:41:41.215 wd=wd1,sd=sd1,xfersize=4096,readpct=100
12:41:41.215 rd=run1,wd=wd1,iorate=100,elapsed=10,interval=1
12:41:41.215
12:41:41.215
12:41:41.216
12:41:41.216 *example 2 parameter file contents, execute 'vdbench -f example2'
12:41:41.216 *Two raw disks:
12:41:41.217 *sd1 does 80 i/o's per second, read-to-write ratio 4:1, 4k records
12:41:41.218 *sd2 does 120 i/o's per second, 100% write at 8k records.
12:41:41.218
12:41:41.219 sd=sd1,lun=/dev/rdsk/cxt0d0s0
12:41:41.220 sd=sd2,lun=/dev/rdsk/cxt0d1s0
12:41:41.220 wd=wd1,sd=sd1,xfersize=4k,readpct=80,skew=40
12:41:41.221 wd=wd2,sd=sd2,xfersize=8k,readpct=0
12:41:41.221 rd=run1,wd=wd*,iorate=200,elapsed=10,interval=1
12:41:41.222
12:41:41.222
12:41:41.223 For documentation, browse file 'vdbench.pdf'
12:41:41.224 For documentation or revision updates, use your Web Browser and go
to:
12:41:41.226 http://webhome.sfbay/nwsspe/speweb/vdbench/index.html
12:41:41.228
12:41:41.229 No input parameters specified
12:41:41.229
java.lang.RuntimeException: No input parameters specified
        at Vdb.common.failure(common.java:308)
        at Vdb.Vdbmain.main(Vdbmain.java:504)
C:\vdbench\vdbench.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: C:\vdbench\vdbench/jar
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: C:\vdbench\vdbench.jar
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
Could not find the main class: C:\vdbench\vdbench.jar.  Program will exit.