Cannot Find Entry for SAP ASE

SAP ASE entry does not exist in the interfaces file.

Symptom

This is reported in the rs_init error log:

2006/06/13 10:20:48 There is no entry for server
'westdss' in the interfaces file. The server must have
an existing entry in the interfaces file.
2006/06/13 10:20:48 Attribute 'rs_ds_name' could not be
set because'westdss' is an invalid value.
2006/06/13 10:20:48 Cannot execute configuration
because validation of input values failed.
2006/06/13 10:20:48 Exiting.

Explanation

When you execute rs_init with a resource file (rs_init -r), rs_init looks in the interfaces file for the SAP ASE name that matches the one in the resource file.

The errors listed above occur because the SAP ASE entry in the interfaces file does not match the resource file’s SAP ASE entry due to unprintable characters in the resource file.

Solution

Check for unprintable characters (such as control characters) in the SAP ASE name entry in the resource file. The SAP ASE name entry is specified as the rs.rs_ds_name parameter.