Anyone have any ideas on what the problem is here?
thanks,
-evan
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Deleting partitions using the manifest file
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:33:42 -0800
From: mary ding <mary.d...@sun.com>
Reply-To: Mary.Ding at Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems
To: Anna Pereira <Anna.Pereira at Sun.COM>
CC: install-poc at sun.com <install-poc at Sun.COM>
William and Evan:
Can one of you take a look to see how this fails > You can ssh into
10.6.167.126 as anna/abc123 and look at /test/default.xml
anna at solerator:/test$ pfexec installadm add -m /test/default.xml -n dev133
Error: File /test/default.xml failed validation:
Element ai_criteria_manifest failed to validate content
anna at solerator:/test$
It did not say what fails to validate and the error message is not
helpful at all.
On 03/08/10 19:11, Anna Pereira wrote:
> Hi Mary,
>
> Sorry Mary,I happened to move the manifest file to /test directory.
> The pxe clients I tried to install on had SP ip's:10.6.73.126 &
> 10.6.239.123.
>
> Thanks
> Anna
>
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2010, at 6:29 PM, mary ding <Mary.Ding at Sun.COM> wrote:
>
>> Anna:
>>
>> It is a bad idea to use /tmp/default.xml and I cannot find it on
>> 10.6.157.126. The xml should be stored in a permanent location,
>> otherwise you will lose it during reboot. I still cannot find the
>> default.xml that you try to add in your server under /tmp.
>>
>>
>>
>> I had never seen the problem you described about install takes a long
>> time at the gateway message. I am not sure how your network is setup
>> and I had never seen this in our 10.6.35 and 10.6.68 subnet.
>>
>> Can you provide access to the client you want to install ??? We need
>> to examine what is currently on the disk.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> about hanging.
>> On 03/08/10 17:58, Anna Pereira wrote:
>>> Hi Mary,
>>>
>>> The OS build is also dev133.
>>> You can definately take a look at the system:
>>> Solerator SP IP: 10.6.157.131 root/changeme
>>> Host IP: 10.6.157.126 anna/abc123
>>>
>>> Another thing I noticed was:
>>> Once the GRUB boot menu is loaded, and the entry is selected to initiate
>>> the auto-installation, the install hangs for a long time (probably
>>> around 20 minutes) at the gateway message (pls. see screenshot )....it
>>> eventually finds the boot program and the install proceeds.
>>> Have you seen this? I tried specifying the IP of the repository and also
>>> using a local repository on the pxe server itself, but that did not make
>>> any difference.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Anna
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/8/2010 5:47 PM, mary ding wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anna:
>>>>
>>>> What is os build your AI server is running ???
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible for us to get access to solerator and take a look ???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 03/08/10 17:40, Anna Pereira wrote:
>>>>> Hi Mary,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was searching for a way to delete non-Solaris partitions on the web
>>>>> and came across one of your replies on Open Solaris forum....I hope
>>>>> you
>>>>> can help me.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to setup pxe install of Open Solaris dev 133. I am
>>>>> trying to
>>>>> modify the manifest file default.xml to delete existing partitions
>>>>> (non-Solaris) on pxe clients as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> <ai_device_partitioning>
>>>>> <partition_action>delete</partition_action>
>>>>> <partition_number>1</partition_number>
>>>>> </ai_device_partitioning>
>>>>>
>>>>> But I keep getting the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> root at solerator:/var/svc/manifest# installadm add -m
>>>>> /tmp/default.xml -n
>>>>> dev133
>>>>> Error: File /tmp/default.xml failed validation:
>>>>> Element ai_criteria_manifest failed to validate content
>>>>>
>>>>> The docs say that this should be possible for x86 clients, so am I
>>>>> missing something? How else can I delete existing partitions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Anna
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
