Hi Josh, Thanks for your reply. The note that partimage cannot capture ext4 may be a problem for our CentOS6.2 images.
I will investigate using SystemImager in the raw, and wait for the xCAT v2.8 integration that is hopefully not too far away. Regards, Marianne. ________________________________________ From: Josh Thompson [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 11:35 PM To: xCAT Users Mailing list Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Diskful image-based installs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marianne, You've highlighted that I wrote those instructions from the viewpoint of adding imaging support to xCAT for use with VCL. VCL would be issuing the commands to xCAT; so, I didn't think to note what they would be. I'll add that info to the page as well as the items you listed. To capture an image, you use nodeset <node> image To deploy the image, you use nodeset <node> install In xCAT's nodetype table, you need to set the OS for the node to 'image'. Images will be captured to ${INSTALLROOT}/image/${ARCH}/${PROFILE} where ${INSTALLROOT} is where install media and stuff gets places (typically /install) and ${ARCH} and ${PROFILE} are from the nodetype table. It looks like you have most values set correctly. You'll need to set IMAGELIBINSTALLDIR to just '/install'. One thing to note is that partimage cannot capture ext4. If everything goes well, you should be able to watch it boot the kernel from the remote console, and then run 'nodestat <node>' to see the progress of the image capture. Keep posting any problems you encounter, and I'll do my best to guide you through them. Also, VCL has an IRC room on freenode at #asfvcl if that would be helpful. I'm typically available there between 9am and 4pm EST during work days. Josh - ------------------------------- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlAFcTAACgkQV/LQcNdtPQP8AACfZBF+f5j28avRIWmFgs2u1SW4 tmAAn3VQwN1V9Zd7mddkkPWNl22LawZx =fr6e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
