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Installing InfoSphere DataStage Enterprise Pack on AIX receives error, WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file

Troubleshooting


Problem

Installing one of the DataStage Enterprise Packs on AIX receives errors similar to the the following: (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/DS_PACKUTIL.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/INLINKLIST.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/LINKLIST.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/UPGRADE.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/NTUPGRADE.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/DSSAPExec.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/R3EXTPACK.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/DS_FILEUTIL.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/IDOCLIST.B (Dec 28, 2009 3:02:38 PM), Install, com.ibm.wizard.platform.aix.AixProductServiceImpl, wrn, - WARNING: Got invalid size of 0 for file: /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine/R3SRC/PROGSCHED.B

Symptom

This behavior is seen on the following Enterprise Application Packs:


InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Salesforce.com 1.5
InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Hyperion Essbase 1.0.1
InfoSphere Information Server Pack for SAP R/3 6.5.0.x
InfoSphere Information Server Pack for SAP BW 4.3.2.x
InfoSphere Information Server Pack for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 1.6.1.1
InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Oracle Applications 2.2.2.1
InfoSphere Information Server Pack for PeopleSoft Enterprise 3.2.1.1
InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Siebel 3.2.2.1
Websphere Transformation Extender for DataStage 8.2.0.1

Resolving The Problem

There is a note in the release notes that states:

On AIX systems, installing in console mode generates a warning message about an invalid size 0 file, but the Pack installs successfully.

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 June 2018

UID

swg21416273