Andy,
I'm finally past the error message of set_provisioner not found thanks
to a very generous help of a user off the list.
I re-dropped my entire database and re-traced my step each way.
The computerid I had was off. It should point to the image trying to
be captured.
Thanks
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Andy Kurth <andy_ku...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> I'm going to combine this thread with the "Re: VCL-2.1 (set_provisioner not
> found)" thread since they both seem to be at the same point. I'm also
> sending this to vcl-dev in case some people aren't on the vcl-user list.
>
> Roger, congrats on getting bare metal installs working. That's usually the
> hard part.
>
> Sorry for the lack of VMware base image documentation. We have a lot of
> work to do here. Several people have had trouble with VMware base image
> creation. The first thing I would do before attempting to capture a VMware
> base image is to make a backup copy of the VM files in a separate directory.
> Make sure you back up the vmx and vmdk files. It's possible something
> could go wrong during the capture which will cause the files to be deleted.
> Upcoming code improvements should prevent this from happening and make base
> image creation much easier.
>
> From the error posted in the last message in the other thread, I looks like
> the VM is not assigned to a VM host:
>
> |18387|6:5|image| ---- WARNING ----
> |18387|6:5|image| 2010-05-22
> 13:35:52|18387|6:5|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(675)|corresponding
> data has not been initialized for get_vmhost_profile_datastore_path:
> $self->request_data->{reservation}{5}{computer}{vmhost}
> {vmprofile}{datastorepath}
>
> This error is generated because it is attempting to retrieve the value in
> the database of computer.vmhostid for the VM. This id is then used to query
> the vmhost and vmprofile tables to retrieve the VM host configuration
> including the datastore path.
>
> I'm a bit confused about which computers you're using for your VM host and
> VM. It would be helpful if you include the contents of the following tables:
> -computer
> -vmhost
> -vmprofile
>
> -Andy
>
> My LinuxHAList wrote:
>>
>> Hi Roger,
>>
>> I'm working towards the same thing.
>>
>> The docs I found are at:
>> 1)
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image
>> 2) /usr/local/vcl/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/esx.README
>>
>> I'm not aware of other docs.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Roger Herling <roger.herl...@marist.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We are running the 2.1 code and have gotten bare metal installs working
>>> with
>>> xCat I would like to explore using vmware but there is no documentation
>>> on
>>> the setup that I can find can anyone help?
>>>
>>>
>>> Roger Herling
>>> Sr. Desktop Administrator
>>> Marist College
>>> PH: 845-575-3347
>
> --
> Andy Kurth
> Virtual Computing Lab
> Office of Information Technology
> North Carolina State University
> andy_ku...@ncsu.edu
> 919.513.4090
>
