As promised, below are lsdefs of the hypervisor, and then the vm
itself. I hope this is sufficient
# lsdef sandbox01
Object name: sandbox01
arch=x86_64
bmc=bmcsandbox01
bmcport=0
chain=runcmd=bmcsetup,standby
cons=ipmi
currchain=boot
currstate=boot
groups=sandbox,ipmi,x3550m4,A1
ip=<snip>
kcmdline=-c xcat/netboot/esxi5/x86_64/hypervisor/boot.cfg.install
ks=http://10.0.0.201/install/autoinst/sandbox01
kernel=xcat/netboot/esxi5/x86_64/hypervisor/mboot.c32
mac=<snip>
mgt=ipmi
mtm=7914FT1
netboot=xnba
nfsserver=10.0.0.201
ondiscover=nodediscover
os=esxi5
otherinterfaces=bmcsandbox01:<snip>
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,addsiteyum,setupntp
power=ipmi
primarynic=eth0
profile=hypervisor
provmethod=install
serial=06CWBH3
serialport=0
serialspeed=115200
status=installing
statustime=09-04-2012 17:33:14
supportedarchs=x86,x86_64
switch=switch01
switchport=15
Object name: vm01
arch=x86_64
cons=esx
currchain=boot
currstate=boot
groups=vmware,vms
initrd=xcat/SL6.3/x86_64/initrd.img
kcmdline=quiet repo=http://10.0.0.201/install/SL6.3/x86_64/
ks=http://10.0.0.201/install/autoinst/vm01 ksdevice=eth0
kernel=xcat/SL6.3/x86_64/vmlinuz
mac=42:a9:c7:78:c3:67
mgt=esx
netboot=xnba
nfsserver=10.0.0.201
os=SL6.3
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,addsiteyum,setupntp
primarynic=eth0
profile=compute
provmethod=install
serialflow=115200
serialspeed=0
status=booted
statustime=09-07-2012 16:49:28
supportedarchs=x86_64,x86
vmhost=sandbox01
vmnics=vmn0
vmstorage=vmfs://datastore1
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On 1 October 2012 17:09, Dmitri Chebotarov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you,
>
> adding 'localcli network firewall unload' before '...nextdestiny...' fixed
> the problem.
> ESXi 5.1 installs OK now.
>
> So, the %post section looks like this:
>
> %post --interpreter=busybox --ignorefailure=false
> localcli network firewall unload
> echo "<xcatrequest>\n<command>nextdestiny</command>\n</xcatrequest>" |
> /bin/openssl s_client -connect <xCAT_IP>:3001
>
>
> On Sep 28, 2012, at 15:46 , 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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> Dmitri Chebotarov
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