I keep doing my best to help You with that :-) In my archives I found an email from my friend, who has a similar error. The solution, which she has found is stated below: Maybe You could try? Marcin Pytel
> It is one requirement > which I noticed when reading the DBMGUI on the page 8 that 'Prerequisites: > system user must possess both administration rights and also the log on as > batch job authorization'. > After setting the LOG ON AS BATCH JOB to the administrators, everything is > Okay. U�ytkownik "JON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa� w wiadomo�ci news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sorry if this posting is redundant but I'm still trying to get a database > instance created using the DBM GUI wizard. > I've had a few suggestions on what to do about the errors I'm getting from > Marcin P, but none of them made any difference. > I'll recap the issue: > > After testing everything on my development server (Windows 2000) I'm ready > to install my VB/ADO/ODBC/SAPDB application on > my client's server (NT 4.00.1381). I downloaded all of the latest tools and > database software. I used all of the defaults > on the installation and did all of the work under the administrator's > account. At first blush everything has seemed to > install just fine. I did notice in the installation logs that I got the > following error: > "Can't open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP\SAP DBTech": > Invalid argument" quite often. > Is this something I should be worried about or is it irrelevant?!?!? > > After making sure the services had started, I started up the SAP Database > Manager and attempted to > install a new database name BETA1 using the wizard. After entering the > correct server name, username of administrator and > password I get a DBM Wiz error message: > "An error occurs by installing database 'BETA1' -24965 logon to system > failed [user-system...]" > Thinking that I obviously typed in something wrong for either of the 3 > fields I rechecked everything and tried several > more times with always the same results. I tried another user with admin > permissions and got the same results. > > I am on the local server when trying to run the DBM GUI (that is, The same > machine I've installed the SAPDB server is the > same machine I'm trying to run DBM GUI on). I'm logged in as Administrator. > I've changed the Service to run logged in as the > Administrator. In short, I've tried (with my very limited NT 4 > administration knowledge) to eliminate any permission issues > that I know about. > > I desperately need to get this db installed and going and I'm confident I'm > getting hung up on a very simple NT 4 permission > setting somewhere. But with this information can you tell me what I need to > do to get this db instance created and running? > > Cheers, > Jon _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
