Error choosing: Please select the Installation Type for this Performance Center installation:

Products

• CA Infrastructure Management
• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration

Issue/Introduction

While installing CAPC, we get to the option to select installation type and it will not accept keyboard input

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Choose Installation Type

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Please select the Installation Type for this Performance Center installation:

1 - Complete (Single Node) Installation

2 - Advanced Installation

Installation Type (Default: 1):

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<hit enter or type 1 and hit enter>

Invalid Selection

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Invalid selection - enter the single number corresponding to the desired selection.

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Cause

If

 /tmp

Has the property of noexec then it will cause this specific failure.

Environment

Release : 3.x

Component : CA Performance Center

Resolution

Check the /tmp properties using

mount | grep tmp

If noexec is seen, you can do either:

1. Edit fstab to remove the noexec
2. Use IATEMPDIR variable to point to a new location for /tmp

IATEMPDIR=/opt/tmp ./CAPerfCenterSetup.bin

 

Additional Information

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=6223