Hi all,
We are doing a survey on a feature request.
One of our customers put xCAT commands in some scripts to automate the
task. They have seen some xCAT commands not really fully "completed" when
the commands return. For example:
1. makecnservercf command. When the command returns, the conserver.cf file
has configured. However, the command calls "service conserver restart" at
the end which returns immediately without waiting for the conserver to
start completely.
2. rpower command. It just sends the request to the firmware, the hw
control API just returns without waiting for the node to change to the
desired state.
In above situations, the customer had to put some wait statements in the
script. But this requires them to know exactly what is happening in the
xCAT commands. So they request that the xCAT handles all of these
internally. When the commands return, everything is really done.
For xCAT developers, we know these limitations are from the underlying
commands (such as service) and APIs that the xCAT commands are using.
We'd like to know the follwowing:
1. If you put xCAT commands in scripts or just running them manually.
2. if you have encountered the same problem and how do you resolve it.
3. Do you prefer xCAT wait for "unfinished" tasks or you handle it in your
own script.
Thanks,
Ling Gao
Poughkeepsie Unix Development Lab
IBM Systems and Technology Group
Internal: T/L 293-5692
External: [email protected], 845-433-5692
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