I'm trying to get bmc-watchdog working on Solaris (Sun ELOM, x4500) and failing. However, I'm seeing similar problems on GNU/Linux (RHEL 5, also ELOM, but x4200).
First off on GNU/Linux bmc-watchdog won't work (`Get Cmd: BMC busy') unless I specify the openmpi driver explicitly, which I don't have to with other commands like bmc-info. What I see on both OSes trying to start the daemon is log messages like [May 05 14:52:22]: starting bmc-watchdog daemon [May 05 14:52:22]: timer stopped by another process [May 05 14:52:22]: stopping bmc-watchdog daemon In fact, the watchdog counter is started by the daemon and left running, so the system reset after 900s when I initially didn't realize what was happening. In the GNU/Linux case, I just built and installed RPMS from the 0.8.6.beta0 source and did `service start bmc-watchdog' after setting the device in freeipmi.conf, assuming the defaults are sensible, so there's limited scope for my idiocy. I tried initially with the example parameters from the man page, though, and I have actually checked the FAQ this time :-/. Am I actually doing something fundamentally wrong? If so, I think it needs a health warning somewhere, as it causes resets of the system after you start it going like that and don't realize. (Not meaning to whinge, of course.) _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list Freeipmi-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
