Installation Note 38566: The Oracle WebLogic 10.3 installer fails when you run it from a network location that is specified as a universal naming convention (UNC) path
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If you invoke the WebLogic 10.3 installer from a network location that is specified as a UNC path, the installer fails with the following error:
C:\Downloads>\\instdir\appservers\WebLogic\10_3\Microsoft_Windows_for_x64\installWebLogic64.cmd Installing WebLogic to C:\bea\wlserver_10.3 "C:\jdk1.6.0_16\bin\java" -jar "\\instdir\appservers\WebLogic\10_3\Microsoft_Windows_for_x64\wx6\server103_generic.jar" -mode=silent -silent_xml=C:\DOCUME~1\ctsctn1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\silent.xml -log="C:\Downloads\wls_install.log" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.bea.cie.gpr.internal.model.DelegateHomeListHelper Installation failed. Please check "C:\Downloads\wls_install.log" for details.
The wls_install.log file that is referred to in the final line of the error message contains a stack trace for a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException error, as follows:
2009-10-22 13:14:09,142 ERROR [selfExtract] com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.utils.SelfExtract - Error accessing jar: /instdir/appservers/WebLogic/10_3/Microsoft_Windows_for_x64/wx6/server103_generic.jar java.io.FileNotFoundException: \instdir\appservers\WebLogic\10_3\Microsoft_Windows_for_x64\wx6\server103_generic.jar at com.bea.plateng.common.util.JarHelper.open(JarHelper.java:246) at com.bea.plateng.common.util.JarHelper.(JarHelper.java:195) at com.bea.plateng.common.util.JarHelper. (JarHelper.java:177) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.utils.SelfExtract.extract(SelfExtract.java:77) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.silent.tasks.SelfExtractionTask.execute(SelfExtractionTask.java:102) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.silent.tasks.AbstractSilentTask.run(AbstractSilentTask.java:28) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 2009-10-22 13:14:09,142 ERROR [selfExtract] com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.utils.SelfExtract - Error accessing jar: /instdir/appservers/WebLogic/10_3/Microsoft_Windows_for_x64/wx6/server103_generic.jar java.io.FileNotFoundException: \instdir\appservers\WebLogic\10_3\Microsoft_Windows_for_x64\wx6\server103_generic.jar at com.bea.plateng.common.util.JarHelper.open(JarHelper.java:246) at com.bea.plateng.common.util.JarHelper. (JarHelper.java:195) at com.bea.plateng.common.util.JarHelper. (JarHelper.java:177) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.utils.SelfExtract.extract(SelfExtract.java:77) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.silent.tasks.SelfExtractionTask.execute(SelfExtractionTask.java:107) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.silent.tasks.AbstractSilentTask.run(AbstractSilentTask.java:28) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 2009-10-22 13:14:09,907 ERROR [readInstallOptions] com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.silent.tasks.ReadInstallOptionsTask - com.bea.cie.gpr.services.classloader.ClassLoaderServiceException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.bea.cie.gpr.internal.model.DelegateHomeListHelper com.bea.cie.gpr.services.classloader.ClassLoaderServiceException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.bea.cie.gpr.internal.model.DelegateHomeListHelper at com.bea.cie.gpr.services.delegation.DelegationService.invokeDelegateHelperMethod(DelegationService.java:391) at com.bea.cie.gpr.services.delegation.DelegationService.invokeDelegateHelperMethod(DelegationService.java:301) at com.bea.cie.gpr.services.delegation.DelegationService.invokeDelegateHelperMethodCached(DelegationService.java:261) at com.bea.cie.gpr.model.HomeListHelper.getHelper(HomeListHelper.java:46) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.utils.InstallerUtils.readInstallOptions(InstallerUtils.java:80) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.silent.tasks.ReadInstallOptionsTask.execute(ReadInstallOptionsTask.java:46) at com.bea.plateng.wizard.installer.silent.tasks.ReadInstallOptionsTask.run(ReadInstallOptionsTask.java:38) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.bea.cie.gpr.internal.model.DelegateHomeListHelper at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252) at com.bea.cie.gpr.services.delegation.DelegationService.invokeDelegateHelperMethod(DelegationService.java:384) ... 7 more
This problem with the WebLogic 10.3 installer is described in the section "Running the installer from network drives under Windows (7363492)" on the Oracle Technology Network page "Oracle JDeveloper 11g and Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) 11g."
As described on that Web page, you should copy the installer to a local drive or use a mapped drive to refer to it in a network location.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | BEA WebLogic Server | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 10.3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 10.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 10.3 | |||||
| Windows Vista | 10.3 | |||||
| Type: | Installation Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2010-02-04 08:23:28 |
| Date Created: | 2010-02-01 20:41:27 |