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Error "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException"

Troubleshooting


Problem

Maximo 7.1 Installation fails with "CTGIN2261E: WebSphere ApplicationServer thin client install location cannot be null"

Symptom

Running taskrunner failed with following error


Starting configuration at Fri 02/25/2011 11:19:34.77
Command Line:
"E:\IBM\SMP\jre\bin\java.exe" -Xmx1024m
com.ibm.tivoli.ccmdb.install.common.conf
ig.RunTaskList CONTINUE STOPONERROR
Validating WebSphere Thin Client input parameters and configuration.
Task 1 of 12. Configuration is 0.0 percent complete.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: CTGIN2261E: WebSphere Application
Server thin client install location cannot be null. at com.ibm.tivoli.ccmdb.install.common.CmnAssert.badAssertion(CmnAssert.
java:196) at com.ibm.tivoli.ccmdb.install.common.CmnAssert.notNull(CmnAssert.java:114) at com.ibm.tivoli.ccmdb.install.common.config.was.ConfigWasThinClient.<i
nit>(ConfigWasThinClient.java:249) at com.ibm.tivoli.ccmdb.install.common.config.was.ConfigWasThinClientFac
tory.getInstance(ConfigWasThinClientFactory.java:84) at
com.ibm.tivoli.ccmdb.install.common.config.TaskRunner.getConfiguratio
nStep(TaskRunner.java:643) at com.ibm.tivoli.ccmdb.install.common.config.TaskRunner.runSingleTask(TaskRunner.java:301)

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Modified date:
17 September 2025

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