Thanks - we just might have to purchase the Red Hat Cluster Suite. 

Phillip J. Keller 
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 
Unix & MPE System Administration 
Ph:  916.358-2982  Fx: 916.358.2619  Cell:  916.806.8385 


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael
Edwards
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Oscar-users]
ERROR:Thedistributionrepository/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknownlo
oksempty!

OSCAR is going to be massive overkill for doing a two machine cluster,
its more useful the more machines you are going to tie together.  I
could see making a web clustering package, as those clusters can be
quite large...

Good luck finding the tools you need.

On 12/14/06, Keller, Phillip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We want to cluster two DNS servers then if that is successful we will 
> cluster two FTP servers.  Only one will be active, the other will be a

> standby server until fail-over.
>
>
> Phillip J. Keller
> California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Unix & MPE 
> System Administration
> Ph:  916.358-2982  Fx: 916.358.2619  Cell:  916.806.8385
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Michael Edwards
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:19 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] ERROR:
> Thedistributionrepository/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknownlooks
> empty!
>
> Hmm... OSCAR does not currently support (at least in a trivial
> fashion) the type of clustering as the Red Hat Cluster Suite.  OSCAR 
> is designed to support scientific computing of a number of varieties, 
> though I think it would be useful for the type of work you are 
> interested in as well.
>
> You are not the first person who has made this mistake and I think we 
> probably need to work on the content of our website to make this 
> clearer.
>
> On the other hand it would certainly be possible to make an OSCAR 
> package for heartbeat (and associated applications) if one was 
> sufficiently motivated to do so.
>
> What is the specific application you want to cluster?  Apache?
>
> On 12/12/06, Keller, Phillip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thank you!  Should I check back for additional documentation and a 
> > new
>
> > install_cluster script soon?  I could not get the open source 
> > heartbeat application to ever work and I would like to avoid 
> > purchasing the Red Hat Cluster Suite if possible.
> >
> >
> > Phillip J. Keller
> > California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Unix & MPE 
> > System Administration
> > Ph:  916.358-2982  Fx: 916.358.2619  Cell:  916.806.8385
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> > Michael Edwards
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:29 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] ERROR: The 
> > distributionrepository/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown looks 
> > empty!
> >
> > Actually, this is just a random symptom of the fact that OSCAR 5.0 
> > doesn't support the Itanium architecture currently.  If that section

> > of OS_Detect was enabled it would actually be looking for
> > /tftpboot/distro/oscar-rhel-4-ia64 if I recall correctly from before

> > that section was pulled out.  When I saw the "unknown" part I 
> > suspected you might be running on unsupported hardware.
> >
> > It was on its way to working when we ran out of time, but a brief 
> > survey indicated no one was especially interested in running OSCAR 
> > on Itanium so we pulled the files out of the release.  But since you

> > clearly are interested, perhaps we can discuss this issue again.
> >
> > On 12/12/06, Keller, Phillip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > We are running on a Hewlett-Packard Itanium server and the 
> > > directory
>
> > > structure is:
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ll /tftpboot
> > > total 0
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 20 Dec  7 16:29 distro -> 
> > > /usr/tftpboot/distro
> >
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 19 Dec  7 16:29 oscar -> 
> > > /usr/tftpboot/oscar
>
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 13 Dec  7 15:44 tftpboot -> /usr/tftpboot
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cd /tftpboot/distro
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] distro]# ls
> > > oscar-rhel-4-x86_64  redhat-el-es-4-unknown  rhel-4-x86_64
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] distro]#
> > >
> > > The rhel-4-x86_64 is now empty as the install_cluster script 
> > > wanted the rpms in the redhat-el-es-4-unknown directory.
> > >
> > >
> > > Phillip J. Keller
> > > California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Unix & MPE

> > > System Administration
> > > Ph:  916.358-2982  Fx: 916.358.2619  Cell:  916.806.8385
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> > > Michael Edwards
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:51 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] ERROR: The distribution 
> > > repository/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown looks empty!
> > >
> > > What hardware are you running on?  What directories did you set up

