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Execution problems
You can use the execution problems checklist to troubleshoot errors you might
encounter when you runPrerequisite Scanner.
Run the Prerequisite Scanner script with the optional
debug
and
trace
input
parameters to assist in debugging the issues.
Table 15. Execution problems checklist
Check Item
h
When you set the optional
outputDir
parameter on the command line and the
output directory does not exist, Prerequisite Scanner creates the directory. You
must have write permissions to create or write to the output directory in which
Prerequisite Scanner saves the files. If you do not have write permissions, the
following error message is written to the command-line interface:
ERROR: Cannot create files in output directory ips_output_dir . Exit.
h
Before you run Prerequisite Scanner, ensure that disk to which you want to run
Prerequisite Scanner and save the results to the output directory is not full;
otherwise, the following error message is written to the command-line interface:
ERROR: Cannot create files in output directory ips_output_dir . Exit.
h
If Prerequisite Scanner generates a return code of 2 , a script usage or collector
error might have occurred. Review the causes associated with this error code. If
a script usage error occurred, rerun Prerequisite Scanner by using the correct
syntax.
Figure 14. prs.trc file on UNIX systems
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