Oh k, we fixed this, but i just wanted to share the community what the problem was!
So, first of all, if we use "xnba" instead of "pxe" as the bootloader, the problem goes away! If we want to use pxe, then the problem happens if we do NOT call "makedns" prior to running "nodeset <vmid> netboot". I hope this helps anybody who might run into this problem in the future! :o) Best, Luis On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Luis Miguel Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm running into some trouble while trying to netboot a VM: > > [root@xcat moab]# nodeset vm1 netboot > vm1: netboot centos6-x86_64-compute > Error: xcat.core.cloud: Unable to determine or reasonably guess the > image server for vm1 > [root@xcat moab]# > > [root@xcat moab]# lsdef vm1 > Object name: vm1 > arch=x86_64 > currstate=netboot centos6-x86_64-compute > groups=centos6-stateless,esxvmmgt,failgroup,moab,vlan4,all > initrd=xcat/netboot/centos6/x86_64/compute/initrd-stateless.gz > > kcmdline=imgurl=http://!myipfn!/install/netboot/centos6/x86_64/compute/rootimg.gz > XCAT=!myipfn!:3001 > kernel=xcat/netboot/centos6/x86_64/compute/kernel > mac=42:7f:e9:cf:e9:b7 > mgt=esx > netboot=pxe > nfsserver=10.1.4.254 > os=centos6 > postbootscripts=otherpkgs > postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles > power=esx > profile=compute > provmethod=netboot > usercomment=VM auto created by Moab > vmcfgstore=nfs://xcat.core.cloud/vms/shared > vmcpus=2 > vmhost=l02 > vmmemory=2048 > vmnics=eth0 > vmstorage=nfs://xcat.core.cloud/vms/shared > [root@xcat moab]# > > Any idea on what might be happening? > > According to the error message (and another post i found), it seems > xCAT thinks it should use a image server...but i have no idea why? > > Thank you, > Luis > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
