Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
You'll need to use mysql or phpmyadmin to change an active host's vmprofile. The profile is assigned in the vmhost Get the id from the vmprofile table - the VMware ESX - local storage profile is id 4 The update the vmhost table for that host. This query assumes that you only have one vmhost in your vmhost table or it's ok to change all of them: update vmhost SET vmprofileid =4; I think the restriction on not being able change an active vmhosts profile to another profile was an oversight or it was related to xcat based hypervisor installs. Regardless, I added a jira issue for it to get fixed. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-495 Aaron On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Mark Gardner wrote: > OK next problem: I selected VMware "ESX - local & network storage" > originally for the VM host profile as that is what we used during the > bootcamp but the paths are wrong (e.g., /vmfs/volumes/local-datastore vs > /vmfs/volumes/datastore1). I can edit the profile but in reality it should > be "VMware ESX - local storage" (I will still need to correct the path). How > do I change which profile is associated with a VM host? > Mark > -- > Mark Gardner > -- > -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
OK next problem: I selected VMware "ESX - local & network storage" originally for the VM host profile as that is what we used during the bootcamp but the paths are wrong (e.g., /vmfs/volumes/local-datastore vs /vmfs/volumes/datastore1). I can edit the profile but in reality it should be "VMware ESX - local storage" (I will still need to correct the path). How do I change which profile is associated with a VM host? Mark -- Mark Gardner --
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
It depends. I don't recall if the image capture request out right fails and gets removed when vm-1 is in maintenance mode or not. To check you can use mysql and run select * from request; If there is a request listed in maintenance state (statid=10) then you could change the stateid back to image (stateid=16) Or you can use vcld --setup again and give it a different image name. (This is the easiest path and what I would recommend.) Aaron On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Mark Gardner wrote: > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: >> >> Yes Is this what your looking for: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image >> >> Also I see vm-1 is in maintenance mode - >> go to your Virtual Hosts tool on the VCL portal, >> select the host - click the configure host >> add vm-1 to esxi-host-1 >> >> The image capture process will detect that vm-1 is in maintenance mode >> and stop the process. >> >> Aaron > > I corrected that and started the image capture with vcld --setup. It stopped > because I had forgotten to put vm-1 into /etc/hosts. I have fixed it but now > vcld --setup complains "ERROR: failed to insert into image table" and won't > continue. It seems like data that got entered into the database needs to be > removed. Do I jump into mysql or is there a better way? > Mark > -- > Mark Gardner > -- > -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > Yes Is this what your looking for: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image > > Also I see vm-1 is in maintenance mode - > go to your Virtual Hosts tool on the VCL portal, > select the host - click the configure host > add vm-1 to esxi-host-1 > > The image capture process will detect that vm-1 is in maintenance mode > and stop the process. > > Aaron I corrected that and started the image capture with vcld --setup. It stopped because I had forgotten to put vm-1 into /etc/hosts. I have fixed it but now vcld --setup complains "ERROR: failed to insert into image table" and won't continue. It seems like data that got entered into the database needs to be removed. Do I jump into mysql or is there a better way? Mark -- Mark Gardner --
Re: Reserve a cluster in VCL
Xianqing, Just created this page. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Creating+a+Cluster+enviroment Let me know if you see any typos or if it doesn't make sense. Aaron 2011/8/4 Xianqing Yu : > Hi guys, > > Do you know how to reserve a cluster in VCL? What is the configuration of > the cluster? > > Thanks, > > Xianqing Yu > > -- > Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab > Department of Computer Science > North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC > E-mail: x...@ncsu.edu > -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
Yes Is this what your looking for: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image Also I see vm-1 is in maintenance mode - go to your Virtual Hosts tool on the VCL portal, select the host - click the configure host add vm-1 to esxi-host-1 The image capture process will detect that vm-1 is in maintenance mode and stop the process. Aaron On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Mark Gardner wrote: > Thanks Aaron. > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: >> >> The first one means you have to have computer nodes and the exsi host >> added to the vcl database. > > I think I have the ESXi host added to the database (through the web GUI). I > also added a VM. They show up in Manage Computers->Computer Utilities as > shown below: > Hostname IP Address State Owner Schedule Current Image > Next Image VM Host > esxi-host-1 vmhostinuse admin@Local VCL 24x7 No Image > No Image N/A > vm-1 maintenance admin@Local VCL 24x7 No Image > No Image N/A >> >> The vcld --setup tool pulls the target node and esxi host information >> from the database. >> >> Aaron > > > I think I remembered another detail from the bootcamp. We were supposed to > create an OS installation outside of VCL (in other words not using a > reservation but directly in ESXi). That is the image that is pulled in > through vcld --setup, right? > Mark > -- > Mark Gardner > -- > -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
