<entry num='115'
time='1373981103913' elapsed='02:47.94' level='ERROR' thread='main'>
<logger>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.Engine</logger>
<class>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.Engine.Phase</class>
<method>perform</method>
<message>java.rmi.server.ExportException:
Port already in use: 0; nested exception is:
java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address</message>
<exception>
java.rmi.server.ExportException: Port already in use: 0; nested exception is:
java.net.BindException:
Cannot assign requested address
<stack>sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.listen(TCPTransport.java:322)</stack>
<stack>sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.exportObject(TCPTransport.java:230)</stack>
<stack>sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.exportObject(TCPEndpoint.java:405)</stack>
<stack>sun.rmi.transport.LiveRef.exportObject(LiveRef.java:141)</stack>
<stack>sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.exportObject(UnicastServerRef.java:202)</stack>
<stack>java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject.exportObject(UnicastRemoteObject.java:304)</stack>
<stack>java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject.exportObject(UnicastRemoteObject.java:267)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.sterling.afc.install.launch.InstallServer.export(InstallServer.java:43)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.sterling.afc.install.launch.BackendLauncher.run(BackendLauncher.java:65)</stack>
<stack>sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
Method)</stack>
<stack>sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)</stack>
<stack>sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)</stack>
<stack>java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.Invoke$InvokeRunnable.run(Invoke.java:189)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.Invoke.perform(Invoke.java:66)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.InvokeInstallOperation.doPerform(InvokeInstallOperation.java:61)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.AbstractInstallOperation.perform(AbstractInstallOperation.java:120)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.processCommonPerformOperation(ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.java:527)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.adapters.nativeAdapter.NativeInstallAdapter.customOperation(NativeInstallAdapter.java:117)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.PerformInstallOperation.doPerform(PerformInstallOperation.java:54)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.AbstractInstallOperation.perform(AbstractInstallOperation.java:120)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.InstallTransaction.performOperation(InstallTransaction.java:75)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.InstallContext.performOperationReturnStatus(InstallContext.java:584)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.handlePerformOperation(ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.java:404)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.processCommonOperation(ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.java:441)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.adapters.nativeAdapter.NativeInstallAdapter.dispatcher(NativeInstallAdapter.java:78)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.performMain(ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.java:285)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.performOtherPhase(ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.java:131)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.perform(ICommonNativeInstallAdapter.java:104)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.adapters.nativeAdapter.NativeInstallAdapter.install(NativeInstallAdapter.java:54)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.core.SafeInstallAdaptorWrapper.install(SafeInstallAdaptorWrapper.java:88)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.Engine$Phase$Install.performIU(Engine.java:606)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.Engine$Phase$IUPhase$IUPhaseSubOperation.perform(Engine.java:473)</stack>
<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.InstallTransaction.performOperation(InstallTransaction.java:75)</stack>
Solution
Sterling installer picks hostname of machine from network script and then do reverse lookup and if reverse lookup fails, installer fails with above exception. To fix this make sure
VM Hostname is mapped in host file with correct IP.
