David Garcia - ONPIT stated:
> On 27/02/09 17:33, Sean McGrath wrote:
>> David Garcia - ONPIT stated:
>>
>>> Sean McGrath wrote:
>>>
>>>> David Garcia - ONPIT stated:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure whether this is a bug or an enhancement request..
>>>>>
>>>>> For x86 machines, whenever we add a new client it'll create specific
>>>>> entries on /tftpboot for that client based in its mac address. We use
>>>>> this in our environment to have fixed DHCP entries.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, we can't do that for sparc machines at the moment since no
>>>>> specific entries are created in
>>>>> http://$SERVER_IP:555/var/ai/image-server/images/$IMAGE-CONTAINER
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We workarounded this by adding a link to the AI folder with the mac
>>>>> address of our client so we can have this feature on sparc machines.
>>>>> I'll explain it better with an example:
>>>>>
>>>>> - installadm create-service -n snv_106_sparc -s $ISO
>>>>> /export/macroroot/snv_106_sparc/
>>>>> - installadm create-client -n snv_106_sparc -e $MAC -t
>>>>> /export/macroroot/snv_106_sparc/
>>>>> - ln -s /export/macroroot/snv_106_sparc/
>>>>> /var/ai/image-server/images/export/macroroot/$MAC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> installadm should create that symlink for you.
>>>>
>>>> My installadm version is:
>>>> VERSION: 11.11,REV=2009.02.16.04.00
>>>> (and will be updated again real soon).
>>>> installadm gets a good deal of fixes all the time, updating it every
>>>> two weeks at least can be a good idea.
>>>>
>>>> It creates the symlinks fine here on my server.
>>>>
>>>> Sean.
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I indeed updated it, actually 2 hours before I sent the email.
>>>
>>
>> Possible bug then. installadm create-service calls the setup-image script
>> which has this code.
>>
>
> I'm afraid you misread my email. If you read it again you'll notice I
> was referring on adding a *new client*, not a new service (which works
> perfectly in my system)
so the installadm create-service creates the symlinks ok then ?
But you need to create the symlink after installadm add/create-client ?
Seems then this symlink is getting deleted somewhere.
Sean.
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>
> David
>
>> .
>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Now we can set our DHCP server with the following entries:
>>>>>
>>>>> -> BootSrvA: $SERVER_IP
>>>>> -> BootFile: http://$SERVER_IP:5555/cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi
>>>>> -> Rootpath: http://$SERVER_IP:5555/export/microroot/$MAC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Which will be a fixed entry given that the link above would be
>>>>> maintained by create-client and delete-client.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this issue already known or discussed?
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>
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Sean.
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