Data Repository installation fails with error "Parent directory of home does not exist"
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Issue/Introduction
Error when Installing Data Repository.
Example:
Password for new dradmin user (empty = disabled)
Failed on hosts (2): xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Provided DB Admin account details: user = dradmin, group = verticadba, home = /export/dradmin
Creating group... Adding group
Validating group... Okay
Creating user...
Fail : Parent directory of home does not exist (home = /export/dradmin)
Help : https://www.vertica.com/docs/23.4.x/HTML/index.htm#cshid=S0260
Environment
DX NetOps Performance Management all releases
Cause
The parent directory of the home location specified in the drinstall.properties does not exist.
Resolution
When specifying the Data Repository administrator home directory in the drinstall.properties file, example:
DbAdminLinuxUserHome=/export/dradmin
This is the home directory that will be created when the dradmin user is created by the installation.
So using the example above /export must exist for it to create /export/dradmin
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