Hi,

Thanx for the pointers -- already on the cc list for 6182, added a 
comment & cc to 7115, and added us in the cc for 7149.

We basically implemented the workaround in 7115.

Sundar Yamunachari wrote:
> Jon Aimone wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think we solved it. I'm not certain when things changed. I know 
>> some bugs concerning subnets in the installadm tools were addressed 
>> not long ago.
>>
>> We had not upgraded our AI server since 09.06 until build 124, but I 
>> did not try any services based on older AI images at that time, not 
>> until today.
>>
>> The /etc/netboot directory was a mess with no "real" subnet 
>> directories. Based on the logs from the webserver, my client was 
>> requesting boot information specific to its subnet, but there was no 
>> subnet directory... so it got the default which happened to be for 
>> build 125...
>>
>> We added directories for the subnets with appropriate directories for 
>> my client system and things are working much better now. The 
>> /etc/netboot directory more closely resembles what's described in the 
>> manual for how to set up wan boot.
> There may be some bus in that area (6182, 7115 and 7149). The 
> installadm create-service command creates the network directory under 
> /etc/netboot. If there are multiple interfaces or subnets, it may not 
> add all the networks. If your case is not covered by these bugs, 
> please add your problem and how you fixed with a workaround.
>
> Thanks,
> Sundar
>>
>> Jon Aimone wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Ah. That directory is a collection of symlinks and conf files. From 
>>> the behavior I'm seeing, wanboot is not finding the client specific 
>>> files.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to get more information form the wanboot-cgi about 
>>> which files it chose? A log file somewhere?
>>>
>>> Sundar Yamunachari wrote:
>>>> Jon Aimone wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> We use static IP addresses, and I checked the DHCP macros. I have 
>>>>> not changed them. They look the same as they did for build 124 and 
>>>>> build 111.
>>>>>
>>>>> [ja123687] (18506)> dhtadm -P | grep 0100144F21ADA8
>>>>> 0100144F21ADA8          Macro           
>>>>> :Include=mpkpen-ai-1:BootSrvA=172.21.4.10:BootFile="http://172.21.4.10:5555/cgi-bin/wanboot-cgi":
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not the one who created the services, so I don't have the text 
>>>>> of the command executed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Before the service for 125 was created, I could select between 
>>>>> build 111 and build 124.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know enough about wan boot configuration to know what to 
>>>>> look at on the server. What configuration files would get changed 
>>>>> by installing a new service?
>>>> WAN Boot files are created under /etc/netboot of the install 
>>>> server. The default service configuration is available under 
>>>> /etc/netboot/wanboot.conf. The service specific configuration will 
>>>> be under /etc/netboot/<service_name> and the client specific 
>>>> configuration under /etc/netboot/<network number>.
>>>>
>>>> - Sundar
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sundar Yamunachari wrote:
>>>>>> Jon Aimone wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I have an AI server with multiple services, how do I choose 
>>>>>>> which service will be used for my target system?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd thought all I had to do was "create-client" specifying the 
>>>>>>> service I desired. Is this not the case?
>>>>>> If you customized your client with a service, that client will be 
>>>>>> using the image associated with that service. It shouldn't change 
>>>>>> when you add a new service.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I ask because when we added the 125 AI image to our server and 
>>>>>>> created a service for it. Now my systems that had custom 
>>>>>>> manifests using a service based on the 124 image all get the 125 
>>>>>>> miniroot. Is this the expected behavior?
>>>>>> It should not get 125 image. How your IP addresses are 
>>>>>> configured? Are they static or dynamic? Check your DHCP server to 
>>>>>> see the DHCP macros assigned to the IP addresses and what 
>>>>>> image/service associated with the macro? Can you provide the 
>>>>>> commands you issued to create the 124 and 125 services?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Sundar
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