Unable to run restart Vertica on host

Article Id: 103445

Status: Published

Updated On: 26-06-2018 10:36

Products:

CA Infrastructure Management , CA Infrastructure Management , CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration , CA Performance Management - Data Polling

Issue/Introduction:

When trying to use /opt/vertica/bin/adminTools and run restart Vertica on host, the command continually asks for a password and then fails.

/opt/vertica/bin/adminTools -t restart_node -s node3 -d drdata -F 
Info: no password specified, using none 
*** Restarting nodes for database drdata *** 
restart host node3 with catalog v_drdata_node0003_catalog 
Eenter password for [email protected] (3 attempts left): 
Enter password for [email protected] (2 attempts left): 
Enter password for [email protected] (2 attempts left): 
Enter password for [email protected] (1 attempts left): 
Enter password for [email protected] (1 attempts left):

Cause:

When validating SSH you can see the following:

$ ssh [email protected]
[email protected]'s password:
Warning: your password will expire in 3 days

It is this password warning that is causing problems.

Environment:

Release:
Component: IMSTOR

Resolution:

Update the password or alter the expiration date on the password for the dradmin account on all affected systems.