updatenode will run all scripts defined for the node(s) in the following
attributes (postbootscript,postscripts)   by default when you use the -P
flag; or run it with no flags which implies you are running   -S  -P -F
options.
 postbootscripts=otherpkgs
 postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,syslog,new_set

You can specify specific scripts to run on the -P flag   so instead of
updatenode -P  or updatenode
run the following not to run the postbootscript
updatenode -S -P syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles,syslog,new_set -F

I admit the man page is misleading.   Will fix that.


Lissa K. Valletta
8-3/B10
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(tie 293) 433-3102





From:   Craig West <[email protected]>
To:     xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
Date:   01/02/2013 06:45 PM
Subject:        [xcat-user] Post BOOT scripts




Hi,

Trying to get an understanding of postscript versus postbootscripts.

I understand that postbootscripts are run after the first boot, but it
seems that they also get run every time updatenode <node> is run as
well. I was hoping to use postbootscripts as a method for running
scripts that only need to be run once after the machine is installed.
Of course, they are still able to be run manually if I need them again.

An example is configuring the Infiniband device. A script is provided
called "configiba.1port", but putting it in postbootscripts and running
updatenode makes that script get run again (each time the updatenode
postscripts section is called). This script actually restarts the
Infiniband stack, which has the potential to kill jobs and also causes
Lustre issues (it hangs as Lustre is using the device and the script
never completes).
If this script was run once after boot only it wouldn't be an issue. For
now we have modified the script to stop it restarting, but its not the
best of solutions.

Is this a bug, or a misunderstanding of the point of postbootscripts?
The documentation I have found is not clear either way.

Note: Running Centos 6, xCAT 2.7.6 and disk full installs.

Thanks,
Craig.

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