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Installation fails with error "Deployment Engine failed to initialize"

Troubleshooting


Problem

Installation seems to complete the stage of the Deployment Engine initialization, but is failing in the process.

Symptom

During the installation, these messages are displayed:

Deployment Engine Initialization


-----------------------------------------
The installation wizard is now configuring the IBM Autonomic Deployment Engine
on the local workstation.
Installing Deployment Engine.
Please wait....
Step 100 of 100...
Completed
<Product name>
Deployment Engine failed to initialize.
The installer will now shutdown. Please check with the log files for a more complete description of the failure.

Cause

Hostname has changed

Diagnosing The Problem

Check the IA logs for messages like these:


2014-10-10 15:18:39.084+05:30 : FINER : DEBootstrapAction::install():
IAGLOBAL_DE_INSTALL_LOCATION is empty. (from
com.ibm.ac.coi.ext.ia.plugin.DEBootstrapPanelConsole.InstallDE)
.
2014-10-10 15:18:50.183+05:30 : STDOUT : return code:RESULT_UNDETERMINED
2014-10-10 15:18:50.183+05:30 : STDOUT : # DE Install Status = RESULT_UNDETERMINED

Resolving The Problem

Run the DE_Healthcheck utility as described in this technote:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21591305

If the DE_Healthcheck utility indicates that there was a change in the hostname, as outlined below, then run the 'de_chghostname? command to update the new hostname with the existing DE.


Check : Check that DE stored hostname matches the machine hostname.
Status : CHECK FAILED: Hostname "<Hostname>" stored by DE does not match the machine hostname: <Hostname.mynet.net>"
Comments : Run the 'de_chghostname' CLI to change the DE hostname to match the system hostname.

If the DE_Healthcheck utility indicates that there was a change in the hostname, then run the
de_chghostname command to update the new hostname within the existing DE.

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Document Information

More support for:
Tivoli Components

Software version:
1.3, 1.4

Operating system(s):
AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Document number:
253451

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21686866

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