Getting an “Cryptographic Component Error” while performing Access Manager 3.1 SP4 IR1 Patch upgrade

  • 7011720
  • 29-Jan-2013
  • 21-Nov-2013

Environment

NetIQ Access Management 3.1.4
NetIQ Access Management 3.1.4 IR1
NetIQ Access Manager on windows 2008

Situation

Customer was upgrading from 3.1.4 to 3.1.4 IR1 on Windows 2008 platform and got the following error reported:
Cryptographic Component error
The Cryptographic component failed to install and configure.
please review the log files for additional information.

Resolution

Run the upgrade as administrator or as the user that has done the initial install of the product.