JON install fails on Solaris with 'sleep: bad character in argument' printed many times

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installation fails at the very end
  • Install fails with the following warnings and errors:

    Trying to stop the RHQ Server...
    RHQ Server (pid=16104) is stopping...
    sleep: bad character in argument
    sleep: bad character in argument
    sleep: bad character in argument
    ...
    cat: cannot open /opt/jboss/jboss-on/jon-server/bin/internal/rhq-jvm.pid
    sleep: bad character in argument
    RHQ Server has stopped.
    Stopping RHQ storage node...
    RHQ storage node (pid=15984) is stopping...
    ERROR [org.rhq.server.control.RHQControl] Process [15984] did not finish yet. Terminate it manually and retry.
    WARN  [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] UNDO: Removing agent install directory
    WARN  [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] UNDO: Removing server-installed marker file and management user
    WARN  [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] UNDO: Stopping component: --server
    WARN  [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] UNDO: Stopping component: --storage
    WARN  [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] UNDO: Removing storage node data and install directories
    WARN  [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] UNDO: Reverting server properties file
    

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (ON) 3.2.0
  • Oracle Solaris 10
  • Executing rhqctl install

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