NCS-1.0.2 java exception

[hlehmann]

Hallo,
I cannot run (fresh installed) NCS on ESXi.
Testhost has 8GB phys. RAM.

Whats going wrong?

regards Heiko

NCS-VA-1.0.2.29-small.ova

wcs/admin# ncs status
Health Monitor is stopped.
Reporting Server is Stopped
Ftp Server is Stopped
Database server is stopped
Tftp Server is Stopped
Matlab Server is Stopped
NMS Server is stopped.

wcs/admin# ncs start

Starting Network Control System...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.cisco.wnbu.udi.impl.UDIManager.isPhysicalAppliance(UDIManager.java:184)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.start(WCSAdmin.java:325)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.runMain(WCSAdmin.java:279)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.main(WCSAdmin.java:884)

wcs/admin# sh logg application
03/03/12 09:20:26.244 INFO  [admin] [main] Starting Network Control System...
03/03/12 09:20:26.244 INFO  [admin] [main]
03/03/12 09:20:26.325 ERROR [admin] [main] Problem using CARS API:
com.cisco.cars.fnd.CARSException: CARS_FAILURE : -999 : Failed to get UDI configuration. : Failure occurred during request
        at com.cisco.cars.fnd.CARSException.analyzeReturnCode(CARSException.java:118)
        at com.cisco.cars.serviceEngine.impl.EngineAdminServiceImpl.getUDI(EngineAdminServiceImpl.java:66)
        at com.cisco.wnbu.udi.impl.UDIManager.generateUDI(UDIManager.java:69)
        at com.cisco.wnbu.udi.impl.UDIManager.setVirtualPID(UDIManager.java:169)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.start(WCSAdmin.java:323)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.runMain(WCSAdmin.java:279)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.main(WCSAdmin.java:884)

wcs/admin# sh mem
total memory:    6849420 kB
free memory:     6585852 kB
cached:           182356 kB
swap-cached:           0 kB

- test ping: ok.
- test nslookup: ok.

[Scott Fella]

I had no issue running it on VMware Workstation 8 nor ESXi 5.  I just followed these steps in this doc.  I suppose you have tried installing this again?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/ncs/1.0/configuration/guide/wst.html#wp1311467

[hlehmann]

Yes, i hope so.

heiko

[raun.williams · Accepted solution]

Interesting you named your NCS, WCS?  Did this start occuring after you imported your WCS config?

[hlehmann]

Yes, this ist a test-vm.

Before import.

ignore "Correct Answer"-button please. The button was under my mouse....

regards heiko

[ben.biley]

Hello Heiko,

Were you able to get it to successfully run after initially receiving the exception messages?

Regards,

-Ben

[hlehmann]

Hello ben,

> Were you able to get it to successfully run after initially receiving the exception messages?

no.

see you:

wcs/admin# ncs start

Starting Network Control System...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.cisco.wnbu.udi.impl.UDIManager.isPhysicalAppliance(UDIManager.java:184) 
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.start(WCSAdmin.java:325)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.runMain(WCSAdmin.java:279)
        at com.cisco.packaging.WCSAdmin.main(WCSAdmin.java:884)

wcs/admin# ncs status
Health Monitor is stopped.
Reporting Server is Stopped
Ftp Server is Stopped
Database server is stopped
Tftp Server is Stopped
Matlab Server is Stopped
NMS Server is stopped.

Project closed at 01.May.2012

We are waiting for a new version, which is less bitchy.

regards Heiko

[havenzks]

Heiko,

Do you have an solution for Your problem?

We got exact the same issue.

René

[benell]

Hi all,

did anybody found a solution,yet?

Got the some issue.

best regards,

benjamin

[ben.biley]

I had to reinstall onto a VMWare host rather than XenApp and that fixed it.  NCS is apparently not compatible.  Just make sure you follow the system reqs to the 't'.

-Ben