DPA: dpaagent command gives "error while loading shared libraries"

Summary: dpaagent command gives "error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

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Symptoms

Any syntax of the dpaagent command (see example below) complains on cannot open library libssl.so.1.0.0

root@DpaDatastore home]# /opt/emc/dpa/agent/bin/dpaagent -i
/opt/emc/dpa/agent/bin/dpaagent: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Reviewing configuration/logs files, all look good

From the install logs that particular library was installed successfully:

Install File:             /opt/emc/dpa/agent/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
                          Status: SUCCESSFUL

And confirmed that the library is there:

[root@DpaDatastore lib]#  ls -ls | egrep libssl*
1900 -rwxrwxr-x. 1 root root  1941909 Dec 13  2016 libssl.so.1.0.0

Also from the dpa.config file, the library path is correct:

BASE=/opt/emc/dpa/agent
# Setup Library Path
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$BASE/lib:$AGENT_ORACLE_CLIENT_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

 

Cause

The dpaagent command needs the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and for some reason it is not set up in the environment.

 

Resolution

Either use environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH before start agent:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/emc/dpa/agent/lib

OR

Add the dpa.config file which contains that environment variable to the profile:

. /opt/emc/dpa/agent/etc/dpa.config

Contact Dell Technologies DPA technical support team for more details.

 

Article Properties
Article Number: 000167233
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 05 Mar 2026
Version:  5
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