Win2008 x64 installation problem

Question

I have been fighting with installing Weblogic 10.3.5 on a Windows Server 2008 x64 machine. Before that I had no problems with installing 12.1.1 on the same machine, but I had to roll back to the previous version, so I uninstalled it. I use jrockit-jdk1.6.0_33-R28.2.4-4.1.0-windows-x64, so I downloaded the generic installer. I executed the wls1035_generic.jar, went through the welcome screen, checked "use an existing Middleware home", chose the typical installation, prompted the installer to the JDK folder (and it was detected correctly) and got to the "Choose installation directories window". I didn't change the defaults, just clicked "Next" and the installation crashed with
+"A fatal error has occured. This application will terminate"+
It didn't leave any logs in MW_HOME, and the System Events in Windows Control Panel also did not show any clues. What I have tried so far:
1) launching the installer from cmd with java -jar wls1035_generic.jar (some posts I have seen say there should be -d64 flag, but it appears the this version of jrockit does not support it)
2) launching wls1035_generic.zip instead of java -jar wls1035_generic.jar
3) using -mode=console and -mode=silent flags
4) uninstalling JRockit from C:\Program Files\Java and installing to C:\Oracle\Java (hoping the space did cause the problem)
None of these options helped, so I don't know what to do now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi René,
These memory flags did not help as well.
Now I tried installing 10.3.4 - no difference. I ran across this thread about nearly the same problem, but on Linux. The issue remained unresolved there.
Also when I choose "Custom installation" it crashes right after the "Choose Install Type" screen.
With "Typical installation" on the "JDK selection" step I get this:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.file.FileDefinitionHelper.parseFileDefinition(FileDefinitionHelper.java:1481)
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.file.FileDefinitionHelper.getFileDefinition(FileDefinitionHelper.java:758)
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.file.FileDefinitionHelper.getComponentSpace(FileDefinitionHelper.java:390)
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.file.SizeHelper.initSizes(SizeHelper.java:168)
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.file.SizeHelper.getTotalSize(SizeHelper.java:240)
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.gui.tasks.JDKSelectionTask.setSizePanelvalues(JDKSelectionTask.java:541)
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.gui.tasks.JDKSelectionTask.access$1400(JDKSelectionTask.java:45)
       at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.gui.tasks.JDKSelectionTask$1.run(JDKSelectionTask.java:283)
       at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source)
       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
       at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
But as far as I understand this is not the cause of my problems (or can it be?)
Edited by: breln on 17.10.2012 16:44
Edited by: breln on 17.10.2012 16:45