Re: VCL and xCat
Mike Thank you. I was missing the record in vcl.resource table. For ESXi 4.1 kickstart I had to change sourcepath value in vcl.os from esxi4.1 to esxi41 for id=38. xCAT2.pm can only get esxi4. (misses part after .) I also had to create couple symlinks for xCAT2.pm to find image folder, but it's working now. Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 16:47 , Waldron, Michael H wrote: Dmitri, I have a script that I run to manually insert an image into the database. It places an entry in the image, imgagerevision, and resource tables. Here is a sample below. Of course you would substitute the proper values for your situation. INSERT INTO `image` (id, `name`, `prettyname`, `ownerid`, `deptid`, `platformid`, `OSid`, `imagemetaid`, `minram`, `minprocnumber`, `minprocspeed`, `minnetwork`, `maxconcurrent`, `reloadtime`, `deleted`, `test`, `lastupdate`, `forcheckout`, `maxinitialtime`, `project`, `size`) VALUES (150, 'vmwarerhels4-base150-v0', 'Base No Apps, RHEL4 32-bit w/AFS (vmware)', 8, 1, 1, 32, NULL, 1024, 1, 0, 10, NULL, 14, 0, 0, NOW(), 1, 0, 'vcl', 1045); INSERT INTO `imagerevision` (`imageid`, `revision`, `userid`, `datecreated`, `deleted`, `production`, `comments`, `imagename`) VALUES (150, 0, 8, NOW(), 0, 1, NULL, 'vmwarerhels4-base150-v0'); INSERT INTO `resource` (`resourcetypeid`, `subid`) VALUES (13, 150); Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:19 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Mike, Thank you for explanation. How did you add kickstart image to vcl.image table? I've tried adding image by inserting record directly into vcl.image and vcl.imagemeta tables, but this didn't work. vcld --setup only allows partimage type for bare-metal. Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 15:41 , Waldron, Michael H wrote: Dmitri, Yes, VCL supports kickstart installs with xCAT. The column in the image table that corresponds to the install type is OSid. Example: mysql select prettyname, OSid from image where id=235; +---+--+ | prettyname| OSid | +---+--+ | RedHat Enterprise Linux server 5 (KS) | 19 | +---+--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from OS where id=19; ++---++---+-++--+ | id | name | prettyname | type | installtype | sourcepath | moduleid | ++---++---+-++--+ | 19 | rhel5 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | linux | kickstart | rhas5 |5 | ++---++---+-++--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from module where id=5; ++--+-+-++ | id | name | prettyname | description | perlpackage| ++--+-+-++ | 5 | os_linux | Linux OS Module | | VCL::Module::OS::Linux | ++--+-+-++ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) So in this case OS id 19 specifies a RHEL5 kickstart install, the sourcepath where the RHEL5 installation files are under /install/rhas5. The OS entry links to the module table, id 5 which tells it the perl module to use. You need to have the appropriate entries in your OS and module tables specific to your ESXi image. Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:17 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Hi again, Looks like vcl.os and vcl.osinstalltype tables have 'kickstart' installtype for an image. But I cannot find a way to set image_os_install_type to 'kickstart', it's 'partimage' by default for bare-metal. And there seems to be no column in vcl.image table which corresponds to image_os_install_type. Help! Does VCL support kickstart image install with xCAT module? Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:14 , Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi Is there a way to use kickstart script install with VCL/xCAT? xCAT2.pm code mentions use of templates, but I cannot find a way how to make use of them. I have working ESXi 4.1 template, and able to install ESXi 4.1 using xCAT (nodeset node install works OK). How would I add ESXi 4.1 image to VCL which is bases
Re: VCL and xCat
Also created a document on this topic. Please review and correct if needed. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Adding+xCAT+kickstart+based+image Aaron On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Mike Thank you. I was missing the record in vcl.resource table. For ESXi 4.1 kickstart I had to change sourcepath value in vcl.os from esxi4.1 to esxi41 for id=38. xCAT2.pm can only get esxi4. (misses part after .) I also had to create couple symlinks for xCAT2.pm to find image folder, but it's working now. Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 16:47 , Waldron, Michael H wrote: Dmitri, I have a script that I run to manually insert an image into the database. It places an entry in the image, imgagerevision, and resource tables. Here is a sample below. Of course you would substitute the proper values for your situation. INSERT INTO `image` (id, `name`, `prettyname`, `ownerid`, `deptid`, `platformid`, `OSid`, `imagemetaid`, `minram`, `minprocnumber`, `minprocspeed`, `minnetwork`, `maxconcurrent`, `reloadtime`, `deleted`, `test`, `lastupdate`, `forcheckout`, `maxinitialtime`, `project`, `size`) VALUES (150, 'vmwarerhels4-base150-v0', 'Base No Apps, RHEL4 32-bit w/AFS (vmware)', 8, 1, 1, 32, NULL, 1024, 1, 0, 10, NULL, 14, 0, 0, NOW(), 1, 0, 'vcl', 1045); INSERT INTO `imagerevision` (`imageid`, `revision`, `userid`, `datecreated`, `deleted`, `production`, `comments`, `imagename`) VALUES (150, 0, 8, NOW(), 0, 1, NULL, 'vmwarerhels4-base150-v0'); INSERT INTO `resource` (`resourcetypeid`, `subid`) VALUES (13, 150); Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:19 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Mike, Thank you for explanation. How did you add kickstart image to vcl.image table? I've tried adding image by inserting record directly into vcl.image and vcl.imagemeta tables, but this didn't work. vcld --setup only allows partimage type for bare-metal. Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 15:41 , Waldron, Michael H wrote: Dmitri, Yes, VCL supports kickstart installs with xCAT. The column in the image table that corresponds to the install type is OSid. Example: mysql select prettyname, OSid from image where id=235; +---+--+ | prettyname | OSid | +---+--+ | RedHat Enterprise Linux server 5 (KS) | 19 | +---+--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from OS where id=19; ++---++---+-++--+ | id | name | prettyname | type | installtype | sourcepath | moduleid | ++---++---+-++--+ | 19 | rhel5 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | linux | kickstart | rhas5 | 5 | ++---++---+-++--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from module where id=5; ++--+-+-++ | id | name | prettyname | description | perlpackage | ++--+-+-++ | 5 | os_linux | Linux OS Module | | VCL::Module::OS::Linux | ++--+-+-++ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) So in this case OS id 19 specifies a RHEL5 kickstart install, the sourcepath where the RHEL5 installation files are under /install/rhas5. The OS entry links to the module table, id 5 which tells it the perl module to use. You need to have the appropriate entries in your OS and module tables specific to your ESXi image. Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:17 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Hi again, Looks like vcl.os and vcl.osinstalltype tables have 'kickstart' installtype for an image. But I cannot find a way to set image_os_install_type to 'kickstart', it's 'partimage' by default for bare-metal. And there seems to be no column in vcl.image table which corresponds to image_os_install_type. Help! Does VCL support kickstart image install with xCAT module? Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:14 , Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi Is there a way to use kickstart script install with VCL/xCAT? xCAT2.pm code mentions use of templates, but I cannot find
Re: VCL and xCat
29, 2012 4:19 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Mike, Thank you for explanation. How did you add kickstart image to vcl.image table? I've tried adding image by inserting record directly into vcl.image and vcl.imagemeta tables, but this didn't work. vcld --setup only allows partimage type for bare-metal. Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 15:41 , Waldron, Michael H wrote: Dmitri, Yes, VCL supports kickstart installs with xCAT. The column in the image table that corresponds to the install type is OSid. Example: mysql select prettyname, OSid from image where id=235; +---+--+ | prettyname| OSid | +---+--+ | RedHat Enterprise Linux server 5 (KS) | 19 | +---+--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from OS where id=19; ++---++---+-++--+ | id | name | prettyname | type | installtype | sourcepath | moduleid | ++---++---+-++--+ | 19 | rhel5 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | linux | kickstart | rhas5 |5 | ++---++---+-++--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from module where id=5; ++--+-+-++ | id | name | prettyname | description | perlpackage| ++--+-+-++ | 5 | os_linux | Linux OS Module | | VCL::Module::OS::Linux | ++--+-+-++ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) So in this case OS id 19 specifies a RHEL5 kickstart install, the sourcepath where the RHEL5 installation files are under /install/rhas5. The OS entry links to the module table, id 5 which tells it the perl module to use. You need to have the appropriate entries in your OS and module tables specific to your ESXi image. Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:17 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Hi again, Looks like vcl.os and vcl.osinstalltype tables have 'kickstart' installtype for an image. But I cannot find a way to set image_os_install_type to 'kickstart', it's 'partimage' by default for bare-metal. And there seems to be no column in vcl.image table which corresponds to image_os_install_type. Help! Does VCL support kickstart image install with xCAT module? Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:14 , Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi Is there a way to use kickstart script install with VCL/xCAT? xCAT2.pm code mentions use of templates, but I cannot find a way how to make use of them. I have working ESXi 4.1 template, and able to install ESXi 4.1 using xCAT (nodeset node install works OK). How would I add ESXi 4.1 image to VCL which is bases on kickstart, not on partimage? Thank you for help. On Feb 22, 2012, at 14:12 , Josh Thompson wrote: Hash: SHA1 Dmitri, Did you follow the guide for adding partimage support to xCAT? https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Adding+support+for+partimage+and+partimage- ng+to+xCAT+2.x+%28unofficial%29 You said you installed the partimage rpm. partimage is not something that needs to be installed on the management node. It is part of the stateless images mentioned on the above page. Josh On Tuesday 21 February 2012 4:47:06 PM Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi All. I'm trying to capture a base image using xCAT module - the server is bare-metal CentOS5.7. The process starts OK, able to communicate with the node and then fails when trying to create .tmpl file. xCAT is installed and configured on the management node. partimage rpm is installed as well. Do you know what could be the issue? Thank you for your help. ... 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(827)|nodetype modified, node bc1-7, image name centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_create_template(1065)|attempting to create tmpl file for image: centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2084)|manage ment node identifier argument was not specified 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image| xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2115)|attempting to determine template path for image: |12755|275:261|image| image name: centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 |12755|275:261|image| OS install
Re: VCL and xCat
