Vertica scrutinize script is not working
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Vertica scrutinize script is not working

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Article ID: 381712

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Products

Network Observability CA Performance Management

Issue/Introduction

$ /opt/vertica/bin/scrutinize -z2 -s -U dradmin -P 'xxxxxxx' -m 'casexxxxxx'
Unable to to create a test file in directory /opt/vertica/log
Exception was [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/opt/vertica/log/ScrutinizePerm.test'
Error! Please make sure the current user can  write to directory /opt/vertica/log. Then call scrutinize again.

Environment

Dx NetOps Performance Management any version 

Cause

Permission problem

Resolution

Run the following commands:

  • chown -R dradmin:verticadba /opt/vertica/config
  • chown -R dradmin:verticadba /opt/vertica/log
  • chgrp -R verticadba /opt/vertica/scripts

... then scrutinize should run fine