Re: Xcat image capture issues
Evelio What type of hardware d6100a is? If it doesn't have IPMI enabled motherboard or IPMI card, r* commands may not work. By the name I would guess it's Latitude d610... Try rebooting manually just to test xCAT/PXE. Thanks. On Mar 15, 2012, at 12:03 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello, Yes, both listener.py and rootimg.gz are both located at /install/image/x86/installer_files/ But NOWHERE on the documentation page does it mention a symlink between x86_64 and x86. Ok, I added the symlinks in both locations, and it did seem to accept it: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: image image-x86_64-rh5image-rh66-v0 Which created this file in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Mar 15 11:36 0A19 - d6100a cat d6100a #image image-x86_64-rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://10.0.0.3//install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 I did a tabedit to add the nodetype.supportedarchs. tabdump nodetype #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable compute,rh6.0,x86_64,compute,,,osi,, d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, However, when I do this: rpower d6100a reset I get this: d6100a: Error: timeout So, I guess I must be missing something that tells xCAT where the machine is, and how to reach it. Al Q On 3/15/12 11:05 AM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Evelio Could you please check that you have these files/folders as well? /install/image/x86/installer_files/listener.py /install/image/x86/installer_files/rootimg.gz Also, can you check that there are symlinks for x86 or x86_64 in /install/image/ and /tftpboot/xcat/image/, ie: $ ls -l x86 x86_64 - x86 Thanks. On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:56 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Thanks Dmitri, In following this article, I get to the bottom of the page, where I put in the 3 files needed for a stateless image. I place the 3 files in the located indicated, and when I run nodeset d6100a image I get this: Error: vmlinuz and initrd.img not found at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting But vmlinuz and initrd.img are at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Is there something else that needs to happen first ? Also, the last step talks about NFS servers for the image store. Are these required ? Thanks for all your help, Al Quiros On 3/14/12 4:05 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote: Evelio Please follow this article to add support for 'image' and 'install' : https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage- ng -to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html Thanks. -- Dmitri Chebotarov On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 15:37 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello again, Dimitri, thanks for the advice. I have a question about these commands. Below, you wrote nodeset d6100a image, But there is no image argument for nodeset. Here is the man page: nodeset [-h|--help|-v|--version] nodeset noderange [install|shell|boot|runcmd=bmcsetup|netboot|iscsiboot|osimage=imagenam e |s tatelite] When I try the command as-is, I get this: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: Error: Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: nodetype.os Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting I have done tabdump on the various tables, and done tabedit to modify them to my environment. I know this is not an xCAT list, but your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Al Quiros On 3/13/12 4:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu (mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu) wrote: Evelio, You should be able to capture image via xCAT before you can use VCL/xCAT. To capture image via xCAT: nodech d6100a nodetype.os=image nodetype.profile=rh5image-rh66-v0 nodeset d6100a image - this will create PXEboot config file for d6100a: cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/d6100a-PXE-if-mac #image rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg. gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - note that arch is x86: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disab le ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, ... Then do 'rpower d6100a reset'. This will restart d6100a and when node boots over PXE it will boot into http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz and, given that image works fine and maps NFS store OK, it dump hd image to
Re: Xcat image capture issues
Thanks Dmitri, In following this article, I get to the bottom of the page, where I put in the 3 files needed for a stateless image. I place the 3 files in the located indicated, and when I run nodeset d6100a image I get this: Error: vmlinuz and initrd.img not found at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting But vmlinuz and initrd.img are at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Is there something else that needs to happen first ? Also, the last step talks about NFS servers for the image store. Are these required ? Thanks for all your help, Al Quiros On 3/14/12 4:05 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote: Evelio Please follow this article to add support for 'image' and 'install' : https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng -to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html Thanks. -- Dmitri Chebotarov On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 15:37 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello again, Dimitri, thanks for the advice. I have a question about these commands. Below, you wrote nodeset d6100a image, But there is no image argument for nodeset. Here is the man page: nodeset [-h|--help|-v|--version] nodeset noderange [install|shell|boot|runcmd=bmcsetup|netboot|iscsiboot|osimage=imagename |s tatelite] When