topic AIX UF extract checksum error in Getting Data In

AIX UF extract checksum error

BookerRick — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:26:47 GMT

When I try to install the UF for AIX, it fails to extract to with a checksum error

AIXSERVER:/nim/media/SOFTWARE/splunk/Splunk-9.4.0 >pc.tgz|tar -xvf * <

tar: 0511-169 A directory checksum error on media; 0 not equal to 72514.

AIXSERVER:/nim/media/SOFTWARE/splunk/Splunk-9.4.0 >

I have the same problem with the 9.4.1 bits too.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do?

Re: AIX UF extract checksum error

livehybrid — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:41:40 GMT

Hi @BookerRick

Are you able to confirm the sha512 of the 9.4.1 AIX UF File matches the sha512 below?

SHA512(splunkforwarder-9.4.1-2f7817798b5d-aix-powerpc.tgz)= be590a8d4704d8f68260a79d8bdda46f3f7b19d2de30991c8a4cc5f8e48d76cad429c2a674fca903bfb8f3df3a8b21786d478e175accefbff2a717a300e61b62%

Also, do you have plenty of space on the device for the file to be extracted?

Please let me know how you get on and consider adding karma to this or any other answer if it has helped.
Regards

Will

Re: AIX UF extract checksum error

kiran_panchavat — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:58:51 GMT

@BookerRick

First, the command you provided seems incomplete or mistyped: pc.tgz|tar -xvf *. It looks like you might have meant something like tar -xvf Splunk-9.4.0-pc.tgz

Since the installation package is a .tar file you should be able to use the guidelines for *nix installations:

Install a *nix universal forwarder - Splunk Documentation

The file might have been corrupted during download or transfer.
Verify the integrity of the tarball. Splunk provides checksums (e.g., MD5 or SHA256) on their download page. On AIX, you can use cksum or sum to generate a checksum, though cksum is more standard
cksum Splunk-9.4.0-pc.tgz
Compare the output (checksum value and file size) with the value provided by Splunk. If they don’t match, re-download the file from Splunk’s official site and retry the extraction.

The default tar command on AIX may not fully support the tarball format created for Splunk 9.4.0 or 9.4.1, especially if it was generated on a different system (e.g., Linux) with a newer tar version or different compression options.

Try using GNU tar (sometimes called gtar) instead of the native AIX tar. GNU tar is more robust and widely compatible. You can obtain it from the IBM AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software or another trusted source

If the tarball was transferred to AIX via FTP or SCP, it might have been corrupted or transferred in ASCII mode instead of binary mode