IBM Installation Manager - 32 vs. 64 bits
So I'm seeing: -ERROR: The 32-bit IBM▒ Installation Manager package cannot be installed in a 64-bit package group. when trying to install IBM Installation Manager 1.6.2, WAS 8.5.5.2 and IBM BPM 8.5.0.1...
View ArticleIBM Operational Decision Manager - Issue when creating WAS Profile
I'm installing IBM ODM 8.5.1.0 onto an AIX platform, and found that the WAS profile creation phase failed with exceptions such as: -......
View ArticleA Forking Nightmare - 0403-030 The fork function failed. Too many processes...
So this one baffled me for several days, until I focused 100% on the problem.This is what I saw when I ran a script to start a WAS 8.5.5.2 Deployment Manager: -0403-030 The fork function failed. Too...
View ArticleHere we go again - ERROR: Installation of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence...
So, hopefully, this is the last post I'll ever write about this issue, following: -Installation of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence has failed. Return code : 1Foiled Again - Installation of IBM Cognos...
View ArticleIBM BPM 8.5.0.1 - Booting the Bootstrap
I've seen similar problems before, but wasn't sure whether I'd fully documented one particular issue, related to DB permissions.So I'm boot-strapping my BPM database, post installation:...
View ArticleIBM HTTP Server and WebSphere Application Server - Plugging in to one another
Note to self - if you see exceptions such as this: - [14/08/14 13:20:48:671 BST] 00000169 SystemOut O PLGC0005I: Plug-in configuration file =...
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What is this Orac of which I speak ?
I've blogged in the past about one of my home PCs, known as Orac, for reasons which will, I hope become, apparent. Orac doesn't get enough use, partly because my life as a software rodeo star means...
View Article"Sixty ways to leave your lover" - or, in this case, sixty ways to remove CR...
So I had a need to remove the ^M character from a text file, created using Notepad, in vi.Last time around, I simply paged through the file ( it was ~20 lines long ) and removed the character by...
View ArticleHow to Increase the VMWare Boot Screen Delay
Something for which I had a requirement today: -If you've wanted to try out a bootable CD or USB flash drive in a virtual machine environment, you've probably noticed that VMWare's offerings make it...
View ArticleRunning SpinRite inside DOS wrapped inside VirtualBox wrapped inside Ubuntu
So I'm using Steve Gibson's SpinRite hard-drive maintenance utility to check the health of the Maxtor 6YI60M0 drive that I use to boot Orac up - running Ubuntu 14.04, of course.The quirk is that...
View ArticleWeirdness with DNS
So I've not yet got the bottom of this one, but I do have a work-around.I'm trying to register my Linux box with our internal Red Hat Network server, using the rhn_register command.Whilst trying to...
View ArticleOS X Mavericks: Using Apple's hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics tool
From Jonny Evans at Computerworld: -OS X Mavericks: Using Apple's hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics toolA really useful article on using the Wireless Diagnostics tool, built into Mac OS X.
View ArticleUsing the IBM Integration Bus EmailInput node in your ESB
This from my ISSW colleague, Alasdhair Buchanan: -Starting with WebSphere Message Broker V7, the EmailInput node has enabled you to provide input to a message flow via an e-mail, and the functionality...
View ArticleCRIMA1161E ERROR: Failed to find required installation files.
I've seen this a few times before: -ERROR: Failed to find required installation files. CRIMA1161E ERROR: Failed to find required installation files. Explanation: Installation Manager did not find...
View ArticleIBM BPM 8.5.5 - Unpacking the Repository
So I'm scripting up an IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 8.5.5 installation, and needed to unpack the products, including IBM HTTP Server and the WebSphere Plugin: -mkdir /tmp/Repositorymkdir...
View ArticleIBM Installation Manager - Looking at What We've Got To Install
See What's Available to Install - Binaries/tmp/Repository/BPM/Product/IM64/tools/imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories...
View ArticleIBM Installation Manager - Installing BPM iFixes via a FOR loop
Following on from an earlier post: -Updating IBM Business Process Manager 8here's an updated script to install iFixes for IBM BPM Advanced 8.5.5: -cd /tmp/Repository/BPM/Fixesfor i in *; do...
View ArticleIBM BPM Advanced 8.5.5 - More fun and games with BPMDB Boot Strapping ...
This is definitely a case of "Look for the simple solution, before looking for the complex answer"So I'm trying to bootstrap my BPM database ( the BPMDB used by the AppCluster ):...
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RAM Raiders - Where has my RAM gone ?
Looking at my Linux box ( I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 ), I was wondering where my RAM had gone .....This is what I have: -free -m total used free...
View ArticleNow that I did not know - Amazon and iTunes together
So I was recently shopping for a copy of an old-but-good Kate Bush album, The Whole Story. Apple's iTunes had it for £4.99 whereas Amazon had the same MP3 version for £4.59. Now I'm not saying I'm mean...
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