Hi John, I tried esxi 5 on cobbler 2.2.0 didn't work Can you please share what changes you did.
Thanks, Selva Sent from my iPhone On Nov 3, 2011, at 7:12 PM, James Cammarata <j...@sngx.net> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Greg Swift <gregsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 07:08, John Paget Bourke >> <john.bou...@mobileinternet.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I would like to build some ESXi 5 servers from cobbler. >>> I understand ESXi is supported, but when I try import it does not work >>> [root@Config esxi5]# cobbler import --name=ESXi5 --arch=x86_64 >>> --path=/media/esxi5/ --rsync-flags="--quiet" >>> >>> task started: 2011-11-02_193127_import >>> task started (id=Media import, time=Wed Nov 2 19:31:27 2011) >>> scanning /media/esxi5/ for a redhat-based distro signature >>> *** TASK COMPLETE *** >>> >>> If I try to import ESXi 4.1 it seems ok >>> >>> [root@Config ~]# cobbler import --name=ESXi41 --arch=x86_64 >>> --path=/media/esxi41/ --rsync-flags="--quiet" >>> task started: 2011-11-02_200431_import >>> task started (id=Media import, time=Wed Nov 2 20:04:31 2011) >>> >>> scanning /media/esxi41/ for a redhat-based distro signature >>> >>> Found a vmware compatible signature: imagedd.bz2 >>> >>> running: rsync -a '/media/esxi41/' >>> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESXi41-x86_64 >>> --exclude-from=/etc/cobbler/rsync.exclude --progress --quiet >>> Can someone point me at a place where I can modify the code to import >>> ESXi5 ? Are there any other considerations ? >> >> So the code that this happens in is: >> >> /usr/lib/python*/cobbler/modules/manage_import_vmware.py >> >> It appears that they made some changes to what they provide: >> >> http://www.vcritical.com/2011/07/vmware-esxi-5-interactive-pxe-installation-improvements/ >> >> So I'm not sure how much work that means, however I believe mainly you just >> need to look for the identifier to add to the signatures list. > > I've gotten the import working now, however I have not tested it at > all. There is no response file, so it would pretty much be an > interactive install launched from PXE at this point. I've still got > some cleanup to do of the code, so with testing expect this to be > included in 2.2.3 (release after next, probably a month out). > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
