dr_validate.sh is failing

Products

• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

dr_validate.sh is failing with "Please add 'root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL' to /etc/sudoers file. ..........[FAIL]"

Environment

All supported Performance Management releases

Resolution

The failure that is seen in the dr_validate.sh output is regarding a required item:

Please add 'root ALL=(ALL) ALL' to /etc/sudoers file. ..........[FAIL]

The reasoning for this is that even when running root, the underlying installation process (dr_install.sh) WILL be utilizing calls with sudo in them, even as root itself.  Without this setting, the installation would fail.  If this is something that is not wanted in the long run, you can add it, install the Data Repository, then remove the value in the sudoers file.