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Exit code = 1 during Rational Application Developer installation

Troubleshooting


Problem

While installing Rational® Application Developer (RAD) 6.x on a Microsoft® Windows® operating system, during the final phase where Eclipse® is being initialized, the install terminates with an Exit code = 1.

Cause

This problem might be caused by a memory allocation error.

Resolving The Problem

To verify that memory allocation is the cause of the error in your particular instance, start RAD from the command-line by opening a command-prompt, changing the directory to

{RADInstallDir}\eclipse directory and type the following:

jre\bin\java -Xj9
-Dosgi.adaptor=org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseAdaptor
-cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main > errors.txt 2>&1

Look for an error similar to this error being reported in the errors.txt file

Error message captured:
JVMJ9VM015W Initialization error for library  
j9gc22(5): Failed to instantiate heap.  1078294K requested              
Could not create the Java virtual machine  

If you get a similar error you can work around the problem by limiting the amount of memory requested for the heap. Add the following line to the rationalsdp.ini file (near where similar values are set) that is located in the RAD installation directory

VMArgs=-Xmx512M

then restart RAD from the command-line in the RAD installation directory using this command:

rationalsdp.exe -clean  

You need to run this only once, after which you can then use the normal shortcut to launch RAD.

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 September 2020

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