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Integrity Lifecycle Manager Hotfix installation fails with an InvocationTargetException thrown

Modified: 12-Feb-2020   


Applies To

  • PTC RV&S (formerly Integrity Lifecycle Manager) 2009 to 12.3
  • Enable Installer Debug logs as per article :132150 when Integrity Client install failed and there are no error messages. 
  • The Installer debug would reflect error as below
    • Stack Trace:
      java.lang.NullPointerException
      at java.io.File.<init>(Unknown Source)
      at mks.frame.common.InstallContext.getInstallDir(InstallContext.java:199)
      at mks.frame.diag.AbstractPatch.deleteConfigDTD(AbstractPatch.java:723)
      at mks.frame.diag.AbstractPatchServer.patch(AbstractPatchServer.java:156)
      at mks.frame.diag.PatchInstall.main(PatchInstall.java:211)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
      at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)
      This Application has Unexpectedly Quit: Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)

Description

  • To install a hotfix on the Integrity Server the PatchServer command is run
  • When running the command the following error is fired with an NPE (NullPointerException):
Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at mks.frame.diag.AbstractPatchServer.patch(AbstractPatchServer.java:86)

        at mks.frame.diag.PatchInstall.main(PatchInstall.java:181)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA10*..)
        at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA10*..)
This Application has Unexpectedly Quit: Invocation of this Java Application has
caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)
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