ACUOSI0050E with return code 87 - TCP/IP entries are invalid.

Reporting and Monitoring may get errors after install because install was not successful.

Note: With silent install, there is a known limitation where install may show successful install messages despite errors during install.

The port number specified during the install is already in use by another application.

Windows

The db2_9.1.log may show ACUOSI0050E with return code 87. Return code of 87 means “the parameter is incorrect”.

_uninst/plan/install/MachinePlan_localhost/00001_DB2_9.1\DB2_9.1.log
ACUOSI0050E External command action failed with return code 87. Invocation string: [I:\Archives_from_Tivoli\TIVOLI_Reporting\COI\DeploymentSteps/DB2_9.1/FILES/setup.exe, /f, /l, C:\IBM\_uninst\plan\tmp/db2_91_inst.log, /u, C:\IBM\_uninst\plan\tmp/Prefix_ResponseFile.txt]

_uninst\plan\tmp\db2_91_inst.log:
1: ERROR:The TCP/IP entries are invalid. Specify a valid service name and port number.
1: ERROR:The response file specified "C:\IBM\_uninst\plan\tmp/PREFIX~1.TXT" is not valid.
1: Failed to initialize silent install.

The response file, Prefix_ResponseFile.txt will show the following:
DB2.PORT_NUMBER=50000
DB2.SVCENAME=db2c_DB2
DB2.DB2COMM=TCPIP

Port 50000 must be free before installation.

To check used ports:

1. Open a DOS prompt and issue:
netstat -p tcp -b –n > c:\netstat.txt

2. Open the following file called services:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\services

Check the file to see if port 50000 is used. If it is, free up this port, or change the port number during installation.

Example:
In the services file, if you have TSM server installed, you will see:
db2j_DB2TSM 55000/tcp
DB2_DB2TSM 60000/tcp
DB2_DB2TSM_1 60001/tcp
DB2_DB2TSM_2 60002/tcp
DB2_DB2TSM_END 60003/tcp
db2c_DB2TSM 50000/tcp

The TSM server is already using port 50000 and this is the reason for DB2 to fail upon installing Reporting and Monitoring.

NOTE: Reporting and Monitoring and the TSM 6.1 Server CANNOT be installed on the same system as stated in the manual.