+1 - Great idea Aaron. Josh
On Thursday January 12, 2012 9:51:44 AM Mark Gardner wrote: > I think that is a great idea Aaron. > > Mark > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Aaron Coburn <acob...@amherst.edu> wrote: > > Hi, Guys, > > > > The web front-end to the VCL has a "testsetup.php" script that tests a > > variety of server settings so that the web code is easier to install. > > > > I am wondering if there might be interest in building a similar facility > > into the vcld -setup script. It seems that many of the questions posed > > on this (and the users') list relate to misconfigured networks and/or > > provisioning module components. Clearly, the vcld logfile captures all > > of this, but even that is often turned over to the list for > > interpretation. This could be a sort of 'dry run' image capture. > > > > So here is a stab at what might be useful for such a script to check. My > > list will be biased heavily in favor of the VMware provisioning > > modules, because that's what we use in our installation. And I am > > assuming that the output would be something easy to understand. > > > > Network: > > 1. can vcld get an IP address from a vmhost 'short name' > > 2. can vcld get an IP address from a given computer 'short name' > > 3. can vcld reach to the running VM(s) > > 4. can vcld reach to the VM host > > 5. can vcld transfer a file to/from the vm host > > 6. if the image library is enabled, is that accessible > > > > Computer: > > 1. is cygwin installed and sshd running (for Windows) > > 2. can vcld login successfully > > 3. does the computer have network access > > 4. do the computer's MAC addresses match what is expected in the > > database > > > > VM Host: > > 1. can vcld login to the vm host > > 2. are the paths listed in vmprofile available in the vmhost > > infrastructure 3. are certain utilities and/or commands available to > > vcld from inside the vmhost (i.e. copy virtual disk, create a vm, etc.) > > > > etc, etc. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Aaron Coburn > > Systems Administrator and Programmer > > Academic Technology Services, Amherst College > > (413) 542-5451 acob...@amherst.edu -- ------------------------------- Josh Thompson Systems Programmer Advanced Computing | VCL Developer North Carolina State University josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu 919-515-5323 my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu 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.
