How to configure a new computing node?

2011-09-21 Thread Huang,Lei
Dear VCL experts, I am working on extending our VCL Cloud system for teaching purpose by adding some new computing nodes. The VCL version is 2.1 and we use VMware server 1.0 in each computing node. I have installed CentOS 5.0 and Vmware server 1.0 on a new blade, configured the network and

Re: How to configure a new computing node?

2011-09-22 Thread Huang,Lei
512 == On 9/22/11 7:49 AM, "Aaron Peeler" wrote: >Hello Lei, > >Could you provide the log file for vcld related to this reservation >failure. It's default location is /var/log/vcld.log > >Thanks, >Aaron > > >On Thu, Sep 22

RE: How to configure a new computing node?

2011-09-23 Thread Huang,Lei
, Lei From: Huang,Lei [lhu...@pvamu.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:36 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu Subject: Re: How to configure a new computing node? Aaron, Thank you for your reply. I copied some log information as follows. It looks like the V

RE: How to configure a new computing node?

2011-09-23 Thread Huang,Lei
ld be ssh -vv (IP address) Have you logged into your box running VMware to see if you are getting a public and private ip address? On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Huang,Lei wrote: > Sorry for asking again. I suspect that the problem may be related to network > setting. I don't under

Re: How to configure a new computing node?

2011-09-23 Thread Huang,Lei
ping your arp table >> ('arp -an'). If you see the mac address for the gateway in >> your arp table, it's probably a firewall issue. If the >> mac address isn't there, it's a network problem >> >> __Jim >> >> >> On 9/23/2011 9:

questions regarding creating base images

2011-10-04 Thread Huang,Lei
Hi everyone, I am following the instruction of creating a base linux image (https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/create-a-linux-base-image.html) , but I am very confused about the document, and would appreciate any help. I have the following settings: 1. Blade #1: management code 2. Blade #2: a

Re: questions regarding creating base images

2011-10-05 Thread Huang,Lei
mputer name/IP, you will want to enter >vmguest-1. The vm needs to be running and you need to be able to login >via ssh identity keys from your management node. > >Aaron > > >On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Huang,Lei wrote: >> Hi everyone, >>I am following the

Re: questions regarding creating base images

2011-10-05 Thread Huang,Lei
t; >Log into the vmware host CSB2 and run the command >vmware & > >You can either modify the .vmx file or edit the settings via the vmware >console. > >Aaron > >On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Huang,Lei wrote: >> Aaron, >> >> Thanks for your answer. H

Re: questions regarding creating base images

2011-10-05 Thread Huang,Lei
/5/11 12:45 PM, "Aaron Peeler" mailto:aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu>> wrote: Lei, Could you provide the vcld.log file? The default location would be /var/log/vcld.log Thanks, Aaron On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Huang,Lei mailto:lhu...@pvamu.edu>> wrote: Aaron, I changed .vmx

Re: questions regarding creating base images

2011-10-05 Thread Huang,Lei
nt node at the mysql command line or via phpmyadmin, >run this query on the vcl database. > >SELECT computer.hostname,provisioning.*,module.perlpackage FROM >computer,provisioning, module WHERE computer.hostname like '%vmguest%' >AND provisioning.id = computer.provisioningi

RE: questions regarding creating base images

2011-10-07 Thread Huang,Lei
357-v0 image creation failed |624|607:607|image| ( 0) image.pm, reservation_failed (line: 385) |624|607:607|image| (-1) image.pm, process (line: 167) |624|607:607|image| (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |624|607:607|image| (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) 2011-10-07 15:02:11|624|607:607|image|utils.pm:mai

RE: questions regarding creating base images

2011-10-07 Thread Huang,Lei
Aaron, Never mind my previous email. I have figured out the problem. The repository path was set wrong. It works now. Thanks a lot for your help. Lei From: Huang,Lei [lhu...@pvamu.edu] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 3:36 PM To: aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu

Reservation/reload errors

2011-10-31 Thread Huang,Lei
Dear all, Our VCL stops working when I try to reserve any images. It always says that "Selection not currently available" all images. I see that all computers and vmguests are available, and I can log into these nodes too. When I try to reload an image for a vmguest, there is the foll

RE: Reservation/reload errors

2011-10-31 Thread Huang,Lei
From: Alexander Patterson [alexander.patter...@csueastbay.edu] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 4:30 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reservation/reload errors Hello Huang Lei, Go to Manage Images Then Click on Edit of whatever image you are having this issue with Click

Re: Reservation/reload errors

2011-11-01 Thread Huang,Lei
vmcomputers group >> >> I hope this tip will help you >> >> >> Juan José Zamanillo >> >> -Original Message- >> From: "Huang,Lei" >> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:45:21 >> To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org >> Reply-To: vcl-user@incub

another problem for image reservation

2011-11-02 Thread Huang,Lei
Hi All, I have encountered another problem after upgraded to 2.2.1. Per Aaron's suggestion, I changed my Vmguests provisioning engine to Vmware from Vmware Server GSX. However, my Windows XP image failed to reserve after the change. From the log, I found that it looks for 'C:/Windows/System32/q

Re: another problem for image reservation

2011-11-02 Thread Huang,Lei
ng the correct dhcp IP address. >make sure cygwin sshd service is started. > >Aaron > > > >On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Huang,Lei wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have encountered another problem after upgraded to 2.2.1. Per Aaron's >> suggestion, I c

Problems in Ubuntu image creation

2011-11-10 Thread Huang,Lei
Dear all, I have to bother you again. I tried to create an Ubuntu image, but I found some problems during the base image creation. Ubuntu uses /etc/network/interfaces to manage networks, but I see VCL is still looking for ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1. Another problem was unable to determine the

Re: Problems in Ubuntu image creation

2011-11-15 Thread Huang,Lei
image would kick off. >I used just this information according to >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image > >DEVICE=eth0 >BOOTPROTO=dhcp >ONBOOT=yes > >We are using DHCP, not static so it's a bit different then your setup. >But I can let you