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Category:Deployment failed
Category:Cannot start deployment

Problem

A file cannot be deployed due wrong SDA/SCA archive (it is not a valid SAP deployable unit).

Keywords

  • Cannot deploy file
  • Wrong archive

Symptoms

You are not able to deploy a file. The following error occurs during the deployment:

Error while loading archive C:\demo.sda.
The specified file C:\demo.sda is not a valid SAP deployable unit.

Solution

The error is caused because the Deploy Controller is not able to load the file.

Make sure that the file you are trying to upload is valid and try again. See below the valid file formats.

Deploy Controller supports deployment of following formats:

  1. SCA
    • JAR compatible archive
    • containing entry META-INF/SAP_MANIFEST.MF
  2. SDA
    • JAR compatible archive
    • containing entry META-INF/SAP_MANIFEST.MF
    • with the key attributes specified: keyname, keyvendor, keylocation, keycounter

Deploy Service supports deployment of following types as defined by J2EE standards:

  1. Application
    • JAR compatible archive
    • containing entry META-INF/application.xml
  2. Stand-alone module
    • JAR compatible archive with specific file extension
    • containing module deployment descriptor
    1. Stand-alone module types
      • ejb - .jar file containing entry META-INF/ejb-jar.xml
      • java - .jar file containing entry META-INF/application-client.xml
      • connector - .rar file containing entry META-INF/ra.xml
      • web - .war file containing entry META-INF/web.xml

Telnet - In 7.10 deploy command uses Deploy Controller functionality.

Non-SDA applications and stand-alone modules
Non-SDA applications and stand-alone modules should be converted to SDA format through SDA Generation Tool.

Sample logs

Error while loading archive C:\demo.sda.
The specified file C:\demo.sda is not a valid SAP deployable unit. In case it is Java Enterprise application, please use import feature of Deploy View.
	Additional information:The information about the development component 
found in the SDA C:\demo.sda is either missing or incomplete!
Manifest attributes are missing or have badly formatted value:
attribute keylocation is missing
attribute keyname is missing
attribute keyvendor is missing
attribute keycounter is missing

Related SAP Notes

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