filename could not be determined 12755|275:261|image| ( 0) |xCAT2.pm, _create_template (line: 1077) 12755|275:261|image| (-1) |xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) image.pm, process (line: 162) |12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 346) |12755|275:261|image| WARNING |12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21 |16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(840)|failed to create .tmpl |file for centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 12755|275:261|image| ( 0) |xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 840) |12755|275:261|image| (-1) image.pm, process (line: 162) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) |12755|275:261|image| WARNING |12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21 |16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|image.pm:process(166)|centos5image-xcatcento |s5v474-v0 image failed to be captured by provisioning module |12755|275:261|image| ( 0) image.pm, process (line: 166) |12755|275:261|image| (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, main (line: 346) On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:44 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Yes, we're using the latest xCAT version. -A On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kumar, Amit H. ahku...@odu.edu wrote: Hi Dmitri, We use xCAT 2.5.2; I am not a pro to say if xCAT 2.6.x will work. May be Aaron and his group could say more. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:37 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you. What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x, is it safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks. On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly followed it and then slowly things started to make more sense once it worked. Also xCAT forum was very helpful. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and- partimag e-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management + N ode+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files
RE: VCL and xCat
Dmitri, Yes, VCL supports kickstart installs with xCAT. The column in the image table that corresponds to the install type is OSid. Example: mysql select prettyname, OSid from image where id=235; +---+--+ | prettyname| OSid | +---+--+ | RedHat Enterprise Linux server 5 (KS) | 19 | +---+--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from OS where id=19; ++---++---+-++--+ | id | name | prettyname | type | installtype | sourcepath | moduleid | ++---++---+-++--+ | 19 | rhel5 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | linux | kickstart | rhas5 | 5 | ++---++---+-++--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from module where id=5; ++--+-+-++ | id | name | prettyname | description | perlpackage| ++--+-+-++ | 5 | os_linux | Linux OS Module | | VCL::Module::OS::Linux | ++--+-+-++ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) So in this case OS id 19 specifies a RHEL5 kickstart install, the sourcepath where the RHEL5 installation files are under /install/rhas5. The OS entry links to the module table, id 5 which tells it the perl module to use. You need to have the appropriate entries in your OS and module tables specific to your ESXi image. Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:17 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Hi again, Looks like vcl.os and vcl.osinstalltype tables have 'kickstart' installtype for an image. But I cannot find a way to set image_os_install_type to 'kickstart', it's 'partimage' by default for bare-metal. And there seems to be no column in vcl.image table which corresponds to image_os_install_type. Help! Does VCL support kickstart image install with xCAT module? Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:14 , Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi Is there a way to use kickstart script install with VCL/xCAT? xCAT2.pm code mentions use of templates, but I cannot find a way how to make use of them. I have working ESXi 4.1 template, and able to install ESXi 4.1 using xCAT (nodeset node install works OK). How would I add ESXi 4.1 image to VCL which is bases on kickstart, not on partimage? Thank you for help. On Feb 22, 2012, at 14:12 , Josh Thompson wrote: Hash: SHA1 Dmitri, Did you follow the guide for adding partimage support to xCAT? https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Adding+support+for+partimage+and+partimage- ng+to+xCAT+2.x+%28unofficial%29 You said you installed the partimage rpm. partimage is not something that needs to be installed on the management node. It is part of the stateless images mentioned on the above page. Josh On Tuesday 21 February 2012 4:47:06 PM Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi All. I'm trying to capture a base image using xCAT module - the server is bare-metal CentOS5.7. The process starts OK, able to communicate with the node and then fails when trying to create .tmpl file. xCAT is installed and configured on the management node. partimage rpm is installed as well. Do you know what could be the issue? Thank you for your help. ... 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(827)|nodetype modified, node bc1-7, image name centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_create_template(1065)|attempting to create tmpl file for image: centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2084)|manage ment node identifier argument was not specified 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image| xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2115)|attempting to determine template path for image: |12755|275:261|image| image name: centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 |12755|275:261|image| OS install type: partimage |12755|275:261|image| OS source path: image |12755|275:261|image| xCAT 2.x OS source path: image 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2123)|return ing: /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/image 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2084)|manage ment node identifier argument was not specified 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image| xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2115)|attempting to determine
Re: VCL and xCat
