Facing problem in creating .spar file

Hi ALL,

I am trying to understand process of creating .spar files and installing them.

Following is the procedure I followed to create a .spar file.
1. Browsed to /iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/Installed
2. Created a folder call Demo under it
3. Created another 4 folders under Demo (/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/Installed/Demo) called
a. meta-inf
b. workarea_root
c. template
d. component
4. Then copied few folders from component, template and sites (from test branch of iwadmin store)
5. Then created a manifest.xml under meta-inf folder
6. Then created a Demo.zip and renamed it to Demo.spar

Followed below steps to install the spars.
1. Copied Demo.spar to E:\temp\Demo.spar
2. Then executed below command
E:\apps\Interwoven\TeamSite\install>install_archive.ipl E:\temp\Demo.spar /iwadmin/main/livesite/test/WORKAREA/shared
3. It gives error as,
JAVA_HOME=E:\apps\Interwoven\TeamSite\tools\java
Buildfile: install_archive.xml
Ant returned 0 but shows a failure in the log file. Please examine E:/apps/Interwoven/TeamSite/local/logs/Demo_install.log.
Install failed. See E:/apps/Interwoven/TeamSite/local/logs/Demo_install.log for details. at E:\apps\Interwoven\TeamSite\install\install_arc
hive.ipl line 233.
4. When I look for log file
spar.branch.create:

spar.workarea.create:
[exec] ERROR: workarea "Installed" exists.

BUILD FAILED
E:\apps\Interwoven\TeamSite\install\install_archive.xml:244: exec returned: 1

Any help will be appreciated with the mistake I am making.

Thanks.

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iw_store

Hi Experts,

Any help here ?

nipper

Having mucked with spar files a number of times, the idea is create, but the end result is less than stellar.

I have been through similar issues and all I can say is you need to brack the system open and debug it yourself.

This certainly sounds like a permissions issue, I have seen problems with that. Check the path in question andsee who has access to it. I have also seen issues with DOS users who have admin accesses as opposed to administrator.

iw_store

Hi,

Thanks for the response. I am a Master and have all rights.

I made little more progress.

I am creating spar from branch/workarea => /iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/Installed

Before running install_archive.ipl, I renamed above Installed workarea to backup_Installed (/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/backup_Installed).

Then I created a new workarea called install (/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/install).

Now, when run the install_archive.ipl, it installs (unzips) spar into new workarea (/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/install) with all folders which the Demo.zip or .spar has.

This is looking very strange to me. Any pointers here will help me.

Adam Stoller

Hi,

Thanks for the response. I am a Master and have all rights.

I made little more progress.

I am creating spar from branch/workarea => /iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/Installed

Before running install_archive.ipl, I renamed above Installed workarea to backup_Installed (/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/backup_Installed).

Then I created a new workarea called install (/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/install).

Now, when run the install_archive.ipl, it installs (unzips) spar into new workarea (/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/install) with all folders which the Demo.zip or .spar has.

This is looking very strange to me. Any pointers here will help me.

It sounds like it's working now - yes?
The issue seems to be that your SPAR file contains fully qualified paths as opposed to workarea-relative paths (which it sounds like you were looking for) - I'd go back and investigate the way you're creating the SPAR file, there's likely an option there that would enable you to make the SPAR file more "portable"

iw_store

It sounds like it's working now - yes?
The issue seems to be that your SPAR file contains fully qualified paths as opposed to workarea-relative paths (which it sounds like you were looking for) - I'd go back and investigate the way you're creating the SPAR file, there's likely an option there that would enable you to make the SPAR file more "portable"

Hi Ghoti,

Now, I am investigating your suggestion aspect.

At the same time,

According to manual spar should get unzipped (or installed) into the workarea which I specify in the command, instead of that it gets installs to spars branch install workarea (when I create a new workarea by renaming existing - /iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/install).

When I run below command, E:\apps\Interwoven\TeamSite\install>install_archive.ipl E:\temp\Demo.spar /iwadmin/main/livesite/test/WORKAREA/shared

spar should get installed to shared workarea of test branch. This is not happening.

rwinterpacht

I think it also depends on what is actually in the spar...so if you have components and templates, then those will install to the "\iwadmin\main\livesite\component\WORKAREA\Installed Components" workarea, and submit those files. If you have workarea files (templatedata files, etc.), then those should be copied and submitted into the target workarea per the command argument.

iw_store

I think it also depends on what is actually in the spar...so if you have components and templates, then those will install to the "\iwadmin\main\livesite\component\WORKAREA\Installed Components" workarea, and submit those files. If you have workarea files (templatedata files, etc.), then those should be copied and submitted into the target workarea per the command argument.

I have both template, component and templatedat files. Instead of component, template and target workarea, its installing into spars workarea.

This is very strange.

atyagi

The above mentioned steps are confusing one. These are not the correct stpes to create a spar file.
Refer the page 275 from SP Dev guide.

babups

The above mentioned steps are confusing one. These are not the correct stpes to create a spar file.
Refer the page 275 from SP Dev guide.

Could you please provide SPAR file creation steps. I am using Teamsite 7.3

koubasco

Hello all,
I am facing some issues installing a spar. I running TS 7.3 on RHEL. This is the error message

Couldn't open /iwmnt/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/Installed/internet-components-march/meta-inf/install_location for write (No such file or directory). Please check your installation. at ./install_archive.ipl line 250.Couldn't open /iwmnt/iwadmin/main/spars/WORKAREA/Installed/internet-components-march/meta-inf/install_location for write (No such file or directory). Please check your installation. at ./install_archive.ipl line 250.

Command executed:
./install_archive.ipl /tmp/internet-components.spar /internet/main/spars-march/WORKAREA/content

Any help or lead will be appreciated.

Thanks

nipper

Well, when one gets permissions errors there are 1 of 2 issues, you are not running as root or the path specified (to the branch/workarea) does not exist.

Have you read the error ? What have you tried from that error ?