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Installing Rational Functional Tester results in "Could not create a JAVA virtual machine" error

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to install IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT) results in the error "Could not create a JAVA virtual Machine".

Symptom

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Cause

The IBM Installation Manager property -Dcic.doNotReconcile is set to FALSE.

Resolving The Problem

Procedure:

  1. Close IBM Installation Manager

  2. Open command prompt

  3. Navigate (cd) to C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse

  4. Execute the following command:
    IBMIM.exe -vmargs -Dcic.doNotReconcile=true

    This will launch the Installation Manager

  5. Install RFT.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21605599