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Andy Kurth resolved VCL-987.
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Resolution: Fixed
> Extend xCAT.pm to attempt to locate a suitable alternate Kickstart image
> repository directory
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> Key: VCL-987
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-987
> Project: VCL
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: vcld (backend)
> Reporter: Andy Kurth
> Assignee: Andy Kurth
> Fix For: 2.5
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> The {{xCAT.pm}} module uses the following database values to determine the
> installation file location for Kickstart-based Linux loads:
> * managementnode.installpath (ex: _/install_)
> * OS.sourcepath (ex: _rhel7_)
> * image.architecture (ex: _x86\_64_)
> The load will fail If a directory that exactly matches this combination does
> not exist, ex: _/install/rhel7/x86\_64_
> The VCL schema adds entries to the OS table with OS.sourcepath set to:
> * centos6
> * centos7
> * rhel6
> * rhel7
> xCAT's current _copycds_ utility does not put installation files in the same
> location that VCL assumes they'd be in. It uses the full version number. For
> example:
> * /install/centos6.7
> * /install/rhels7.2
> Out of the box, things don't work. You can create symlinks such as:
> /install/rhel7 --> /install/rhels7.2
> This is problematic because xCAT doesn't always parse the directory correctly
> if it doesn't contain a period. Most people probably don't want to have to
> update the symlink every time a new version is added to the management node.
> The could could be updated to more dynamically locate a suitable directory to
> use.
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