IZ45666: JAVA 1.5 SR5 FAILS TO INSTALL ON SOME MACHINES: FAILED TO OPEN WEB START CONFIGURATION FILE.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 8 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0008)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 9 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 6 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0006)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Approver: CM
  
  Environment:
  Windows only and only on some machines. This failure does not
  occur on every Windows 2003 SP2 64-bit machine or other Windows
  platform, it only occurs on some Windows machines.  ITM Release
  that was being installed was ITM 6.2.1 GA.
  
  
  Problem Description:
  Java 1.5 SR5 fails to install with error message failed to
  open web start configuration file. This is a known bug in the
  Java installer and has been corrected in SR7 and above. SR9 was
  tested by the customer as requested by the Java L3 team.  This
  is a request to upgrade the current Java SR5 to a later release
  of Java, for example SR9. Internal defect 87064 indicates there
  are problems with any Java 1.5 release past SR7. So this
  internal defect must be corrected before Java 1.5 SR9 can be
  implemented.
  
  
  Detailed Recreation Procedure:
  Install Java using GUI install. Execute the IBM...exe file in
  the ITM CD Windows\InIBMJRE directory. If it fails with the
  indicated error message, install a later release of Java. SR9
  was suggested by the Java L3 team and that corrected the install
  problem for the customer. This error may not occur on every
  Windows platform.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Java fails to install and causes ITM install to fail. When
  installing  Java 1.5 SR5 in GUI mode it fails to install with an
  error message pop up: "Failed to open web start configuration
  file". The error is a known bug in the Java installer and has
  been corrected by upgrading Java to SR9.
  

Problem conclusion

• To correct the Java installer, SR7 or above was required. This
  also required new security policy files. These have also been
  updated to be compatible with Java 1.5.0 SR9.
  
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
     | fix pack | 6.2.1-TIV-ITM-FP0001
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  OMEG DIST INSTA

• Fixed component ID

  5608A41CI

Applicable component levels

• R621 PSY

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