I have also implemented esxi 5.1 on a cluster using the default templates
and the howtos on the wiki.
I was successfully able to create and manipulate vms.
I can send you guys my config if that may be useful
On 28 Sep 2012 20:49, "Jarrod B Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmm, I used the stock template in hypervisor.tmpl without issue (network
> seems to reliably latch on to BOOTIF.
>
> Of particular interest would be around this area, where we temporarily
> unload the firewall so that updateflag can proceed.
>
> # tell xCAT management server we are done installing
> # have to put in the IP address instead of the hostname because VMware
> # ESXi 4.1 can not resolve IP addresses...
> cp /etc/resolv.conf.xcat /etc/resolv.conf
> localcli network firewall unload
> for param in `vsish -e cat /system/bootCmdLine|grep weasel`; do
> if [ ${param%=*} = "ks" ]; then
> param=${param#*//}
> param=${param%%/*}
> xcatd=$param
> fi
> done
> echo -e "<xcatrequest>\n<command>nextdestiny</command>\n</xcatrequest>" |
> /bin/openssl s_client -quiet -connect $xcatd:3001 2>&1 | tee /tmp/foo.log
>
>
> -----Dmitri Chebotarov <[email protected]> wrote: -----
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> From: Dmitri Chebotarov <[email protected]>
> Date: 09/28/2012 01:29PM
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] ESXi 5.1 with xCAT
>
> Hi
>
> I'm not sure I can set/check firewall in %post steps.
> hostd is not running on this step and 'esxcli network' commands fail
> (unable to connect).
>
> I've found workaround (using wget and monitoring httpd access log on
> master to see when node finished installing) and I'll suffice for now.
> If it's know that ESXi 5.1 works OK then I'll keep looking for a reason
> why openssl cannot connect.
>
> This is KS script for ESXi 5.1, which fails on %post steps.
>
> # kickstart script for esxi51
>
> vmaccepteula
> rootpw --iscrypted #CRYPT:passwd:key=vmware,username=root:password#
> clearpart --alldrives --overwritevmfs
> install --firstdisk --overwritevmfs
> network --bootproto=static --addvmportgroup=false --device=#COMMAND:echo
> #TABLE:noderes:$NODE:primarynic#|sed s/eth/vmnic/g#
> --ip=#TABLE:hosts:$NODE:ip# --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=<X>
> --nameserver=<X> --hostname=#TABLE:noderes:$NODE:node#
> reboot
>
> %post --interpreter=busybox --ignorefailure=false
> echo "<xcatrequest>\n<command>nextdestiny</command>\n</xcatrequest>" |
> /bin/openssl s_client -connect #TABLE:noderes:$NODE:xcatmaster#:3001
>
> %firstboot --interpreter=busybox
>
> <... 1st boot steps...>
>
> Thanks
> On Sep 25, 2012, at 4:13 , Hans-Joachim Ehlers <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Could it be a firewall issue on the ESX host ?
> >
> > Can you execute something like "esxcfg-firewall --allowOutgoing" within
> your kickstart file ?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Hajo
> >
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