Hi Sharon,
Thank you for your help.
That was exactly my problem, a word width mismatch between setup.exe and the
OS.
Thanks again
On 31 May 2011 17:17, Sharon Lucas <luc...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> The Windows system error code you are getting is 216. Windows system error
> code 216 (as described at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681382%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) means:
>
> ERROR_EXE_MACHINE_TYPE_MISMATCH
> 216 (0xD8)
>
> The version of %1 is not compatible with the version you're running. Check
> your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or
> x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software
> publisher.
>
> So, I'm wondering if the setup.exe executable that you are trying to run is
> is not compatible with the Windows operating system that is installed. For
> example, is the setup.exe in this ESE\image directory a x64 (64-bit) version
> of the program, but are you running a x86 (32-bit) version of the Windows
> operatiing system of this machine? That would explain why it works on other
> Windows machines if they are running 64-bit Windows, for example.
>
> You can tell what version of the Windows operating system you are running
> by checking if an environment variable named PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE exists
> and if it doesn't then a x86 (32-bit) version of the Windows operating
> system is installed. If this environment variable exists and it's value is
> AMD64, then a x64 (64-bit) version of Windows is installed.
>
> As to what version of ESE\setup.exe is installed, you need to check
> whatever was used to install that executable.
>
> Also, which STAF installation file did you use to install STAF on this
> machine (one for 32-bit Windows or one for 64-bit Windows)? Running this
> following command provides this information:
>
> STAF local MISC LIST PROPERTIES
>
> Also, what version of Windows is running on this machine? For example:
> Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP, Windows Vista, etc. Running
> the following command provides this information:
>
> STAF local VAR RESOLVE STRING {STAF/Config/OS/Name}
>
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> Sharon Lucas
> IBM Austin, luc...@us.ibm.com
> (512) 286-7313 or Tieline 363-7313
>
>
>
>
> From: Ahmed Mostafa <eng.ahmed2...@gmail.com>
> To: STAF <staf-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Botrous Thalouth <botr...@eg.ibm.com>
> Date: 05/31/2011 09:48 AM
> Subject: [staf-users] Process Start error: CreateProcess failed
> with OS RC 216: Invalid working directory
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> When I submit the following Process Start request from command line or STAX
> I get the following error:
> C:\>staf local PROCESS Start Command
> C:\STAF\data\STAF\tmp\TIAT\Job25\ESE\image\setup.exe Parms /u
> "C:\STAF\data\STAF\tmp\TIAT\Job25\Response.rsp" /l
> "C:\STAF\data\STAF\tmp\TIAT\Job25_DB2.log" WorkDir
> C:\STAF\data\STAF\tmp\TIAT\Job25\ESE\image Wait ReturnStdOut ReturnStdErr
> Error submitting request, RC: 10
> Additional info
> ---------------
> Error starting the process. CreateProcess failed with OS RC 216
> Invalid working directory: C:\STAF\data\STAF\tmp\TIAT\Job25\ESE\image\
>
> While the directory exists and contains setup.exe:
> C:\>dir C:\STAF\data\STAF\tmp\TIAT\Job25\ESE\image
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is 34CE-B5A0
>
> Directory of C:\STAF\data\STAF\tmp\TIAT\Job25\ESE\image
>
> 05/31/2011 06:28 PM <DIR> .
> 05/31/2011 06:28 PM <DIR> ..
> 05/26/2011 04:56 AM 27 autorun.inf
> 05/31/2011 06:27 PM <DIR> db2
> 05/26/2011 04:56 AM 381,675 db2NewRegHKLM.txt
> 05/26/2011 08:57 AM 83,304 db2prereqcheck.exe
> 05/20/2011 05:20 AM 228,864 db2unins
> 05/26/2011 11:45 AM 2,009 db2unins.bat
> 05/31/2011 06:28 PM <DIR> doc
> 05/31/2011 06:28 PM <DIR> readmefirst
> 05/26/2011 05:25 AM 1,503 readmefirst.htm
> 05/26/2011 05:25 AM 693 readmefirst.txt
> 05/26/2011 12:56 PM 118,632 setup.exe
> 8 File(s) 816,707 bytes
> 5 Dir(s) 39,561,740,288 bytes free
>
> Although the same STAX job works on other Windows machines.
> What can be the cause of the problem?
>
> Thank you
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> IBM Egypt
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