JBoss ON apply-updates fails if RHQ_SERVER_HOME is set to an incorrect path

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • WARNING: Failed to apply jboss-cli updates, these may need to be applied manually. Continuing...

  • update.log contains error messages indicating RHQ_SERVER_JBOSS_HOME is not valid:

    The system cannot find the path specified.
ERROR RHQ_SERVER_JBOSS_HOME is not pointing to a valid AS instance
Missing "C:\jon-server-3.3.0.GA-update-07\jboss-modules.jar"

ERROR! RHQ_SERVER_JBOSS_HOME is not pointing to a valid AS instance
Missing /tmp/jon-server-3.3.0.GA-update-07/jboss-modules.jar

  • update.log contains connection failure message for JBoss CLI updates:

    Failed to connect, retrying JBoss CLI updates...

Unable to apply patch as [Server/cli interface] component(s) not yet running. Retrying...

  • apply-updates reports script failure:

    /opt/jboss/on/jon-server-3.3.0.GA/bin/rhqctl: line 109: cd: /tmp/jon-server-3.3.0.GA-update-07/jbossas: No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (ON) 3.3
  • Applying JBoss ON update-07 (3.3.7) to an existing JBoss ON server installation
  • The environment variable RHQ_SERVER_HOME is set to a path different then the target JBoss ON server being updated

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