Dear Experts,
We're struck with error during the Solution Manager SP upgrade (SP14) using SUM (Software Update Manager).
Error "java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method java.lang.Process.destroy() of a null object returned from com.sap.sdt.tools.proc.OsProcess.getProcessObject()." occurred during Execution phase step "Deploy SDM".
Please find below the Error log:
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Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Number of source deployed components detected from components provider: 27
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Number of source deployed components detected from components provider: 27
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: DeployController release is 7.10. Component version rule UPDATE_LOWER_ONLY will be used.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Deploy version rule has been set to updateLowerOrChanged in file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\param\jspm_config.txt.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Deploy error strategy has been set to stop in file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\param\jspm_config.txt.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Deployment prerequisite check error strategy has been set to stop in file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\param\jspm_config.txt.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Undeploy error strategy has been set to skipDepending in file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\param\jspm_config.txt.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Undeploy dependency rule has been set to stop in file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\param\jspm_config.txt.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Deploy timeout has been set to 7200 seconds in file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\param\jspm_config.txt.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Start parsing deployment order definition file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\config\dodf.xml.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: File F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\config\dodf.xml is parsed and relative deployment data model is extracted.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Start parsing deployment order definition file F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\config\dodfNonsupportedDCType.xml.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: File F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\config\dodfNonsupportedDCType.xml is parsed and relative deployment data model is extracted.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Number of source deployed components detected from components provider: 27
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Updating SDM...
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Unpacking F:/SUM/SolMan_Patches/SDMKIT17_0-10006657.JAR to folder F:/SUM/SUM/sdt/tmp/unpack_SDMKit...
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: File F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\tmp\unpack_SDMKit has been deleted.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Directory F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\tmp\unpack_SDMKit has been created.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Stopping SDM server...
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: AS Java process ID 135 has been started.
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Command line: F:\usr\sap\SID\DVEBMGS00\exe\sapjvm_5\bin\java.exe -Xmx900M -Djava.ext.dir=F:/usr/sap/SID/DVEBMGS00/SDM/program/lib;F:/usr/sap/SID/DVEBMGS00/exe/sapjvm_5/jre/lib/ext -cp . -jar F:\usr\sap\SID\DVEBMGS00\SDM\program\bin\SDM.jar shutdown Sdmguiport=50018 sdmHome=F:/usr/sap/SID/DVEBMGS00/SDM/program logfile=F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\log\SUM\OperateSDM_23.LOG
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Standard out: F:\SUM\SUM\sdt\log\SUM\OPERATESDM_12.OUT
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Info ]: Deployment message for component SAP_JAVASL :
Dec 14, 2015 10:31:32 PM [Error ]: The following problem has occurred during step execution: java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method java.lang.Process.destroy() of a null object returned from com.sap.sdt.tools.proc.OsProcess.getProcessObject().
Any ideas, please?
Thanks & best regards,
Sreenu