> > > in your /tftpboot/distro directory?
> > >
> > > On 12/12/06, Keller, Phillip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The install_cluster script fails with an empty directory
message.
> > > > See
> > > below
> > > > - the directory is not empty.   Does anyone have a work around
> this?
> > > Thank
> > > > you!
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] oscar-5.0]# ./install_cluster eth1
> > > > --> Setting env variable OSCAR_UI to gui
> > > > Checking your system...
> > > > Success: su-check.pl
> > > > Success: debrepo-check.pl
> > > > Success: network-check.pl
> > > > Success: ssh-check.pl
> > > > Success: selinux-check.pl
> > > > System checked
> > > >
> > > >
> > > ==================================================================
> > > ==
> > > ==
> > > ==
> > > =====
> > > > == Running OSCAR install_cluster script    Tue Dec 12 13:14:28
PST
> > > 2006
> > > >
> > > > ================================================================
> > > > ==
> > > > ==
> > > > ==
> > > > =======
> > > >
> > > > --> Checking if this is a supported platform
> > > > --> Running: "cd /opt/oscar-5.0/scripts && ./wizard_prep"
> > > >
> > > > ================================================================
> > > > ==
> > > > ==
> > > > ==
> > > > =======
> > > > == Running OSCAR wizard_prep script 
> > > > ================================================================
> > > > ==
> > > > ==
> > > > ==
> > > > =======
> > > >
> > > > ERROR: The distribution repository 
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown looks empty!
> > > > !!!! Copy all your distro package files (rpms) to it and retry.
> > > > Oscar Wizard preparation script failed to complete at 
> > > > ./install_cluster line 232.
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] oscar-5.0]#
> > > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] oscar-5.0]# ls
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/a*.rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/a2ps-4.13b-41.ia64.rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/acl-2.2.23-5.ia64.rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/acpid-1.0.3-2.ia64.rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/alchemist-1.0.34-1.ia64.
> > > > rp
> > > > m
> > > >
> >
/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/alchemist-devel-1.0.34-1.ia64.
> > > > rpm
> > > >
> /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/alsa-lib-1.0.6-5.RHEL4.ia64.
> > > > rp m
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/alsa-utils-1.0.6-3.ia64.
> > > > rp
> > > > m
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/amanda-2.4.4p3-1.ia64.rp
> > > > m 
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/amanda-client-2.4.4p3-1.
> > > > ia
> > > > 64
> > > > .r
> > > > pm
> > > >
> /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/amanda-devel-2.4.4p3-1.ia64.
> > > > rp
> > > > m
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/amanda-server-2.4.4p3-1.
> > > > ia
> > > > 64
> > > > .r pm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/am-utils-6.0.9-10.ia64.r
> > > > pm 
> > > >
/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/anaconda-10.1.1.19-1.ia64.
> > > > rp
> > > > m
> > > >
> >
/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/anaconda-help-10.1.0-1.noarch.
> > > > rpm
> > > >
> >
/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/anaconda-product-4-2ES.noarch.
> > > > rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/anaconda-runtime-10.1.1.
> > > > 19
> > > > -1
> > > > .i
> > > > a64.rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/anacron-2.3-32.ia64.rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/apel-10.6-5.noarch.rpm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/apr-0.9.4-24.3.ia64.rpm
> > > >
/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/apr-devel-0.9.4-24.3.ia64.
> > > > rp m
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/apr-util-0.9.4-17.ia64.r
> > > > pm 
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/apr-util-devel-0.9.4-17.
> > > > ia
> > > > 64
> > > > .r
> > > > pm
> > > >
/tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/arptables_jf-0.0.8-2.ia64.
> > > > rp
> > > > m
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/arpwatch-2.1a13-9.RHEL4.
> > > > ia
> > > > 64 .r pm
> > > > /tftpboot/distro/redhat-el-es-4-unknown/arts-1.3.1-2.ia64.rpm
> > > >
> > > > I am installing oscar 5.0 on a Red Hat 4ES system.  Thank you!
> > > >
> > > > Phillip J. Keller
> > > > California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Unix & 
> > > > MPE
>
> > > > System Administration
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