I try the command as-is, I get this: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: Error: Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: nodetype.os Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting I have done tabdump on the various tables, and done tabedit to modify them to my environment. I know this is not an xCAT list, but your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Al Quiros On 3/13/12 4:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu (mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu) wrote: Evelio, You should be able to capture image via xCAT before you can use VCL/xCAT. To capture image via xCAT: nodech d6100a nodetype.os=image nodetype.profile=rh5image-rh66-v0 nodeset d6100a image - this will create PXEboot config file for d6100a: cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/d6100a-PXE-if-mac #image rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - note that arch is x86: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, ... Then do 'rpower d6100a reset'. This will restart d6100a and when node boots over PXE it will boot into http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz and, given that image works fine and maps NFS store OK, it dump hd image to /install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img . If it's successful then to install from the image: nodeset d6100a install 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - provmethod changes from image to install: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,install,x86,x86_64,,, ... If these steps work OK, then you can use VCL to capture bare-metal image. VCL uses 'nodeset node image' and 'nodeset node install' commands, so it's good idea to make them work before using VCL. Thanks. On Mar 13, 2012, at 16:11 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello Again, After trying again to capture a running image on a bare metal node, I get a failure message: Any ideas ? Al Q Added new image to database: 'rh6' image.name (http://image.name): rh5image-rh66-v0 image.id: 6 imagerevision.id: 6 imagemeta.id: 3 resource.id: 16 - -- - Inserted imaging request to the database: request ID: 1 reservation ID: 1 This process will now display the contents of the vcld.log file if the vcld daemon is running. If you do not see many lines of additional output, exit this process, start the vcld daemon, and monitor the image capture process by running the command: tail -f /var/log/vcld.log | grep '1:1' - -- - 2012-03-13 16:03:34|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:34 2012-03-13 16:03:39|6899|utils.pm:setup_get_array_choice(9947)|choices argument: 2012-03-13 16:03:39|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:39 2012-03-13 16:03:44|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:44 2012-03-13
Re: Xcat image capture issues
Evelio Could you please check that you have these files/folders as well? /install/image/x86/installer_files/listener.py /install/image/x86/installer_files/rootimg.gz Also, can you check that there are symlinks for x86 or x86_64 in /install/image/ and /tftpboot/xcat/image/, ie: $ ls -l x86 x86_64 - x86 Thanks. On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:56 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Thanks Dmitri, In following this article, I get to the bottom of the page, where I put in the 3 files needed for a stateless image. I place the 3 files in the located indicated, and when I run nodeset d6100a image I get this: Error: vmlinuz and initrd.img not found at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting But vmlinuz and initrd.img are at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Is there something else that needs to happen first ? Also, the last step talks about NFS servers for the image store. Are these required ? Thanks for all your help, Al Quiros On 3/14/12 4:05 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote: Evelio Please follow this article to add support for 'image' and 'install' : https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng -to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html Thanks. -- Dmitri Chebotarov On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 15:37 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello again, Dimitri, thanks for the advice. I have a question about these commands. Below, you wrote nodeset d6100a image, But there is no image argument for nodeset. Here is the man page: nodeset [-h|--help|-v|--version] nodeset noderange [install|shell|boot|runcmd=bmcsetup|netboot|iscsiboot|osimage=imagename |s tatelite] When I try the command as-is, I get this: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: Error: Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: nodetype.os Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting I have done tabdump on the various tables, and done tabedit to modify them to my environment. I know this is not an xCAT list, but your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Al Quiros On 3/13/12 4:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu (mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu) wrote: Evelio, You should be able to capture image via xCAT before you can use VCL/xCAT. To capture image via xCAT: nodech d6100a nodetype.os=image nodetype.profile=rh5image-rh66-v0 nodeset d6100a image - this will create PXEboot config file for d6100a: cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/d6100a-PXE-if-mac #image rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - note that arch is x86: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, ... Then do 'rpower d6100a reset'. This will restart d6100a and when node boots over PXE it will boot into http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz and, given that image works fine and maps NFS store OK, it dump hd image to /install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img . If it's successful then to install from the image: nodeset d6100a install 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - provmethod changes from image to install: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,install,x86,x86_64,,, ... If these steps work OK, then you can use VCL to capture bare-metal image. VCL uses 'nodeset node image' and 'nodeset node install' commands, so it's good idea to make them work before using VCL. Thanks. On Mar 13, 2012, at 16:11 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello Again, After trying again to capture a running image on a bare metal node, I get a failure message: Any ideas ? Al Q Added new image to database: 'rh6' image.name (http://image.name): rh5image-rh66-v0 image.id: 6 imagerevision.id: 6 imagemeta.id: 3 resource.id: 16 - -- - Inserted imaging request to the database: request ID: 1 reservation ID: 1 This process will now display the contents of the vcld.log file if the vcld daemon is running. If you do not see many lines of additional output, exit this process, start the vcld daemon, and monitor the image capture process by running the command: tail -f /var/log/vcld.log | grep '1:1' - -- - 2012-03-13 16:03:34|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:34 2012-03-13
Re: Xcat image capture issues
Hello, Yes, both listener.py and rootimg.gz are both located at /install/image/x86/installer_files/ But NOWHERE on the documentation page does it mention a symlink between x86_64 and x86. Ok, I added the symlinks in both locations, and it did seem to accept it: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: image image-x86_64-rh5image-rh66-v0 Which created this file in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Mar 15 11:36 0A19 - d6100a cat d6100a #image image-x86_64-rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://10.0.0.3//install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 I did a tabedit to add the nodetype.supportedarchs. tabdump nodetype #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable compute,rh6.0,x86_64,compute,,,osi,, d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, However, when I do this: rpower d6100a reset I get this: d6100a: Error: timeout So, I guess I must be missing something that tells xCAT where the machine is, and how to reach it. Al Q On 3/15/12 11:05 AM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Evelio Could you please check that you have these files/folders as well? /install/image/x86/installer_files/listener.py /install/image/x86/installer_files/rootimg.gz Also, can you check that there are symlinks for x86 or x86_64 in /install/image/ and /tftpboot/xcat/image/, ie: $ ls -l x86 x86_64 - x86 Thanks. On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:56 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Thanks Dmitri, In following this article, I get to the bottom of the page, where I put in the 3 files needed for a stateless image. I place the 3 files in the located indicated, and when I run nodeset d6100a image I get this: Error: vmlinuz and initrd.img not found at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting But vmlinuz and initrd.img are at /tftpboot/xcat/image/x86_64 Is there something else that needs to happen first ? Also, the last step talks about NFS servers for the image store. Are these required ? Thanks for all your help, Al Quiros On 3/14/12 4:05 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov 4dim...@gmail.com wrote: Evelio Please follow this article to add support for 'image' and 'install' : https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage- ng -to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html Thanks. -- Dmitri Chebotarov On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 15:37 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello again, Dimitri, thanks for the advice. I have a question about these commands. Below, you wrote nodeset d6100a image, But there is no image argument for nodeset. Here is the man page: nodeset [-h|--help|-v|--version] nodeset noderange [install|shell|boot|runcmd=bmcsetup|netboot|iscsiboot|osimage=imagenam e |s tatelite] When I try the command as-is, I get this: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: Error: Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: nodetype.os Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting I have done tabdump on the various tables, and done tabedit to modify them to my environment. I know this is not an xCAT list, but your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Al Quiros On 3/13/12 4:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu (mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu) wrote: Evelio, You should be able to capture image via xCAT before you can use VCL/xCAT. To capture image via xCAT: nodech d6100a nodetype.os=image nodetype.profile=rh5image-rh66-v0 nodeset d6100a image - this will create PXEboot config file for d6100a: cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/d6100a-PXE-if-mac #image rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg. gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - note that arch is x86: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disab le ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, ... Then do 'rpower d6100a reset'. This will restart d6100a and when node boots over PXE it will boot into http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz and, given that image works fine and maps NFS store OK, it dump hd image to /install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img . If it's successful then to install from the image: nodeset d6100a install 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - provmethod changes from image to install: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disab le ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,install,x86,x86_64,,, ...
