We have a problem with "configics -s -r" not running reliably in a
postscript.
While we have some infiniband nodes, the majority use only one network
for install and as the single network for the nodes.
On node install, we wish to assign a static IP address on the install
nic, and deconfigure other network cards.
updatenode <nodename> confignics -s -r
Does this just fine.
However, it seems unreliable when run as a postscript. On a recent
reinstall of 30 node:
10 ran it successfully
17 failed, so nodes still had a dhcp address
3 failed for other reasons (telling the bios which image to boot).
I've no idea what causes this - could it be a race condition somewhere?
If so, is there a timer I could increase to make it less likely to happen?
The workaround is to run
updatenode <nodename> confignics -s -r
by hand afterwards.
We are running a relatively old version of xCAT - 2.12.4 - and do plan
to upgrade soon.
Chris
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Dr Christopher J. Walker
ITS Research
Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS
+44 20 7882 5969
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