Error on executing versionInfo.bat

Unable to run versionInfo.bat  ? similar error as below.

C:\IBM\WCDE_ENT70\bin>versionInfo.bat
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0011I: WebSphere Application Server Release 6.0
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.3.4, dated 11/12/08

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IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
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Report at date and time 2014-03-05 11:55:48+0530

Installation
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Product Directory C:\IBM\WCDE_E~1
Version Directory C:\IBM\WCDE_E~1\properties\version
DTD Directory C:\IBM\WCDE_E~1\properties\version\dtd
Log Directory C:\IBM\WCDE_E~1\logs
Backup Directory C:\IBM\WCDE_E~1\properties\version\update\backup
TMP Directory C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.WASProduct.loadVersionInfo(WASProduct.java:2214)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.WASProduct.getVersionInfo(WASProduct.java:2143)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.WASProduct.getPlatform(WASProduct.java:968)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.VersionInfo.printReport(VersionInfo.java:1091)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.VersionInfo.runReport(VersionInfo.java:870)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.VersionInfo.runReport(VersionInfo.java:802)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.VersionInfo.runReport(VersionInfo.java:737)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.VersionInfo.main(VersionInfo.java:468)
        at com.ibm.websphere.product.VersionInfo.main(VersionInfo.java:300)
        at com.ibm.commerce.install.internal.utils.WCVersionInfo.main(WCVersionInfo.java:56
WVER0004E: Error writing version report to Standard Output: java.lang.NullPointerException

 Somehow you have managed to get the contents of the below folder to be deleted.

C:\IBM\WCDE_ENT70\properties\version\.. . 

This is where websphere commerce will refer to inorder to figure out the current status of the product installation. 

Details of the current version installed are contained in the NIFStack .

C:\IBM\WCDE_ENT70\properties\version\update\backup\NIFStack.xml 

It containes info on the apars installed , current Fixpack level , feature pack level , history , product ids etc.

Solution:

Try to copy the entire properties folder from a colleague who has installed the product with similar settings and is at the same fixpack and featurepack level as you are on. I am not sure there is another way.

Do not proceed with apars installation or any other upgradation until you fix this NIFStack.xml issue. 

How to escalate a Credit card/ Banking Dispute

There are many instances when you are lured by a customer service executive into signing up for a credit card / opening a bank account on the promise of a few goodies.

But most of these too good to be true schemes end up with the bank creating problems either by charging some a fee under a miscellaneous  column.

It gets worse when the call center does not help.

The best way out is to complain to the RBI ombudsman.

https: //secweb.rbi.org.in/BO/precompltindex.htm

Start and Stop Hybris Server. & Server Console Logs.

I could not find this in the documentation.unfortunately. Its Pretty basic though.

This is how one can start and stop the Hybris server instead of killing the process in the task manager :-) or doing a Ctrl +C and then Y  . on the Console.

On Command Prompt .. Navigate to  Installation Directory . viz. E:hybris\bin\platform

The following arguments can be passed to hybrisserver.bat .

catalina.bat [hybris mode]
Usage:  catalina.bat ( commands ... )
commands:
  run               Start Tomcat in the current window
  start             Start Tomcat as windows service
  stop              Stop Catalina

At Cmd prompt

to Start : >hybrisserver.bat -start    ( Start as a Windows Service ) .In This case You will need to seperately open the Logs.

to Stop  : >hybrisserver.bat -stop

Console Logs Path .

E:\hybris\log\tomcat\console-20140312.txt   ( Wierd that it is a text file  and not a .log file )

It is impossible to debug Hybris looking at logs in the console.

Getting Started with Hybris.

It was Quite Difficult to get my hands on the Hybris software and finally the documentation was lacking so very much  and I could hardly find any help available .googling..

Registering on the Hybris site is a big pain.  You have to wait months until  receive an approval e-Mail. I guess this is to keep most people out.
So you will have to either get it from a friend , who already has it , or wait it out ..

Once you have downloaded the  hybris-commerce-suite  .
Follow the steps mentioned in the wiki.
The extracted folder will have something like below. 



Navigate to <Directory of installation> :\..\hybris\bin\platform  , and run setantenv.bat  .
Ignore any warnings.

Run the ant build .   cmd -> ant clean all . ( This takes a bit of time . )

Now you can start the Hybris Server. 

Run the Hybris Server.  hybrisserver.bat . 

Error : 
Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for object heap Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine 



In case you end up with this error.
Navigate to <directory>:\..\hybris\bin\platform\tomcat\conf   and update the 

xMx -  maximum size of the memory allocation pool and 
XX:MaxPermSize  - initial size that will be allocated during startup of the JVM

 Here is what I have configured. 

wrapper.java.additional.1=-Xmx1G
wrapper.java.additional.2=-XX:MaxPermSize=512M  

Hope this helps. 

Once the Server is Up . 


Server Admin Console ( Hybris Admin Console )  : http://localhost:9001/ 

Id/ Pass : admin/nimda . 

CMS Manager : cmsmanager/1234   - http://localhost:9001/cmscockpit/login.zul


 There you go on with checking out Hybris. 

Features and Options Seems very less compared to Websphere Commerce , but then again this is still evolving.