Re: Xcat image capture issues
Hello again, Dimitri, thanks for the advice. I have a question about these commands. Below, you wrote nodeset d6100a image, But there is no image argument for nodeset. Here is the man page: nodeset [-h|--help|-v|--version] nodeset noderange [install|shell|boot|runcmd=bmcsetup|netboot|iscsiboot|osimage=imagename|s tatelite] When I try the command as-is, I get this: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: Error: Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: nodetype.os Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting I have done tabdump on the various tables, and done tabedit to modify them to my environment. I know this is not an xCAT list, but your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Al Quiros On 3/13/12 4:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Evelio, You should be able to capture image via xCAT before you can use VCL/xCAT. To capture image via xCAT: nodech d6100a nodetype.os=image nodetype.profile=rh5image-rh66-v0 nodeset d6100a image - this will create PXEboot config file for d6100a: cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/d6100a-PXE-if-mac #image rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - note that arch is x86: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, ... Then do 'rpower d6100a reset'. This will restart d6100a and when node boots over PXE it will boot into http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz and, given that image works fine and maps NFS store OK, it dump hd image to /install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img . If it's successful then to install from the image: nodeset d6100a install 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - provmethod changes from image to install: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,install,x86,x86_64,,, ... If these steps work OK, then you can use VCL to capture bare-metal image. VCL uses 'nodeset node image' and 'nodeset node install' commands, so it's good idea to make them work before using VCL. Thanks. On Mar 13, 2012, at 16:11 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello Again, After trying again to capture a running image on a bare metal node, I get a failure message: Any ideas ? Al Q Added new image to database: 'rh6' image.name: rh5image-rh66-v0 image.id: 6 imagerevision.id: 6 imagemeta.id: 3 resource.id: 16 - -- - Inserted imaging request to the database: request ID: 1 reservation ID: 1 This process will now display the contents of the vcld.log file if the vcld daemon is running. If you do not see many lines of additional output, exit this process, start the vcld daemon, and monitor the image capture process by running the command: tail -f /var/log/vcld.log | grep '1:1' - -- - 2012-03-13 16:03:34|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:34 2012-03-13 16:03:39|6899|utils.pm:setup_get_array_choice(9947)|choices argument: 2012-03-13 16:03:39|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:39 2012-03-13 16:03:44|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:44 2012-03-13 16:03:48|6899|utils.pm:insert_request(8358)|inserted new reload request into request table, request id=1 2012-03-13 16:03:48|6899|utils.pm:insert_request(8389)|inserted new reload request into reservation table, reservation id=1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:49 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:reservation_being_processed(8938)|comput er loadlog 'begin' entry does NOT exist for reservation 1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:run_command(9010)|executed command: pgrep -fl 'vcld [0-9]+:1 ', pid: 7004, exit status: 0, output: 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:is_management_node_process_running(9192) |p rocess is NOT running, identifier: 'vcld [0-9]+:1 ' 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:reservation_being_processed(8959)|reserv at ion is NOT currently being processed 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|vcld:main(278)|reservation 1 is NOT already being processed 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:get_request_info(4520)|standalone affiliation found: Local 2012-03-13
Re: Xcat image capture issues
