Unable to start Enterprise Dashboard: dradis.db cannot be created

Products

• Service Virtualization

Issue/Introduction

Attempting to start the Enterprise Dashboard on a Windows machine and getting this error:

2016-08-29 18:49:33,461Z (14:49) [main] ERROR grails.boot.GrailsApp          - Application startup failed

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.sql.SQLException: DERBY SQL error: ERRORCODE: 0, SQLSTATE: XJ041, SQLERRMC: Failed to create database 'database/dradis.db', see the next exception for details.::SQLSTATE: XBM0HDirectory C:\Program Files\CA\DevTest\database\dradis.db cannot be created.

 

Environment

All supported DevTest releases.

Cause

Permissions issue on the folder where the dradis.db is created.

Resolution

Usually when something cannot be created within DevTest_HOME, it is a permissions issue.  On the DevTest_HOME folder, right click and choose properties>>Security.  Ensure that the Users have full access to this folder.