Agent installation fails on a Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) device or later

  • 7009819
  • 21-Jun-2012
  • 10-Jun-2013

Environment

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2 Installation - Agent
Mac OS X Lion

Situation

Attempting to install agent on Mac with ROOT privileges
ERROR:
Exiting with error code -1
Exiting with error code 255

Resolution

Install java by issuing the command
java -version

The fix for this in version 11.2.1 - see KB 7010042 "ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2.1 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7010042 - is that a meaningful message is displayed when java is not installed

Cause