Article - CS372889

PTC Solution Installer fails with "Failed to connect to the database, Please check the Login Credentials" when installing Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 14-Nov-2024   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.0
  • Microsoft SQL Server

Description

  • PTC Solution Installer fails with the following error when installing Windchill PDMLink with Microsoft SQL server
    • Failed to connect to the database, Please check the Login Credentials
  • PSI UI shows following error :
User-added image
  • PTCSOLNINSTALLER_PtcInstall.log under %TEMP% folder reports error:
    • DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - Executing Registry Key : reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - java.lang.NullPointerException 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.validation.SCUWindowsValidator.getSQLHomeFromRegistry(SCUWindowsValidator.java:209) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.calculators.DatabaseSettingsCalculator.getSQLHome(DatabaseSettingsCalculator.java:127) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.util.CalculatorFactory$DefaultCalculatorAdapter.calculate(CalculatorFactory.java:71) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.UnifiedInputPanelImpl.getFieldValue(UnifiedInputPanelImpl.java:1231) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.UnifiedInputPanelImpl.recalculatePanelDefaults(UnifiedInputPanelImpl.java:446) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.suite.UnifiedInputPanelImpl.validatePanelForwardOnly(UnifiedInputPanelImpl.java:937) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.framework.InstallAnywherePanelAdapter.validatePanelForwardOnly(InstallAnywherePanelAdapter.java:103) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.ptc.windchill.install.framework.InstallPanel.okToContinue(InstallPanel.java:855) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.zerog.ia.installer.AAMgr.clickNextButton(Unknown Source) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at com.zerog.ia.installer.AAMgr.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1967) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2308) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:405) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:262) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:279) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6635) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3342) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6400) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2263) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:5011) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2321) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4843) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4918) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4547) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4488) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2307) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2772) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4843) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:772) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:715) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:95) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:745) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:743) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:742) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90) 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - sqlHome = null 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - Setting  sqlClientRegHome to Default : <SQL_SERVER_HOME> 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - UIP - getFieldValue fieldValue: <SQL_SERVER_HOME> 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - UIP - getFieldValue inputObject: ig.databaseSettings.DATA_FILES_LOCATION 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - UIP - getFieldValue hasCalculator 
      DEBUG  ##-##-#### ##:##:## - OS is Windows ? true
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