Mike, Thank you for explanation. How did you add kickstart image to vcl.image table? I've tried adding image by inserting record directly into vcl.image and vcl.imagemeta tables, but this didn't work. vcld --setup only allows partimage type for bare-metal. Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 15:41 , Waldron, Michael H wrote: Dmitri, Yes, VCL supports kickstart installs with xCAT. The column in the image table that corresponds to the install type is OSid. Example: mysql select prettyname, OSid from image where id=235; +---+--+ | prettyname| OSid | +---+--+ | RedHat Enterprise Linux server 5 (KS) | 19 | +---+--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from OS where id=19; ++---++---+-++--+ | id | name | prettyname | type | installtype | sourcepath | moduleid | ++---++---+-++--+ | 19 | rhel5 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | linux | kickstart | rhas5 |5 | ++---++---+-++--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from module where id=5; ++--+-+-++ | id | name | prettyname | description | perlpackage| ++--+-+-++ | 5 | os_linux | Linux OS Module | | VCL::Module::OS::Linux | ++--+-+-++ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) So in this case OS id 19 specifies a RHEL5 kickstart install, the sourcepath where the RHEL5 installation files are under /install/rhas5. The OS entry links to the module table, id 5 which tells it the perl module to use. You need to have the appropriate entries in your OS and module tables specific to your ESXi image. Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:17 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Hi again, Looks like vcl.os and vcl.osinstalltype tables have 'kickstart' installtype for an image. But I cannot find a way to set image_os_install_type to 'kickstart', it's 'partimage' by default for bare-metal. And there seems to be no column in vcl.image table which corresponds to image_os_install_type. Help! Does VCL support kickstart image install with xCAT module? Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:14 , Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi Is there a way to use kickstart script install with VCL/xCAT? xCAT2.pm code mentions use of templates, but I cannot find a way how to make use of them. I have working ESXi 4.1 template, and able to install ESXi 4.1 using xCAT (nodeset node install works OK). How would I add ESXi 4.1 image to VCL which is bases on kickstart, not on partimage? Thank you for help. On Feb 22, 2012, at 14:12 , Josh Thompson wrote: Hash: SHA1 Dmitri, Did you follow the guide for adding partimage support to xCAT? https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Adding+support+for+partimage+and+partimage- ng+to+xCAT+2.x+%28unofficial%29 You said you installed the partimage rpm. partimage is not something that needs to be installed on the management node. It is part of the stateless images mentioned on the above page. Josh On Tuesday 21 February 2012 4:47:06 PM Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi All. I'm trying to capture a base image using xCAT module - the server is bare-metal CentOS5.7. The process starts OK, able to communicate with the node and then fails when trying to create .tmpl file. xCAT is installed and configured on the management node. partimage rpm is installed as well. Do you know what could be the issue? Thank you for your help. ... 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(827)|nodetype modified, node bc1-7, image name centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_create_template(1065)|attempting to create tmpl file for image: centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2084)|manage ment node identifier argument was not specified 2012-02-21 16:22:30|12755|275:261|image| xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2115)|attempting to determine template path for image: |12755|275:261|image| image name: centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 |12755|275:261|image| OS install type: partimage |12755|275:261|image| OS source path: image |12755|275:261|image| xCAT 2
RE: VCL and xCat
Dmitri, I have a script that I run to manually insert an image into the database. It places an entry in the image, imgagerevision, and resource tables. Here is a sample below. Of course you would substitute the proper values for your situation. INSERT INTO `image` (id, `name`, `prettyname`, `ownerid`, `deptid`, `platformid`, `OSid`, `imagemetaid`, `minram`, `minprocnumber`, `minprocspeed`, `minnetwork`, `maxconcurrent`, `reloadtime`, `deleted`, `test`, `lastupdate`, `forcheckout`, `maxinitialtime`, `project`, `size`) VALUES (150, 'vmwarerhels4-base150-v0', 'Base No Apps, RHEL4 32-bit w/AFS (vmware)', 8, 1, 1, 32, NULL, 1024, 1, 0, 10, NULL, 14, 0, 0, NOW(), 1, 0, 'vcl', 1045); INSERT INTO `imagerevision` (`imageid`, `revision`, `userid`, `datecreated`, `deleted`, `production`, `comments`, `imagename`) VALUES (150, 0, 8, NOW(), 0, 1, NULL, 'vmwarerhels4-base150-v0'); INSERT INTO `resource` (`resourcetypeid`, `subid`) VALUES (13, 150); Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:19 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Mike, Thank you for explanation. How did you add kickstart image to vcl.image table? I've tried adding image by inserting record directly into vcl.image and vcl.imagemeta tables, but this didn't work. vcld --setup only allows partimage type for bare-metal. Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 15:41 , Waldron, Michael H wrote: Dmitri, Yes, VCL supports kickstart installs with xCAT. The column in the image table that corresponds to the install type is OSid. Example: mysql select prettyname, OSid from image where id=235; +---+--+ | prettyname| OSid | +---+--+ | RedHat Enterprise Linux server 5 (KS) | 19 | +---+--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from OS where id=19; ++---++---+-++--+ | id | name | prettyname | type | installtype | sourcepath | moduleid | ++---++---+-++--+ | 19 | rhel5 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | linux | kickstart | rhas5 |5 | ++---++---+-++--+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql select * from module where id=5; ++--+-+-++ | id | name | prettyname | description | perlpackage| ++--+-+-++ | 5 | os_linux | Linux OS Module | | VCL::Module::OS::Linux | ++--+-+-++ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) So in this case OS id 19 specifies a RHEL5 kickstart install, the sourcepath where the RHEL5 installation files are under /install/rhas5. The OS entry links to the module table, id 5 which tells it the perl module to use. You need to have the appropriate entries in your OS and module tables specific to your ESXi image. Mike Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:17 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Hi again, Looks like vcl.os and vcl.osinstalltype tables have 'kickstart' installtype for an image. But I cannot find a way to set image_os_install_type to 'kickstart', it's 'partimage' by default for bare-metal. And there seems to be no column in vcl.image table which corresponds to image_os_install_type. Help! Does VCL support kickstart image install with xCAT module? Thank you. On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:14 , Dmitri Chebotarov wrote: Hi Is there a way to use kickstart script install with VCL/xCAT? xCAT2.pm code mentions use of templates, but I cannot find a way how to make use of them. I have working ESXi 4.1 template, and able to install ESXi 4.1 using xCAT (nodeset node install works OK). How would I add ESXi 4.1 image to VCL which is bases on kickstart, not on partimage? Thank you for help. On Feb 22, 2012, at 14:12 , Josh Thompson wrote: Hash: SHA1 Dmitri, Did you follow the guide for adding partimage support to xCAT? https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Adding+support+for+partimage+and+partimage- ng+to+xCAT+2.x+%28unofficial%29 You said you installed the partimage rpm. partimage is not something that needs to be installed
