Running VERA

You can run VERA command to validate the environment.

About this task

To ensure your software environment is healthy and configured correctly, proceed as follows:

Procedure

  1. Open the system terminal or command prompt.
  2. Navigate to the installation directory:
    On UNIX® operating systems:
    TWS_home/
    On Windows® operating systems:
    TWA_home
    On the Dynamic Workload Console
    DWC_home
  3. Configure the environment for using VERA by running one of the following scripts:
    On UNIX® operating systems:
    . ./tws_env.sh
    On Windows® operating systems:
    tws_env.cmd
    On the Dynamic Workload Console
    On UNIX® operating systems:
    . ./dwc_env.sh
    On Windows® operating systems:
    dwc_env.cmd
  4. Run VERA by running the following command: 
    vera -outdir <directory_path>

    Where

    -outdir<directory_path>: Specifies the target directory path where the vera_report_<timestamp>.txt report file is saved. The runtime environment verifies write access to this directory during the initialization phase.

  5. Optionally, add the following parameters:
    • -component MDM|DDM|BDM|BKM|DWC|DA|FTA|ALL: Filters the processing pipeline to run only the specific diagnostic checks that exactly match the string provided for this logical component. If omitted, this filtering layer is bypassed and the check is performed on all components.
    • -dbpassword <db_password>: Specifies the database password to perform checks on the database. If the password is incorrect, an error message appears in the vera_report_<timestamp>.txt report file. If omitted or blank, database checks are skipped.
    • -debug true|false: If true, additional debug information about VERA operation is added in the vera.log file. By default, it is false.
    • -filename <file_name>: Specifies the name of the report file. If omitted or blank, the vera_report_<timestamp>.txt default name is used.
      Note: The file extension must not be specified in the -filename parameter.

Example

Run all checks and save the file report:
vera -outdir /var/log/vera/reports
Run checks for a targeted component and save the file report:
vera -outdir /var/log/vera/reports -component MDM
Run checks for a targeted component, including the database and save the file report with a custom name:
vera -outdir /var/log/vera/reports -component MDM -dbpassword 1234 -filename Rome_environment_report

What to do next

Analyse the VERA results. For further information, see the Reviewing VERA results topic.