Evelio Please follow this article to add support for 'image' and 'install' : https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html Thanks. -- Dmitri Chebotarov On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 15:37 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello again, Dimitri, thanks for the advice. I have a question about these commands. Below, you wrote nodeset d6100a image, But there is no image argument for nodeset. Here is the man page: nodeset [-h|--help|-v|--version] nodeset noderange [install|shell|boot|runcmd=bmcsetup|netboot|iscsiboot|osimage=imagename|s tatelite] When I try the command as-is, I get this: nodeset d6100a image d6100a: Error: Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: nodetype.os Error: Some nodes failed to set up image resources, aborting I have done tabdump on the various tables, and done tabedit to modify them to my environment. I know this is not an xCAT list, but your guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Al Quiros On 3/13/12 4:45 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu (mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu) wrote: Evelio, You should be able to capture image via xCAT before you can use VCL/xCAT. To capture image via xCAT: nodech d6100a nodetype.os=image nodetype.profile=rh5image-rh66-v0 nodeset d6100a image - this will create PXEboot config file for d6100a: cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/d6100a-PXE-if-mac #image rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - note that arch is x86: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, ... Then do 'rpower d6100a reset'. This will restart d6100a and when node boots over PXE it will boot into http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz and, given that image works fine and maps NFS store OK, it dump hd image to /install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img . If it's successful then to install from the image: nodeset d6100a install 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - provmethod changes from image to install: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,install,x86,x86_64,,, ... If these steps work OK, then you can use VCL to capture bare-metal image. VCL uses 'nodeset node image' and 'nodeset node install' commands, so it's good idea to make them work before using VCL. Thanks. On Mar 13, 2012, at 16:11 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello Again, After trying again to capture a running image on a bare metal node, I get a failure message: Any ideas ? Al Q Added new image to database: 'rh6' image.name (http://image.name): rh5image-rh66-v0 image.id: 6 imagerevision.id: 6 imagemeta.id: 3 resource.id: 16 - -- - Inserted imaging request to the database: request ID: 1 reservation ID: 1 This process will now display the contents of the vcld.log file if the vcld daemon is running. If you do not see many lines of additional output, exit this process, start the vcld daemon, and monitor the image capture process by running the command: tail -f /var/log/vcld.log | grep '1:1' - -- - 2012-03-13 16:03:34|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:34 2012-03-13 16:03:39|6899|utils.pm:setup_get_array_choice(9947)|choices argument: 2012-03-13 16:03:39|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:39 2012-03-13 16:03:44|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:44 2012-03-13 16:03:48|6899|utils.pm:insert_request(8358)|inserted new reload request into request table, request id=1 2012-03-13 16:03:48|6899|utils.pm:insert_request(8389)|inserted new reload request into reservation table, reservation id=1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:49 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:reservation_being_processed(8938)|comput er loadlog 'begin' entry does NOT exist for reservation 1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:run_command(9010)|executed command: pgrep -fl 'vcld [0-9]+:1 ', pid: 7004, exit status: 0, output: 2012-03-13
Re: Xcat image capture issues
Evelio, You should be able to capture image via xCAT before you can use VCL/xCAT. To capture image via xCAT: nodech d6100a nodetype.os=image nodetype.profile=rh5image-rh66-v0 nodeset d6100a image - this will create PXEboot config file for d6100a: cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/d6100a-PXE-if-mac #image rh5image-rh66-v0 DEFAULT xCAT LABEL xCAT KERNEL xcat/image/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=xcat/image/x86_64/initrd.img imgurl=http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz image=/install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img blocks=512 action=save installnic=eth0 reboot noipv6 IPAPPEND 2 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - note that arch is x86: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,image,x86,x86_64,,, ... Then do 'rpower d6100a reset'. This will restart d6100a and when node boots over PXE it will boot into http://xcat-master/install/image/x86_64/installer_files/rootimg.gz and, given that image works fine and maps NFS store OK, it dump hd image to /install/image/x86_64/rh5image-rh66-v0.img . If it's successful then to install from