Hi,
I installed MaxDB 7.5 under Windows 2000 using an user account with
administrator rights, but not "Administrator", and I have some comments
about the installation process.
1. Are they errors?
I found some entries in the log files which looks like errors, but are not
reported as such through pop-up messages or something alike.
Are they errors?
a)
SYS: "c:\programme\sdb\programs\pgm\regupd"
"c:\programme\sdb\programs\web\config\sapdbxie.reg" "SOFTWARE\SAP\SAP
DBTech\XIE"
SYS: sapdbxie -i: [WARNING] Service registration failed!
SYS: sapdbxie -i: Could not register service at description store:
SYS: sapdbxie -i: Could not open session to registry DB
SYS: sapdbxie -i: [INFO] Service "SAPDBXIE" installed successfully
SYS: sapdbxie -i: Service will use "SOFTWARE\SAP\SAP
DBTech\XIE\SAPDBXIE"
b)
STDOUT: starting installation We, Dec 03, 2003 at 14:07:20
STDOUT: operating system: Windows I386 NT 5.0 Service Pack 4
STDOUT: callers working directory:
C:/Scheidel/Databases/MySQL/maxdb-all-win-32bit-i386-7_5_0_5
STDOUT: installer directory:
C:/Scheidel/Databases/MySQL/maxdb-all-win-32bit-i386-7_5_0_5
Can't open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP\SAP DBTech": No
such file or directory
STDOUT:
STDOUT: existing profiles:
c)
MSG: no function "verify" in package XML Indexing Engine
SYS: sapdbxie -u: [INFO] Service "SAPDBXIE" removed.
SYS: sapdbxie -u: [INFO] Un-registration of SAP DB XIE service "SAPDBXIE"
successfully
d)
MSG: write 19 packages
MSG: net install registry size = 144365 bytes
MSG: wrote install registry (169400 bytes)
MSG: no function "register" in package JDBC
MSG: no function "unregister" in package JDBC
MSG: no function "preuninstall" in package JDBC
MSG: no function "postuninstall" in package JDBC
MSG: no function "verify" in package JDBC
STDOUT: start real extraction of "SDBJDBC.TGZ"
e)
MSG: no function "verify" in package Database Connectivity
STDOUT: skipping package
STDOUT:
starting preparing phase of package JDBC 7.5.00.02
STDOUT: --------------------------------------------------
WRN: "" is not a valid release format
STDOUT: update release check... ok
STDOUT: checking interferences to other packages... STDOUT: ok
STDOUT: collecting data finished:
STDOUT: java driver path: c:/programme/sdb/programs
STDOUT: start extraction test run of "SDBJDBC.TGZ"
STDOUT:
package JDBC successfully checked
2) Treatment of errors
If errors are encountered, the user should be prompted to take corrective
action!
3) Log files
Log files are spread throuout the system in different directories:
- the directory where the installation program is started.
- the C:\Programme\sdb\... directory
There is no severity code such "ERROR" or "FATAL" to search for.
4) Registry entries
Under "LOCAL_MACHINE" data is stored in different locations:
"SOFTWARE\SAP"
"SOFTWARE\SAP AG"
5) Program directories
The programs and data are installed in different places:
C:\PROGRAMME\SAPDB
C:\PROGRAMME\MAXDB
Question:
What about the messages above - are they errors? How can correct them?
Sugestions:
1. Prompt the user when errors are encountered.
2. Clearly mark errors as such in the log files.
3. Use a single place for writing log files.
4. Use a single registry area.
5. Use a common directory for all program components.
6. Provide a documentation section "how to deal with error: XXX?"
Mit freundlichen Gr��en,
Dipl.-Inf. Georg Scheidel
System- und Softwareentwicklung
Philotech Buxtehude
Germany
Tel. 041 61 - 50 20 15
041 61 - 50 20 20
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