Installation Note 46648: "NOT_FOUND_ERR: An attempt is made to reference a node in a context where it does not exist" occurs when you install SAS® 9.2 M3 maintenance release
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When you apply the SAS 9.2 M3 maintenance release, you might receive an installation failure from Base SAS®. If you look in the MIT.log file located in the C:\Program Files\SAS\InstallMisc\InstallLogs\9.2 directory, you might see the following:
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
[474822] MITController : An error occurred during processing: [474822] MITController : There is a problem that seems to be related to the system running the install: Error Finalizing Install. [474822] MITController : com.sas.tools.maint.mit.InstallException: Error Finalizing Install at com.sas.tools.maint.mit.MITController.postExecute(MITController.java:2948) at com.sas.tools.maint.mit.MITController.executeScript(MITController.java:2793) at com.sas.tools.maint.mit.ExecutionThread.run(ExecutionThread.java:50) at com.sas.tools.maint.mit.MITController.runInstallation(MITController.java:948) at com.sas.tools.maint.mit.MITController.(MITController.java:924) at com.sas.tools.maint.mit.MITController. (MITController.java:904) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) at com.sas.ssn.MITConnector.executeMIT(MITConnector.java:172) at com.sas.ssn.MITConnector.executeMIT(MITConnector.java:130) at com.sas.ssn.KitAction.kitClickAction(KitAction.java:215) at com.sas.ssn.Chaining.launchInstall(Chaining.java:1027) at com.sas.ssn.Chaining.installNext(Chaining.java:510) at com.sas.ssn.Chaining.run(Chaining.java:305) Caused by: org.w3c.dom.DOMException: NOT_FOUND_ERR: An attempt is made to reference a node in a context where it does not exist. at org.apache.xerces.dom.ParentNode.internalRemoveChild(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.dom.ParentNode.removeChild(Unknown Source) at com.sas.tools.maint.mit.SASController.updateUninstallData(SASController.java:157 3)
The issue is caused by a missing rollback element in the uninstall.xml file.
Solution
To solve the problem, do the following:
- Close the SAS® Deployment Wizard.
- Browse to SASHOME\InstallMisc (for example: C:\Program Files\SAS\InstallMisc\).
- Rename uninstall.xml to uninstall.xml.old.
- Rerun the SAS Deployment Wizard.
This issue is fixed in SAS® 9.3.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.21_M3 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Type: | Installation Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2012-07-27 17:00:57 |
| Date Created: | 2012-05-23 14:25:30 |