Re: VCL and xCat
:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_base_template_filename(2170)|f |ailed to find suitable base image template file in |/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/image 12755|275:261|image| ( 0) xCAT2.pm, |_get_base_template_filename (line: 2170) 12755|275:261|image| (-1) |xCAT2.pm, _create_template (line: 1075) 12755|275:261|image| (-2) |xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836) |12755|275:261|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162) |12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 346) |12755|275:261|image| WARNING |12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21 |16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_create_template(1077)|base |template filename could not be determined 12755|275:261|image| ( 0) |xCAT2.pm, _create_template (line: 1077) 12755|275:261|image| (-1) |xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) image.pm, process (line: 162) |12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 346) |12755|275:261|image| WARNING |12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21 |16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(840)|failed to create .tmpl |file for centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 12755|275:261|image| ( 0) |xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 840) |12755|275:261|image| (-1) image.pm, process (line: 162) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) |12755|275:261|image| WARNING |12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21 |16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|image.pm:process(166)|centos5image-xcatcento |s5v474-v0 image failed to be captured by provisioning module |12755|275:261|image| ( 0) image.pm, process (line: 166) |12755|275:261|image| (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, main (line: 346) On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:44 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Yes, we're using the latest xCAT version. -A On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kumar, Amit H. ahku...@odu.edu wrote: Hi Dmitri, We use xCAT 2.5.2; I am not a pro to say if xCAT 2.6.x will work. May be Aaron and his group could say more. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:37 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you. What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x, is it safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks. On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly followed it and then slowly things started to make more sense once it worked. Also xCAT forum was very helpful. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and- partimag e-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management + N ode+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store
Re: VCL and xCat
)|database
handle
stored in $ENV{dbh} 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|DataStructure.pm:retrieve_user_data(135
2)|atte mpting to retrieve and store data for user: user.id = '1'
2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:getnewdbh(2710)|database
requested (vcl) does not match handle stored in $ENV{dbh}
(information_schema:10.3.1.214) 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:getnewdbh(2761)|database
handle
stored in $ENV{dbh} 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|DataStructure.pm:retrieve_user_data(141
5)|data has been retrieved for user: admin (id: 1) 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:mail(1268)|SUCCESS -- Sending
mail To: dcheb...@gmu.edu, PROBLEM --
275:261|image|xCAT2.pm|bc1-7|centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0|admin
|12755|275:261|image| CRITICAL
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_base_template_filename(
|2170)|f ailed to find suitable base image template file in
|/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/image 12755|275:261|image| ( 0)
|xCAT2.pm,
|_get_base_template_filename (line: 2170) 12755|275:261|image| (-1)
|xCAT2.pm, _create_template (line: 1075) 12755|275:261|image| (-2)
|xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836)
|12755|275:261|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 346)
|12755|275:261|image| WARNING
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_create_template(1077)|base
|template filename could not be determined 12755|275:261|image| (
|0)
|xCAT2.pm, _create_template (line: 1077) 12755|275:261|image| (-1)
|xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836)
|12755|275:261|image| (-2) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 346)
|12755|275:261|image| WARNING
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(840)|failed to
|create .tmpl file for centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0
|12755|275:261|image| ( 0) xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 840)
|12755|275:261|image| (-1) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, main (line: 346)
|12755|275:261|image| WARNING
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|image.pm:process(166)|centos5image-xc
|atcento s5v474-v0 image failed to be captured by provisioning
|module
|12755|275:261|image| ( 0) image.pm, process (line: 166)
|12755|275:261|image| (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, main (line: 346)
On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:44 , Aaron Peeler wrote:
Yes, we're using the latest xCAT version.
