Hi,
I'm currently trying to use xCAT to install a small cluster of four
systems. Those systems are controlled via IPMI interfaces.
I currently only defined one node so far because I can't even get this
to work.
The idea is to install the os to the nodes disks and use xCAT to
switch easily between different OS on the 4 machines, so I want to use
diskful installs of CentOS, SLES, Debian and Ubuntu and switch between
them with xCAT.
I used http://sumavi.com/chapters/linux-kickstart-installation to
setup the basic xcat installation and test CentOS-6.2 as the first os.
The rpower command ist working and I can enable the node "atlas" to
boot into the rescue shell system via xnba.
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# nodeset atlas shell
atlas: shell
[root@cat ~]# rpower atlas on
atlas: on
---------------------
... works fine ...
As a next step I tried to use the "[root@cat ~]# copycds
CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso" to extract a CentOS6.2 image to the
/install folder. That's working so far that I now have the extracted
installation files in:
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# ls -l /install/centos6.2/x86_64
total 84
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 Dec 16 2011 CentOS_BuildTag
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 13 20:23 EFI
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 212 Dec 15 2011 EULA
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18009 Dec 15 2011 GPL
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 13 20:23 images
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 13 20:23 isolinux
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 16384 Aug 13 20:23 Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1354 Dec 9 2011 RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 13 20:23 repodata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1706 Dec 9 2011 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1730 Dec 9 2011 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Debug-6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1730 Dec 9 2011 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Security-6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1734 Dec 9 2011 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3380 Dec 16 2011 TRANS.TBL
---------------------
Next I checked that I have all the predefined osimage definitions.
They were created by copycds, so far so good.
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# lsdef -t osimage
centos6.2-x86_64-install-all (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-install-compute (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-install-iscsi (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-install-kvm (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-install-storage (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-install-xen (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-netboot-compute (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-netboot-kvm (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-netboot-xen (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-statelite-compute (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-statelite-kvm (osimage)
centos6.2-x86_64-statelite-xen (osimage)
---------------------
And the one I would like to use first in more detail:
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# lsdef -t osimage -o centos6.2-x86_64-install-compute
Object name: centos6.2-x86_64-install-compute
imagetype=linux
osarch=x86_64
osname=Linux
osvers=centos6.2
otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/centos6.2/x86_64
pkgdir=/install/centos6.2/x86_64
pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos6.pkglist
profile=compute
provmethod=install
template=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/centos/compute.centos6.tmpl
---------------------
But when I now try to set the boot state of a node the following error
occurs and I don't know how to fix it.
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# nodeset atlas install
Error: Install image not found in /install/centos6.2/x86_64
Error: Some nodes failed to set up install resources, aborting
---------------------
Some configuration details:
---------------------
xCAT: 2.7.3
mgmt node(cat) os: CentOS6
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# lsdef atlas
Object name: atlas
appstatustime=08-13-2012 20:03:51
arch=x86_64
bmc=atlas-ipmi
bmcpassword=ADMIN
bmcport=null
bmcusername=ADMIN
currstate=shell
groups=ipmi,hwcluster
hostnames=atlas
initrd=xcat/genesis.fs.x86_64.lzma
installnic=eth0
ip=10.0.5.1
kcmdline=quiet xcatd=10.0.0.2:3001 destiny=shell
kernel=xcat/genesis.kernel.x86_64
mac=00:25:90:65:38:D8
mgt=ipmi
netboot=xnba
nfsserver=cat
os=centos6.2
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
primarynic=eth0
profile=compute
provmethod=install
status=powering-off
statustime=08-13-2012 21:31:35
tftpserver=cat
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# tabdump nodetype
#node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable
"atlas","centos6.2","x86_64","install","install",,,,
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# tabdump noderes
#node,servicenode,netboot,tftpserver,tftpdir,nfsserver,monserver,nfsdir,installnic,primarynic,discoverynics,cmdinterface,xcatmaster,current_osimage,next_osimage,nimserver,routenames,comments,disable
"atlas",,"xnba","cat",,"cat",,,"eth0","eth0",,,,,,,,,
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# tabdump nodelist
#node,groups,status,statustime,appstatus,appstatustime,primarysn,hidden,comments,disable
"atlas","ipmi,hwcluster","powering-off","08-13-2012
21:31:35",,"08-13-2012 20:03:51",,,,
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# tabdump networks
#netname,net,mask,mgtifname,gateway,dhcpserver,tftpserver,nameservers,ntpservers,logservers,dynamicrange,nodehostname,ddnsdomain,vlanid,domain,comments,disable
"10_0_0_0-255_255_240_0","10.0.0.0","255.255.240.0","eth0","10.0.0.1",,"10.0.0.2","10.0.0.1",,,"10.0.1.1-10.0.1.254",,,,,,
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# tabdump mac
#node,interface,mac,comments,disable
"atlas",,"00:25:90:65:38:D8",,
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# tabdump nodehm
#node,power,mgt,cons,termserver,termport,conserver,serialport,serialspeed,serialflow,getmac,comments,disable
"atlas",,"ipmi",,,,,,,,,,
---------------------
[root@cat ~]# tabdump ipmi
#node,bmc,bmcport,taggedvlan,bmcid,username,password,comments,disable
"atlas","atlas-ipmi","null",,,"ADMIN","ADMIN","null",
---------------------
Kind Regards
Matthias Marx
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
