Vertica upgrade fails reading the permissions on /opt/vertica
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Issue/Introduction
/opt/vertica has been replaced with a symbolic link to /opt/application/CA/Vertica
When we run the dr_install, it tries to check the permissions on /opt/vertica and fails because it cannot read into the symbolic link.
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>> Starting installation tasks.
>> Getting system information for cluster (this may take a while)...
Default shell on nodes:
x.x.x.1 /bin/bash
x.x.x.2 /bin/bash
x.x.x.3 /bin/bash
Detected invalid permissions on /opt/vertica directories on the following hosts: ['x.x.x.1', 'x.x.x.2', 'x.x.x.3']
Permissions must be set to 755 or higher for install_vertica to work correctly.
Installation FAILED with errors.
Installation stopped before any changes were made.
install_vertica script failed with exit code 1..........................[FAIL]
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Cause
The install script tells python to exit at fail threshold.
Resolution
Edit /opt/vertica/oss/python3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/vertica/install/__init__.py
line 553:
change:
sys.exit(1)
to:
#sys.exit(1)
rerun dr_install.sh
Additional Information
Vertica does not support replacing the /opt/vertica directory with a symbolic link.
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