Workaround for Installing NBM 3.9

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By Chris Mosentine

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Problem

My BorderManager 3.9 upgrade installation did not proceed smoothly. The installation failed immediately after accepting the license agreement (which was for BM 3.8). The failure in the ni.log indicated a Java class failure. I tried a few suggested remedies, but no luck.

Solution

While scanning TIDs, I came across TID 10095618. This a BorderManager 3.8 issue, and the description resembled mine nicely. So I edited products.dat using the prodsync menu. I changed my NICI version from 2.7.2 to 2.7.0. (By the way, version 2.7.2 gets installed if you apply the ss204nw patch.)

I rebooted and reran the installation - BINGO. The license agreement came up for 3.9, and installation proceeded from there. Then I went back and changed products.dat back to its state before installation (NICI back to 2.7.2).

Note: I had the following non-show-stopper issues:

1. x stopped updating the screen about 90% thru the install, and I had to restart the server. I continued the installation a second time; x crashed again, but recovered.

2. Filters did not migrate correctly - I had to run fillattr.ncf to correct this. See Craig Johnson's web site for the EXACT parameters to pass.

3. iManager plugins did not install properly. I had to remove them, restart Tomcat, and reinstall them manually.

Now I have a running 3.9 installation.

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