the image: nodeset d6100a install 'tabdump nodetype' should look similar to this - provmethod changes from image to install: #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable ... d6100a,image,x86,rh5image-rh66-v0,install,x86,x86_64,,, ... If these steps work OK, then you can use VCL to capture bare-metal image. VCL uses 'nodeset node image' and 'nodeset node install' commands, so it's good idea to make them work before using VCL. Thanks. On Mar 13, 2012, at 16:11 , Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello Again, After trying again to capture a running image on a bare metal node, I get a failure message: Any ideas ? Al Q Added new image to database: 'rh6' image.name: rh5image-rh66-v0 image.id: 6 imagerevision.id: 6 imagemeta.id: 3 resource.id: 16 --- - Inserted imaging request to the database: request ID: 1 reservation ID: 1 This process will now display the contents of the vcld.log file if the vcld daemon is running. If you do not see many lines of additional output, exit this process, start the vcld daemon, and monitor the image capture process by running the command: tail -f /var/log/vcld.log | grep '1:1' --- - 2012-03-13 16:03:34|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:34 2012-03-13 16:03:39|6899|utils.pm:setup_get_array_choice(9947)|choices argument: 2012-03-13 16:03:39|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:39 2012-03-13 16:03:44|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:44 2012-03-13 16:03:48|6899|utils.pm:insert_request(8358)|inserted new reload request into request table, request id=1 2012-03-13 16:03:48|6899|utils.pm:insert_request(8389)|inserted new reload request into reservation table, reservation id=1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for management node 1: 2012-03-13 16:03:49 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:reservation_being_processed(8938)|computer loadlog 'begin' entry does NOT exist for reservation 1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:run_command(9010)|executed command: pgrep -fl 'vcld [0-9]+:1 ', pid: 7004, exit status: 0, output: 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:is_management_node_process_running(9192)|p rocess is NOT running, identifier: 'vcld [0-9]+:1 ' 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:reservation_being_processed(8959)|reservat ion is NOT currently being processed 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|vcld:main(278)|reservation 1 is NOT already being processed 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:get_request_info(4520)|standalone affiliation found: Local 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|vcld:main(283)|retrieved request information from database 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|DataStructure.pm:is_parent_reservation(991)|returni ng true: parent reservation ID for this request: 1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:update_request_state(1991)|request 1 state updated to: pending, laststate to: image 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|utils.pm:insertloadlog(3875)|inserted computer=1, begin, beginning to process, state is image 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|vcld:make_new_child(515)|loaded VCL::image module 2012-03-13 16:03:50|2012|1:1|image|vcld:make_new_child(539)|current number of forked kids: 1 2012-03-13 16:03:50|7018|1:1|image|vcld:make_new_child(555)|vcld environment variable set to 0 for this process 2012-03-13
Xcat image capture issues
Hello,
After working a while with VmWare images, we have started experimenting with
Xcat bare metal images. To accommodate the added level of complexity with Xcat,
I created a separate development environment with VCL and some dell 6100 high
density nodes. I have installed RHEL 6.1 with Xcat on all the nodes. Following
the instructions on the doc page, I installed partimage to the xcat
installation. I think its correct, except that these are not IBM blades, so I
am unsure how to build a stateless image on this hardware. Just attempting to
capture the image as-is failed, and the error messages are below. Is there
any more documentation on this process, and how to make Xcat work with VCL?
Being new to Xcat, I guess that I am missing some background material on what
is supposed to happen here. For example, the error log states that /opt/xcat
does not exist, but it does exist on the node I was attempting to capture.
Does Xcat need to be on the management node too ?
The information I am using is located at:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Setting_Up_a_Linux_xCAT_Mgmt_Node
And
https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html
Any other information available ?
