bump?
anyone have any ideas? ( now formatted and reinstalled 3 times )

On 2012-11-06, at 10:50 AM, Hro wrote:

> Hello all,
>     I have read through the mailing list and several websites (benincosa.com  
> sumavi.com sourceforge.net google etc) for anyone who has mentioned this and 
> I seem to be the first, so I am wondering if  I might be doing wrong.  ( skip 
> to the "code used and results"  for more details ) 
> 
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> #             Background
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
>   The fallowing works on my esxi4.1/xcat2.6/CentOS6.2 systems;  mkvm makes a 
> usable host!  However, I have yet to have mkvm create a "vguest" with a NIC 
> on an esx5 system.  I have installed several versions and even pulled xcat 
> from SVN ( as suggested in previous posts on the mailing list) to no avail. ( 
> I have gone as far as to delete all installed packages and configs to make 
> sure nothing is interfering.
> 
> Used in the esxi5 system:
>   VMware-vSphere-CLI-5.0.0-615831.x86_64.tar.gz            ( with both xcat 
> 2.6 and 2.7 )
>   VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK-5.1.0-780721.x86_64.tar.gz ( with both xcat 2.6 and 
> 2.7 )
>   CentOS6.3 and 6.2 ( with both xcat 2.6 and 2.7 & both esx5 SDKs  )
>   xCat from yum repo and SVN presently using 
> xCAT-2.7.5-snap201210162320.x86_64
>   VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0.update01-623860.x86_64.iso
> 
> The working  esxi4.1 systems
>   VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0-260247.x86_64.iso 
>   VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK-4.1.0-254719.x86_64.tar.gz
>   CentOS6.2 and CentOS6.3
> 
> 
> I am grateful for your suggestions,
> Merci et takk fyrir,
> Hro
> 
> 
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> #              code used and results
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> XCAT=10.10.23.120
> BAREMETAL=hypervisor1
> VIRTUAL_HOST=vmguest01
> POWER=esx
> MGT=esx
> 
> #  reseve addresses for the group vmware only needed to be run once
> chtab node="vmguest" hosts.ip='|\D+(\d+)|10.10.23.(70+($1))|'
> 
> 
> # for each host we must define the following
> nodeadd  "${VIRTUAL_HOST}" groups=vguest,esxi5,vlan23,all
> 
> chdef  "${VIRTUAL_HOST}"  tftpserver=$XCAT xcatmaster=$XCAT servicenode=$XCAT 
> nfsserver=$XCAT
> chdef "${VIRTUAL_HOST}"  postscripts=setupesx,tt_defaults netboot=pxe  
> getmac=esx power=${POWER} mgt=${MGT}
> chdef "${VIRTUAL_HOST}" vmstorage=vmfs://datastore1 vmhost="${BAREMETAL}"
> 
> lsdef "${VIRTUAL_HOST}"
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> #  output
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Object name: vmguest01
>    getmac=esx
>    groups=vguest,esxi5,vlan23,all
>    mgt=esx
>    netboot=pxe
>    nfsserver=10.10.23.120
>    postbootscripts=otherpkgs
>    postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,setupesx,tt_defaults
>    power=esx
>    servicenode=10.10.23.120
>    tftpserver=10.10.23.120
>    vmhost=vsphere1
>    vmstorage=vmfs://datastore1
>    xcatmaster=10.10.23.120
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> mkvm "${VIRTUAL_HOST}" -s 4G
> 
> rinv "${VIRTUAL_HOST}" 
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> #  output
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> vmguest01: Managed Object Reference: 3
> vmguest01: UUID/GUID: c8896637-7b85-467c-a129-c8867d41f0d1
> vmguest01: CPUs: 1
> vmguest01: Memory: 512 MB
> vmguest01: Hard disk 1 (d200:0): 4096 MB @ [datastore1] 
> vmguest01/vmguest01.vmdk
> 
> #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
> 
> 
> 
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