RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 software update failed with the message "Unable to delete file"
Originally Published: 2017-05-18
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Authentication Manager
RSA Version/Condition: 8.1 SP 1 or later
Issue
The /opt/rsa/am/server/logs/update-8.2.0.0.0-build1386271-yyyymmddhhmmss.log reports the following exception:
264574 2017-05-17 17:27:16,811 INFO: Generating the classpath jar used for thirdparty jars that are packaged outside the ear due to licensing restrictions.
Exception in thread "Main Thread" : Unable to delete file /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old/WLS_DIAGNOSTICS000000.DAT
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.handle(Delete.java:704)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.removeDir(Delete.java:753)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.removeDir(Delete.java:749)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.removeDir(Delete.java:749)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.removeDir(Delete.java:749)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.removeDir(Delete.java:749)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.removeDir(Delete.java:749)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.removeDir(Delete.java:749)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.execute(Delete.java:571)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106)
at UpdateRollback.update_InvokeGroovy_Update_AM(UpdateRollback.groovy:436)
at UpdateRollback$_update_closure2.doCall(UpdateRollback.groovy:46)
at UpdateRollback$_update_closure2.doCall(UpdateRollback.groovy)
at Utils.withArtifacts(Utils.groovy:48)
at Utils$withArtifacts.call(Unknown Source)
at UpdateRollback.update(UpdateRollback.groovy:37)
at com.rsa.plugins.install.GroovyInstallEngine.invokeScript(GroovyInstallEngine.groovy:68)
at com.rsa.plugins.install.GroovyInstallEngine$_runTask_closure2.doCall(GroovyInstallEngine.groovy:57)
at com.rsa.plugins.install.GroovyInstallEngine.runTask(GroovyInstallEngine.groovy:56)
at com.rsa.plugins.install.GroovyInstallEngine$_runTasks_closure3.doCall(GroovyInstallEngine.groovy:106)
at com.rsa.plugins.install.GroovyInstallEngine.runTasks(GroovyInstallEngine.groovy:105)
at com.rsa.plugins.install.GroovyInstallEngine$runTasks.call(Unknown Source)
at com.rsa.plugins.install.CommandLineInstallEngine.main(CommandLineInstallEngine.groovy:40)
Configuration step UpdateRollback:update [FAILED]
[ERROR] Error: Failed to invoke update engine: Failed to apply the update.
java.lang.Exception: Failed to apply the update.
at com.rsa.am.updateengine.tasks.BaseUpdateEngineTask.doExecute(BaseUpdateEngineTask.java:56)
at com.rsa.am.updateengine.tasks.Task.execute(Task.java:136)
at com.rsa.am.updateengine.components.impl.TaskManagerImpl.doExecuteTask(TaskManagerImpl.java:86)
at com.rsa.am.updateengine.components.impl.TaskManagerImpl.execute(TaskManagerImpl.java:41)
at com.rsa.am.updateengine.components.impl.UpdateInstallerImpl.run(UpdateInstallerImpl.java:30)
Cause
The Authentication Manager software update installer does not have the permission to access this folder to remove the WLS_DIAGNOSTICS000000.DAT file as the update installer is being used by rsaadmin.
Resolution
NOTE: the authentication instance will require rebuilding with a restore from a recent backup for hardware Authentication Manager deployments where the rollback failed.
- Remove the /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old/ folder and its contents.
- Logon to the command line using the rsaadmin credentials
- Change the privileges of rsaadmin with the command sudo su - root.
- Remove the folder with the command: rm -rfv /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old. For example,
app81p:~ # rm -rfv /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old removed `/opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old/1' removed `/opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old/file' removed directory: `/opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old' app81p:~ #
- Change the user and group ownership of the /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old/ folder and its contents to be rsaadmin for both user and group.
- Logon to the command line using the rsaadmin credentials
- Change the privileges of rsaadmin with the command sudo su - root.
- Change the ownership of the folder and its contents with the following commands:
chown rsaadmin -R /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old chgrp rsaadmin -R /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old ls -lR /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics: total 1036 -rw------- 1 rsaadmin rsaadmin 1052672 Apr 27 15:08 WLS_DIAGNOSTICS000000.DAT drwxr-xr-x 2 rsaadmin rsaadmin 4096 May 18 13:13 old /opt/rsa/am/server/servers/AdminServer/data/store/diagnostics/old: total 1032 -rw------- 1 rsaadmin rsaadmin 1052672 May 18 13:13 WLS_DIAGNOSTICS000000.DAT
Should you require further assistance with your software update, please contact RSA Customer Support.
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