Sathya, Have you tried running "xcatprobe osdeploy" right after "rinstall" ? ( https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/advanced/probe/osdeploy.html) It should print out steps of the provisioning process and perhaps will point you to the step that takes longer than it should.
Mark Gurevich Poughkeepsie Development Lab HPC Software Development - xCAT "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" --Albert Einstein From: S S R R Perumal <sathyasrrperu...@gmail.com> To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net Date: 03/23/2020 10:08 AM Subject: [EXTERNAL] [xcat-user] slow booting process Dear all, We are facing a problem of slow booting, and always ending up with few nodes hanging up in the middle during the booting process. Often needs to rpower again. If each computing node takes 4-5 minutes, how long does it take for large number of computing nodes or at least what is the maximum expected time. I have a single copy of the image in the master node from where netboot copies for a diskless deployment. Do we need to split the number of nodes to be booted at a time, just for the limitation of the speed of the copy process. Any pointer to fix the problem would be greatly appreciated. Sathya -- S S R R Perumal PhD TUE-CMS High Performance Computing Center Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISc, Bangalore. sathyasrrperu...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.sourceforge.net_lists_listinfo_xcat-2Duser&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=cGs4a-jfx6Emudek2Wdi4FLq2XKm1pvrlbCQ-h7Qq7A&m=tM5gcNMSZ9Ne6Zvz3UQciMidGIHdu_OCVhK_Y9zY4Rc&s=5Uw83W9CX1xTf0LWtnpQXN-G_Cn-U0FfXNNb7nGm7tk&e=
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