Re: Move response checking from provisioning module to OS module

2010-02-03 Thread Andy Kurth
This is an update on VCL-291. I have made the changes to all of the relevant files except for esxthin.pm and committed them. I didn't want to touch esxthin.pm in case Brian is working on it. The changes are currently being tested/used in NCSU's production implementation and I have not seen

Re: Move response checking from provisioning module to OS module

2010-01-20 Thread Sean Dilda
Aaron Peeler wrote: makesshgkh is part of xcat1.3(which is EOL'd) and is used to collect the ssh host keys after the install. xCAT2.X does something different to collect the ssh host keys, so eventually makesshgkh and the original xCAT.pm module will not be needed. Ok, that makes sense.

Re: Move response checking from provisioning module to OS module

2010-01-19 Thread Josh Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sounds like a good idea to me. Josh On Tuesday January 19, 2010, Andy Kurth wrote: I'd like to propose a design change for the modularized backend code. The provisioning modules (xCAT.pm, vmware.pm, etc) are currently responsible for monitoring

Re: Move response checking from provisioning module to OS module

2010-01-19 Thread Andy Kurth
I would consider a node loaded from a provisioning module's standpoint as the point when the bits are on the node's disk and it has been powered on. After this point, the OS module is responsible. xCAT detecting the boot state would be equivalent to successfully turning on the VM. There is

Re: Move response checking from provisioning module to OS module

2010-01-19 Thread Aaron Peeler
Another option might be to have a $provision_module-post_load() routine. Once the new.pm module detects the node is loaded and accessible, it could call $provision_module-post_load() before moving on to the $os-post_load(). Aaron --On January 19, 2010 4:16:16 PM -0500 Andy Kurth

Re: Move response checking from provisioning module to OS module

2010-01-19 Thread Sean Dilda
Andy Kurth wrote: I would consider a node loaded from a provisioning module's standpoint as the point when the bits are on the node's disk and it has been powered on. After this point, the OS module is responsible. xCAT detecting the boot state would be equivalent to successfully turning on