Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] FYI using pdsh for mass execution (Re: dsu woes)

2018-01-10 Thread Klaus Steden
This may also be useful if you're looking for a parallel command execution tool: https://github.com/kt97679/one-ssh On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Vincent S. Cojot wrote: > Speaking of mass execution on thousands of hosts, I've used Perl 'netrun' > to a great extent in

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu woes

2018-01-10 Thread Cameron Smith
Why mess with the OS at all. You could use scripted racadm commands. http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/ archive/2013/04/17/idrac7-now-supports-updating-server- components-using-racadm-and-web-gui That outline is a little old and references 12Gen but gets you in the ballpark.

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] FYI using pdsh for mass execution (Re: dsu woes)

2018-01-10 Thread Vincent S. Cojot
Speaking of mass execution on thousands of hosts, I've used Perl 'netrun' to a great extent in the recent past. Note that ansible core does great things in this fashion as well but may be a little slower than pdsh or netrun. My 2c, Vincent ⁣Sent from TypeApp ​ On Jan 10, 2018, 19:03, at 19:03,

[Linux-PowerEdge] FYI using pdsh for mass execution (Re: dsu woes)

2018-01-10 Thread Stephen Dowdy
On 01/10/2018 03:27 PM, Patrick Boutilier wrote: > What I would do is download the BIOS update file once and then create a > script to rsync it to the 1500 hosts and run the update. I presume you would  > have a script to run dsu on the 1500 hosts anyway? First: i gave up on using Dell's

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu woes

2018-01-10 Thread Patrick Boutilier
For 1500 hosts it should be faster to update directly rather than using dsu I would think. For example something like ./BIOS_78R68_LN_2.7.0.BIN -q or ./BIOS_78R68_LN_2.7.0.BIN -r -q [root@vs07 ~]# ./BIOS_78R68_LN_2.7.0.BIN --help Command-line options for the Update Package Usage:

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu woes

2018-01-10 Thread Patrick Boutilier
What I would do is download the BIOS update file once and then create a script to rsync it to the 1500 hosts and run the update. I presume you would have a script to run dsu on the 1500 hosts anyway? On 01/10/2018 05:24 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: I have 1500 hosts to patch. This isn't an

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu woes

2018-01-10 Thread James A. Peltier
I have 1500 hosts to patch. This isn't an option. - On 9 Jan, 2018, at 18:31, Patrick Boutilier bouti...@ednet.ns.ca wrote: | What server model do you have? Newer models have the updated firmware on | the support web site. | | | | On 01/09/2018 09:52 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: |> This