Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3
Novell GroupWise
Novell GroupWise
Situation
Unable to run gwcheck on SLES 11 SP3
Launching, loading /opt/novell/groupwise/gwcheck/bin/gwcheck displays one of the following errors:
Launching, loading /opt/novell/groupwise/gwcheck/bin/gwcheck displays one of the following errors:
- Running a 32-bit JVM is not supported on this platform.
- Could not find JRE with version 1.5 (or later).
Please install the JRE or set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. - Error: This Java instance does not support a 32-bit JVM.
Please install the desired version.
Resolution
Please follow the steps below to add the JAVA_HOME path to gwcheck:
- Download .tar.gz 32-bit JDK or JRE from Oracle
- Extract the download to a directory on the server.
- Edit /opt/novell/groupwise/gwcheck/bin/gwcheck
- Add the following to the second line:
JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25"
Note: Replace "/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25" with the full path to the extracted java directory from step 2. - Save and close.
Cause
GWCheck is unable to find the required 32-bit java files for launch.