That second example should have been:
[root@r3u20 ~]# virsh dumpxml deploydemo|grep 'mac add'
<mac address='52:54:00:fc:54:2b'/>
[root@r3u20 ~]# nodedefine deploydemo net.hwaddr=52:54:00:fc:54:2b
________________________________
From: Jarrod Johnson <jjohns...@lenovo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 1:43 PM
To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [xcat-user] xCAT-user Digest, Vol 184, Issue 4
So for VMs, skip 'discovery' and just fill it out the identifier (mac address
or uuid) using nodeattrib or nodedefine.
Libvirt based example:
root@r3u20 ~]# virsh dumpxml deploydemo|grep uuid
<uuid>0da3b650-0e03-4b95-9162-8080f809eaed</uuid>
[root@r3u20 ~]# nodedefine deploydemo
id.uuid=0da3b650-0e03-4b95-9162-8080f809eaed
Or, if you don't like UUID:
root@r3u20 ~]# virsh dumpxml deploydemo|grep uuid
<uuid>0da3b650-0e03-4b95-9162-8080f809eaed</uuid>
[root@r3u20 ~]# nodedefine deploydemo
id.uuid=0da3b650-0e03-4b95-9162-8080f809eaed
The missing piece right now is that you have to:
# nodedeploy <node> -n -p <profile>
Note the '-p' which means "don't talk to a BMC". Then you have to otherwise
restart the VM and have it network boot.
I've been wondering about the relative demand for 'hardware control' for VMs,
for libvirt, proxmox, and esxi hosts, nodeconsole, nodeinventory, nodesetboot,
and nodepower.
________________________________
From: Calvin Dodge <caldo...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 11:39 AM
To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [External] Re: [xcat-user] xCAT-user Digest, Vol 184, Issue 4
To expand on Stuart's question: the problem appears to be that
nodediscover expects ... something. I don't know if it's looking for
BMC access. Here's a sample command:
nodediscover assign -e MACADDRESS -n NODENAME
No matching discovery candidates found
Of course, "nodediscover rescan" returns nothing.
To me it appears nodes have to be "discovered" (I can't simply say "if
you see this MAC address, deploy as node X"), and so far I've found no
documentation on doing this with VMs. A typical Google search results
in unhelpful pages, and more unhelpful "AI-generated" content.
So ... what's the secret incantation to setup up VMs for deployment?
Or is there none?
Calvin Dodge
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
<xcat-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> Send xCAT-user mailing list submissions to
> xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>
> https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fxcat-user&data=05%7C02%7Cjjohnson2%40lenovo.com%7C77a0eca07b694c30382008dd827d3c19%7C5c7d0b28bdf8410caa934df372b16203%7C0%7C0%7C638810196633448728%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BIwvuEKDyX3dgnnY1WTa90orGENnkpZJs2ycq98JHEY%3D&reserved=0<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user>
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> xcat-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> xcat-user-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of xCAT-user digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Confluent: Are there any tricks to Deploy Images to VMs
> Running under ESX? (Noah, Stuart)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 03:24:05 +0000
> From: "Noah, Stuart" <stuart.n...@csmc.edu>
> To: "xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net"
> <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: [xcat-user] Confluent: Are there any tricks to Deploy Images
> to VMs Running under ESX?
> Message-ID:
>
> <sa1pr01mb859015aa5beed0acd441de328d...@sa1pr01mb8590.prod.exchangelabs.com>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> We are rebuilding our dev cluster and making athe move from XCAT to
> Confluent, it has been reported to back to me today that, "Confluent appears
> to be designed to use physical nodes with BMCs (ILO,iDRAC, etc.). So far
> I've been unable to get it to configured to deploy virtual machines."
>
> Are there any special steps needed to pxe boot RHEL 9 stateless images to
> virtual nodes running under ESX?
>
> We don't have admin rights to create the virtual machines, but we can change
> most of the settings.
>
> The current settings for the first test node, 00, are as follows.
>
> Firmware: BIOS
> Boot Delay: 10000
>
> Boot Order:
> CD-ROM Drive
> Network boot from VMware VMXNET3
> Network boot from VMware VMXNET3 #2
> Network boot from VMware VMXNET3 #3
> Hard Drive
>
>
> Stuart Noah
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
> stuart.n...@csmc.edu<mailto:stuart.n...@csmc.edu>
> 323 866-7621
>
> Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
> Scientific Computing, EIS
> 6500 Wilshire Blvd., 2142H
> Los Angeles, CA 90048
>
>
>
> IMPORTANT WARNING: This message is intended for the use of the person or
> entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is
> privileged and confidential, the disclosure of which is governed by
> applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient,
> or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended
> recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or
> copying of this information is strictly prohibited. Thank you for your
> cooperation.
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: Digest Footer
>
> _______________________________________________
> xCAT-user mailing list
> xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fxcat-user&data=05%7C02%7Cjjohnson2%40lenovo.com%7C77a0eca07b694c30382008dd827d3c19%7C5c7d0b28bdf8410caa934df372b16203%7C0%7C0%7C638810196633472970%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=phhYkB2%2Ftay%2B1WsFfp8C984x719TZ6PUDOdBj01FeQk%3D&reserved=0<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of xCAT-user Digest, Vol 184, Issue 4
> *****************************************
_______________________________________________
xCAT-user mailing list
xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fxcat-user&data=05%7C02%7Cjjohnson2%40lenovo.com%7C77a0eca07b694c30382008dd827d3c19%7C5c7d0b28bdf8410caa934df372b16203%7C0%7C0%7C638810196633488950%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gzhIPsI3t%2BdD9La2HBwtdV1Uy38g7xqrgIg40iVltUQ%3D&reserved=0<https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user>
_______________________________________________
xCAT-user mailing list
xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