Thanks Aaron. On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > The first one means you have to have computer nodes and the exsi host > added to the vcl database. > I think I have the ESXi host added to the database (through the web GUI). I also added a VM. They show up in Manage Computers->Computer Utilities as shown below: Hostname IP Address StateOwnerSchedule Current Image Next Image VM Host esxi-host-1 vmhostinuse admin@Local VCL 24x7 No Image No ImageN/A vm-1 maintenance admin@Local VCL 24x7 No Image No ImageN/A The vcld --setup tool pulls the target node and esxi host information > from the database. > > Aaron I think I remembered another detail from the bootcamp. We were supposed to create an OS installation outside of VCL (in other words not using a reservation but directly in ESXi). That is the image that is pulled in through vcld --setup, right? Mark -- Mark Gardner --
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
The first one means you have to have computer nodes and the exsi host added to the vcl database. The vcld --setup tool pulls the target node and esxi host information from the database. Aaron On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Mark Gardner wrote: > Thanks. I was aware of that page. I am having troubles with the first > requirement. What does it mean for the "computer being captured has been > added to the VCL database"? I can do the rest once I figure out how to do > that. > Perhaps a little background will help... I have installed ESXi, installed > CentOS in a VM configured to be the management/web/database/DNS server as we > did in the bootcamp, have configured a VM server (pointing back ESXi as per > bootcamp), and have added a VM through the web interface (only one because > the hardware is pretty anemic). I don't know what to do next. > I think I need to create a new reservation, install CentOS and configure it > as a base image, then capture it with vcld --setup. But I am not sure. > BTW, I have been taking copious notes and am willing to put them on the > wiki, perhaps under a newly created How-To page, if that would help. It > seems a good way for me to give back considering my still limited > understanding of many of the VCL details. How do I submit changes to the > wiki? > Mark > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> Yes, https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Base+Image+Creation >> >> On the top level wiki page it would be under the User Documentation, >> Documentation for VCL Administrators section. >> >> Aaron >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Mark Gardner wrote: >> > Are the notes from the recent VCL bootcamp discussing how to create base >> > images up somewhere? >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > -- >> > Mark Gardner >> > -- >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Aaron Peeler >> Program Manager >> Virtual Computing Lab >> NC State University >> >> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which >> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public >> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > > > > -- > Mark Gardner > -- > -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
Thanks. I was aware of that page. I am having troubles with the first requirement. What does it mean for the "computer being captured has been added to the VCL database"? I can do the rest once I figure out how to do that. Perhaps a little background will help... I have installed ESXi, installed CentOS in a VM configured to be the management/web/database/DNS server as we did in the bootcamp, have configured a VM server (pointing back ESXi as per bootcamp), and have added a VM through the web interface (only one because the hardware is pretty anemic). I don't know what to do next. I think I need to create a new reservation, install CentOS and configure it as a base image, then capture it with vcld --setup. But I am not sure. BTW, I have been taking copious notes and am willing to put them on the wiki, perhaps under a newly created How-To page, if that would help. It seems a good way for me to give back considering my still limited understanding of many of the VCL details. How do I submit changes to the wiki? Mark On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Yes, https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Base+Image+Creation > > On the top level wiki page it would be under the User Documentation, > Documentation for VCL Administrators section. > > Aaron > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Mark Gardner wrote: > > Are the notes from the recent VCL bootcamp discussing how to create base > > images up somewhere? > > > > Mark > > > > -- > > Mark Gardner > > -- > > > > > > -- > Aaron Peeler > Program Manager > Virtual Computing Lab > NC State University > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -- Mark Gardner --
Re: VCL Bootcamp notes on creating base images
Hi Mark, Yes, https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Base+Image+Creation On the top level wiki page it would be under the User Documentation, Documentation for VCL Administrators section. Aaron On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Mark Gardner wrote: > Are the notes from the recent VCL bootcamp discussing how to create base > images up somewhere? > > Mark > > -- > Mark Gardner > -- > -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
