Article - CS314677

PSI fails during installation with error "Sha1 command failed" in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 29-Aug-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill Bulk Migrator 11.1
  • Windchill PDMLink 11.2 to 12.1
  • Windchill Bulk Migrator

Description

  • PSI fails during installation with error "Sha1 command failed"
  • PSI installation process encounters failure at 70% completion
  • Error in PTCSOLNINSTALLER_PtcInstall.log file: 
Sha1 Report Generator: timer.start 
 - Running sha1 command: C:\ptc\Windchill_11.1\Windchill\bin\windchill.exe --java=C:\ptc\Windchill_11.1\Java\bin\java.exe --javaargs=-Dwt.load.installer.serverManagerTimeout=300 com.ptc.wa.sha1utility.caller.SHA1GeneratorCaller C:\ptc\Windchill_11.1\Windchill C:\ptc\Windchill_11.1\Windchill\utilities\SHA1BaseReports 11.1M020 true false  
 - joining with std out thread 
 - std out join complete. 
 - joining with std error thread 
 - std err join complete. 
 - Sha1 Command exited with error status = 1 
 - Installation is Aborting.  The installation cannot continue.
 - Aborting installation. 
 - Installation is Aborting.  The installation cannot continue.
 - Sha1 Command failed
  • Error in file (for Known Cause 02) :
************  Starting to log at DAY MON DD HH:MM:SS TMZ YYYY************
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
************ Ending log at DAY MON DD HH:MM:SS TMZ YYYY************ 
From C:\ptc\Windchill_11.2\Windchill\installer\logs\YYYYMMDDXXXXXXXXX_SHA1GneratorManager.log
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