On 08/14/2009 10:47 AM, Volker A. Brandt wrote:
"Visual panels" do not work when you need to install 100s of systems.
Just a thought, couldn't you use a USB Stick to save configuration
files, so the next 99 installs take data from there?
Hmmm.... the 100s of systems will usually be installed *simultaneously*.
Also, it's no fun to crawl through a datacenter and plug a stick
into a server at rack unit #0 :-)
Nope, especially when you don't own your datacenter or it is too far
away to visit it. :)
Seriously, any interactive install that cannot be automated is a major
roadblock in a horizontally scaled environment. I can do hands off
provisioning of Linux servers in minutes using cobbler and kickstart.
I'd love to do the same for my few opensolaris systems, but we use
static IPs so I can't use AI. I hope that gets fixed soon.
All these suggestions for interactive installers and firstboot login
config might be fine for low node count vertical solutions, but for
large node count, horizontally scaled environments they are a show stopper.
Tom
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