-A
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kumar, Amit H. ahku...@odu.edu
wrote:
Hi Dmitri,
We use xCAT 2.5.2; I am not a pro to say if xCAT 2.6.x will
work.
May be Aaron and his group could say more.
Thank you,
Amit
-Original Message-
From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:37 AM
To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: VCL and xCat
Thank you.
What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x,
is it
safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks.
On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote:
Hi Dmitri,
SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly
followed
it
and then slowly things started to make more sense once it
worked.
Also xCAT forum was very helpful.
Thank you,
Amit
-Original Message-
From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM
To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: VCL and xCat
Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment
as
well...
I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one
-
http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide.
BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please
share...
At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to
understand
the process.
Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to
manage
nodes.
Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat
nodes, or
just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful
with
which
MAC gets what?
Thanks again for your help...
On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote:
Dmitri,
Just to add to Amit, comments.
We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning
end-user
desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when
needed to
install
a chassis full of blades with esxi.
As your installing xCAT You'll want to review
https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimag
e-and-
partimag
e-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We
Re: VCL and xCat
| image name: centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0
|12755|275:261|image| OS install type: partimage
|12755|275:261|image| OS source path: image
|12755|275:261|image| xCAT 2.x OS source path: image
2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_image_template_path(2123)
|return ing: /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/image 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|DataStructure.pm:get_computer_private_i
p_addre ss(1557)|returning private IP address previously retrieved:
10.3.1.27 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:is_inblockrequest(6164)|zero
rows
were returned from database select 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|DataStructure.pm:get_image_affiliation_
name(20 35)|image owner id: 1 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:getnewdbh(2710)|database
requested (information_schema) does not match handle stored in
$ENV{dbh} (vcl:10.3.1.214) 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:getnewdbh(2761)|database
handle
stored in $ENV{dbh} 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|DataStructure.pm:retrieve_user_data(135
2)|atte mpting to retrieve and store data for user: user.id = '1'
2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:getnewdbh(2710)|database
requested (vcl) does not match handle stored in $ENV{dbh}
(information_schema:10.3.1.214) 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:getnewdbh(2761)|database
handle
stored in $ENV{dbh} 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|DataStructure.pm:retrieve_user_data(141
5)|data has been retrieved for user: admin (id: 1) 2012-02-21
16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|utils.pm:mail(1268)|SUCCESS -- Sending
mail To: dcheb...@gmu.edu, PROBLEM --
275:261|image|xCAT2.pm|bc1-7|centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0|admin
|12755|275:261|image| CRITICAL
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_get_base_template_filename(
|2170)|f ailed to find suitable base image template file in
|/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/image 12755|275:261|image| ( 0)
|xCAT2.pm,
|_get_base_template_filename (line: 2170) 12755|275:261|image| (-1)
|xCAT2.pm, _create_template (line: 1075) 12755|275:261|image| (-2)
|xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836)
|12755|275:261|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 346)
|12755|275:261|image| WARNING
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:_create_template(1077)|base
|template filename could not be determined 12755|275:261|image| (
|0)
|xCAT2.pm, _create_template (line: 1077) 12755|275:261|image| (-1)
|xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836)
|12755|275:261|image| (-2) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 346)
|12755|275:261|image| WARNING
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(840)|failed to
|create .tmpl file for centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0
|12755|275:261|image| ( 0) xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 840)
|12755|275:261|image| (-1) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, main (line: 346)
|12755|275:261|image| WARNING
|12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21
|16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|image.pm:process(166)|centos5image-xc
|atcento s5v474-v0 image failed to be captured by provisioning
|module
|12755|275:261|image| ( 0) image.pm, process (line: 166)
|12755|275:261|image| (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568)
|12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, main (line: 346)
On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:44 , Aaron Peeler wrote:
Yes, we're using the latest xCAT version.
-A
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kumar, Amit H. ahku...@odu.edu
wrote:
Hi Dmitri,
We use xCAT 2.5.2; I am not a pro to say if xCAT 2.6.x will
work.
May be Aaron and his group could say more.
Thank you,
Amit
-Original Message-
From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:37 AM
To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: VCL and xCat
Thank you.
What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x,
is it
safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks.
On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote:
Hi Dmitri,
SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly
followed
it
and then slowly things started to make more sense once it
worked.
Also xCAT forum was very helpful.
Thank you,
Amit
-Original Message-
From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM
To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: VCL and xCat
Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment
as
well...
I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one
-
http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide.
BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site
Re: VCL and xCat
Aaron You mentioned using xCAT to provision end-use desktops at ncsu. How do you handle xCAT r* commands? Did you have to add a remote management card to each desktop to support rpower, etc? Thanks. On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management+Node+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPNDStAAoJEMRKpymufl8aAxkH/iCGHjBRUMR85l4+D3clzzem eb4+RtsjvqfnJO7IjjF3Ajs73labFWvoEgpJrbFous2v6ou/gNsUgB82hWicqNTm 5+ZKkdncM2qWl2QI1ED6kvZt0OHmG/cUbRk0XRlPSjf99dIYgjqPZBL4xFNje62X xzNNPCEC7S5lixouyUcFPh7KhVR+11zvZsliV19CYH6HqXLpSphRt/gN5HIK77gD xNpfymdAPf2iJ1Dur5MNngnJIYTgdNgYq8pTvmrxPNEixumYsTU1UQzYFbijpctI yL8gUhP2kX2Yd45mVGzZxmJXDrOkg0rLxmIxVrrmGH2/iLSHpSFE+8mY0kqbTmA= =86fD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: VCL and xCat
: 1077) 12755|275:261|image| (-1) |xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 836) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) image.pm, process (line: 162) |12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 346) |12755|275:261|image| WARNING |12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21 |16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|xCAT2.pm:capture(840)|failed to create .tmpl |file for centos5image-xcatcentos5v474-v0 12755|275:261|image| ( 0) |xCAT2.pm, capture (line: 840) |12755|275:261|image| (-1) image.pm, process (line: 162) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) |12755|275:261|image| WARNING |12755|275:261|image| 2012-02-21 |16:22:30|12755|275:261|image|image.pm:process(166)|centos5image-xcatcento |s5v474-v0 image failed to be captured by provisioning module |12755|275:261|image| ( 0) image.pm, process (line: 166) |12755|275:261|image| (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |12755|275:261|image| (-2) vcld, main (line: 346) On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:44 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Yes, we're using the latest xCAT version. -A On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kumar, Amit H. ahku...@odu.edu wrote: Hi Dmitri, We use xCAT 2.5.2; I am not a pro to say if xCAT 2.6.x will work. May be Aaron and his group could say more. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:37 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you. What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x, is it safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks. On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly followed it and then slowly things started to make more sense once it worked. Also xCAT forum was very helpful. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and- partimag e-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management + N ode+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit
Re: VCL and xCat
Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management+Node+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPNDStAAoJEMRKpymufl8aAxkH/iCGHjBRUMR85l4+D3clzzem eb4+RtsjvqfnJO7IjjF3Ajs73labFWvoEgpJrbFous2v6ou/gNsUgB82hWicqNTm 5+ZKkdncM2qWl2QI1ED6kvZt0OHmG/cUbRk0XRlPSjf99dIYgjqPZBL4xFNje62X xzNNPCEC7S5lixouyUcFPh7KhVR+11zvZsliV19CYH6HqXLpSphRt/gN5HIK77gD xNpfymdAPf2iJ1Dur5MNngnJIYTgdNgYq8pTvmrxPNEixumYsTU1UQzYFbijpctI yL8gUhP2kX2Yd45mVGzZxmJXDrOkg0rLxmIxVrrmGH2/iLSHpSFE+8mY0kqbTmA= =86fD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: VCL and xCat
Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management+Node+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPNDStAAoJEMRKpymufl8aAxkH/iCGHjBRUMR85l4+D3clzzem eb4+RtsjvqfnJO7IjjF3Ajs73labFWvoEgpJrbFous2v6ou/gNsUgB82hWicqNTm 5+ZKkdncM2qWl2QI1ED6kvZt0OHmG/cUbRk0XRlPSjf99dIYgjqPZBL4xFNje62X xzNNPCEC7S5lixouyUcFPh7KhVR+11zvZsliV19CYH6HqXLpSphRt/gN5HIK77gD xNpfymdAPf2iJ1Dur5MNngnJIYTgdNgYq8pTvmrxPNEixumYsTU1UQzYFbijpctI yL8gUhP2kX2Yd45mVGzZxmJXDrOkg0rLxmIxVrrmGH2/iLSHpSFE+8mY0kqbTmA= =86fD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: VCL and xCat
We use a single dhcp server/config on the private network for both the blades and vm nodes. In xCAT2 - there are globals set in the default /etc/dhcpd.conf and xCAT makes heavy use of the /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases files for adding nodes, etc. We typically have blades that are part of the xCAT tables and vms that are not. We just add the vms to the /etc/hosts file same as the blades and just script the adding of the vms to the leases file. You could definitely add the vms to the xCAT tables - just to make use of the makedhcp cmd. But with hundreds of vm entries, that just cluttered up our xCAT tables. So we just elected to add them directly outside of the xCAT managed blades. Aaron On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and-partimage-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management+Node+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPNDStAAoJEMRKpymufl8aAxkH/iCGHjBRUMR85l4+D3clzzem eb4+RtsjvqfnJO7IjjF3Ajs73labFWvoEgpJrbFous2v6ou/gNsUgB82hWicqNTm 5+ZKkdncM2qWl2QI1ED6kvZt0OHmG/cUbRk0XRlPSjf99dIYgjqPZBL4xFNje62X
Re: VCL and xCat
Thank you. What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x, is it safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks. On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly followed it and then slowly things started to make more sense once it worked. Also xCAT forum was very helpful. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and- partimag e-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management+N ode+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPNDStAAoJEMRKpymufl8aAxkH/iCGHjBRUMR85l4+D3clzzem eb4+RtsjvqfnJO7IjjF3Ajs73labFWvoEgpJrbFous2v6ou/gNsUgB82hWicqNTm 5+ZKkdncM2qWl2QI1ED6kvZt0OHmG/cUbRk0XRlPSjf99dIYgjqPZBL4xFNje62X xzNNPCEC7S5lixouyUcFPh7KhVR+11zvZsliV19CYH6HqXLpSphRt/gN5HIK77gD
