INTERNAL ERROR. Could not Create log file

Ralphr

We are demo'ing Orion. Orion Demo 8.5.1 is up and running. Services are up and running. I'm logged in as an Admin.

When I run the Application Monitor (Demo) Exectutable, after the Install Shield starts up, I get an error message:

"INTERNAL ERROR. Could not Create log file. Setup will now abort" Click "OK" and it exits.

Any clues anyone?

What directory is this log file trying to be created in?

Thanks

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FormerMember

Do you have C-drive? It might be trying to write a log to the c-drive, and if you don't have one, it gives you an error. If that's the problem, the work around is this:

Open a command prompt window and type “subst c: <some valid path>”. This will trick Windows into thinking you have a C drive.

Ralphr

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I do have a C: drive. I believe it's possible that the InstallShield is trying to write to a place where it doesn't have the rights to do so. Hence my question: What log file and where?

I appreciate the quick reply though...

FormerMember

If you installed in the default location, it would write the files to the Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion directory.

Ralphr

Do you mean if I installed Orion in the default location (I never get to instruct the Application Monitor installation where I want to install it - it never gets that far)? The answer is "yes", it is in the default location. I don't believe it is the installation executable itself that is the problem. It has something to do with the interactions of the exectable with my server. Obviously it is trying to create then write to a log for which it doesn't have permssions. I am a local adminstrator. I checked the security and permissions on the Solar Winds directories and subdirectories...AND the C: drive and the C:Windowns\temp drive. Everything looks as it should - Admin has Full Control. This server is in an area of Active Directory that has no Group Security Policies affecting it. I've rebooted several times. The Event Log writes that the "Solar Winds Application Installation completed successfully", so that is no help.I created an OrionApplicationMonitor subdirectory under Program Files>SolarWinds>Orion>

and created an empty .txt file called OrionApplicationMonitorLog.txt (just guessing that this was the log file the installer was trying to create and write to) and that didn't work either.

I believe it's a permissions issue, but my brain doesn't know where else to look. I was hoping someone who intimately knew what the App Monitor Installation program was trying to do could help me.