The vertica database will not start and the following error is seen
Unable to read database catalogs - cannot start database.
Database drdata did not start successfully: Unable to read database catalogs
DX NetOps Performance Management Data Repository fails to start.
When I start it via admintools gui it displays no errors and immediately back to the menu.
Starting it via command line I get the following:
dradmin@Node0001 [/opt/vertica/bin] $ ./adminTools -t start_db -d drdata
Info: no password specified, using none
Unable to read database catalogs - cannot start database.
Database drdata did not start successfully: Unable to read database catalogs
All supported DX NetOps Performance Management releases
The ulimit for the dradmin user is misconfigured. It is not set to the required 65536.
Run "ulimit -a" as the dradmin user to determine current settings in your environment.
The dr_validate.sh script is normally run to configure the node and set ulimit to 65536.
Run dr_validate.sh and ensure a line like this is observed:
Maximum number of file handles >= 65536 .................................[ OK ]
To manually configure it and start the database: