traUpgradeManager throws NullPointerException.

traUpgradeManager throws NullPointerException.

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Article ID: KB0085062

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Products Versions
TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA) -
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Description

Description:
traUpgradeManager throws NullPointerException when changing RV version.

Symptoms:
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/tibco/tra/5.6/bin#>./traUpgradeManager -path /tibco -rv /tibco/tibrv/8.4
WRAPPER - start method threw an exception
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.TraUpgradeManager.a(TraUpgradeManager.java:84)
        at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.TraUpgradeManager.a(TraUpgradeManager.java:91)
        at com.tibco.administrator.command.tool.TraUpgradeManager.main(TraUpgradeManager.java:61)
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Cause:
One possible reason is there is folder which contains special character in its name under the specified folder. For instance, a folder named  "lost+found" might cause this NullPointerException.

Issue/Introduction

traUpgradeManager throws NullPointerException.

Resolution

Move the problematic folder out of $TIBCO_HOME or run traUpgradeManager against each TIBCO product folder.