RE: VCL and xCat
Hi Dmitri, We use xCAT 2.5.2; I am not a pro to say if xCAT 2.6.x will work. May be Aaron and his group could say more. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:37 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you. What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x, is it safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks. On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly followed it and then slowly things started to make more sense once it worked. Also xCAT forum was very helpful. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and- partimag e-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management+ N ode+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - Thank you
Re: VCL and xCat
Yes, we're using the latest xCAT version. -A On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kumar, Amit H. ahku...@odu.edu wrote: Hi Dmitri, We use xCAT 2.5.2; I am not a pro to say if xCAT 2.6.x will work. May be Aaron and his group could say more. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:37 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you. What version of xCat do you use? Since VCL supports xCat 2.x, is it safe to use latest xCat 2.6.10? Thanks. On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:27 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, SUMAVI link that you have is a real good one, I blindly followed it and then slowly things started to make more sense once it worked. Also xCAT forum was very helpful. Thank you, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:15 AM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org; aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Thank you, I hope we can make it work in our environment as well... I keep searching and reading xCat docs - here is good one - http://sumavi.com/books/xcat-administrators-guide. BTW, if you have any docs outside of xcat.org site, please share... At this point I'm looking for xCat overview docs, i.e. to understand the process. Looks like xCat makes extensive use of DHCP server to manage nodes. Are you using different DHCPd servers for VCL VMs and xCat nodes, or just keep everything on one DHCP server and being careful with which MAC gets what? Thanks again for your help... On Feb 10, 2012, at 9:30 , Aaron Peeler wrote: Dmitri, Just to add to Amit, comments. We use xCAT extensively here at ncsu. From provisioning end-user desktops and our hypervisors. xCAT very helpful when needed to install a chassis full of blades with esxi. As your installing xCAT You'll want to review https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/adding-support-for-partimage-and- partimag e-ng-to-xcat-2x-unofficial.html We added in VCL support for partimage - which is used to capture the disk images of end-user environments/desktops for windows and linux. When your adding nodes to vcl through the manage computers tool, make sure to choose xCAT 2.x . If your doing windows bare-metal, you'll also need to include sysprep and related mass storage drivers so it can be reloaded successfully. For sysprep review step 8 on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Management+ N ode+Installation Hope this info helps, Aaron On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu wrote: Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you
RE: VCL and xCat
Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you.
Re: VCL and xCat
Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: VCL and xCat
Amit, Thanks a lot. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:57 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi Dmitri, You general idea is correct to my best understanding. Install Path in the Edit management Node will be the path for xCAT(bare metal) image repository. In addition when you configure the Site table in xCAT you will set the installdir to point to the location where you will store your images. We have IBM E Blade Chassis with HS22 blade servers. Best, Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:44 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: VCL and xCat Amit, I'm trying to get general idea about xCat/VCL : so, basically xCat needs to be installed and configured on VCL Mgm node(s) before it can be used with VCL, and I should be able to successfully provision xCat nodes/clients with different images. Once xCat is working then I can add bare-metal computers - blade with xCat 2.x engine. Does it sound right? How do you tell VCL where to get image files for xCat nodes - is it 'Install Path' setting under Management Nodes - Edit management node information? What kind of hardware do you have for xCat nodes? Are those IBM blade servers or/and PCs? Thanks. On Feb 9, 2012, at 15:16 , Kumar, Amit H. wrote: Hi, We do not need an additional/dedicated server to do both xCAT and VCL together, your management node can serve as your xCAT server. I would recommend getting xCAT to work by itself before using VCL to manage your images and guest OS. This has worked well for us so far. :Amit -Original Message- From: dcheb...@gmu.edu [mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:03 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: VCL and xCat Hi All Anyone is using xCat with VCL? I have generic question about xCat and VCL - where do I start? Do I need working xCat environment before I can add it to VCL? Does xCat need dedicated server? Or does it run on the VCL management node? Are there any special hardware requirements for xCat clients? Thank you. Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - Thank you. - Dmitri Chebotarov dcheb...@gmu.edu 703-993-6175 - signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