Thanks,
Al Quiros
Florida International University
**
Error message from my attempt at capturing the image below:
VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
time: 2012-03-07 14:49:31
caller: vcld:make_new_child(571)
( 0) vcld, make_new_child (line: 571)
(-1) vcld, main (line: 346)
management node: vcldev01.p.fiu.edu
reservation PID: 12372
parent vcld PID: 2044
request ID: 1
reservation ID: 1
request state/laststate: image/image
request start time: 2012-03-07 14:49:30
request end time: 2012-03-07 15:49:30
for imaging: no
log ID: none
computer: 6100a
computer id: 1
computer type: blade
computer eth0 MAC address: undefined
computer eth1 MAC address: undefined
computer private IP address: 10.0.0.25
computer public IP address: 10.106.128.14
computer in block allocation: no
provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::xCAT2
image: rh5image-rh6xcat5-v0
image display name: rh6xcat
image ID: 5
image revision ID: 5
image size: 1450 MB
use Sysprep: yes
root access: yes
image owner ID: 1
image owner affiliation: Local
image revision date created: 2012-03-07 14:49:29
image revision production: yes
OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux
user: admin
user name: vcl admin
user ID: 1
user affiliation: Local
RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'id' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'PID' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'DURATION' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'PPID' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'datemodified' key
for VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'RESERVATIONCOUNT'
key for VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'end' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'stateid' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'PARENTIMAGE' key
for VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'checkuser' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'preload' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'NOTICEINTERVAL' key
for VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'start' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'logid' key for
VCL::image object from arguments
2012-03-07
14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:create_mn_os_object(361)|VCL::Module::OS::Linux::ManagementNode
module loaded
2012-03-07
14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(196)|VCL::Module::OS::Linux::ManagementNode
object created for image not set, address: 2417400
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(834)|data
structure updated: $self-request_data-{reservation}{0}{computer}{hostname}
|12372|1:1|image| computer_hostname = vcldev01.p.fiu.edu
2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(834)|data
structure updated: $self-request_data-{reservation}{0}{computer}{NODENAME}
Re: Xcat image capture issues
xCAT should be installed on the management node. It doesn't need to be installed on other machines. There are a few different xCAT installation instruction pages on their site. You may want to start with this simpler one: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Basic_Install_DHCP -Andy On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Evelio Quiros evq...@fiu.edu wrote: Hello, After working a while with VmWare images, we have started experimenting with Xcat bare metal images. To accommodate the added level of complexity with Xcat, I created a separate development environment with VCL and some dell 6100 high density nodes. I have installed RHEL 6.1 with Xcat on all the nodes. Following the instructions on the doc page, I installed partimage to the xcat installation. I think its correct, except that these are not IBM blades, so I am unsure how to build a stateless image on this hardware. Just attempting to capture the image as-is failed, and the error messages are below. Is there any more documentation on this process, and how to make Xcat work with VCL? Being new to Xcat, I guess that I am missing some background material on what is supposed to happen here. For example, the error log states that /opt/xcat does not exist, but it does exist on the node I was attempting to capture. Does Xcat need to be on the management node too ? The information I am using is located at: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Setting_Up_a_Linux_xCAT_Mgmt_Node And https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html Any other information available ? Thanks, Al Quiros Florida International University ** Error message from my attempt at capturing the image below: VCL::image object could not be created and initialized time: 2012-03-07 14:49:31 caller: vcld:make_new_child(571) ( 0) vcld, make_new_child (line: 571) (-1) vcld, main (line: 346) management node: vcldev01.p.fiu.edu reservation PID: 12372 parent vcld PID: 2044 request ID: 1 reservation ID: 1 request state/laststate: image/image request start time: 2012-03-07 14:49:30 request end time: 2012-03-07 15:49:30 for imaging: no log ID: none computer: 6100a computer id: 1 computer type: blade computer eth0 MAC address: undefined computer eth1 MAC address: undefined computer private IP address: 10.0.0.25 computer public IP address: 10.106.128.14 computer in block allocation: no provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::xCAT2 image: rh5image-rh6xcat5-v0 image display name: rh6xcat image ID: 5 image revision ID: 5 image size: 1450 MB use Sysprep: yes root access: yes image owner ID: 1 image owner affiliation: Local image revision date created: 2012-03-07 14:49:29 image revision production: yes OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux user: admin user name: vcl admin user ID: 1 user affiliation: Local RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'id' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'PID' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'DURATION' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'PPID' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'datemodified' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'RESERVATIONCOUNT' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'end' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'stateid' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'PARENTIMAGE' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'checkuser' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'preload' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'NOTICEINTERVAL' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'start' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'logid' key for VCL::image object from arguments 2012-03-07 14:49:31|12372|1:1|image|Module.pm:create_mn_os_object(361)|VCL::Module::OS::Linux::ManagementNode module loaded 2012-03-07
