A directory checksum error shows when untarring the CA Spectrum media file on Solaris

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

You have downloaded the CA Spectrum media (tar file) on your Solaris server from the CA Support Download Center and verified the checksum is correct, however when you run the 'tar -xvf' command against the tar file, you get the following error.

     tar: directory checksum error

Environment

Spectrum 10.2 and below installed on Solaris

Cause

This is due to an issue with 'tar' utility on the Solaris platform.

Resolution

To work around this problem utilize the following steps.

1. Rename the Spectrum media <filename>.tar file to <filename>.tar.gz
2. Unzip the file using 'gunzip'
          gunzip <filename>.tar.gz
3. <filename>.tar will be generated from step 2. Now run 'tar -xvf' against this tar file.
          tar -xvf <filename>.tar