makedns -e should be work for your scenario with two prerequisites: (the
doc needs be updated)
1. set the correct external domain server in the /etc/resolv.conf
2. add the TSIG key to your /etc/named.conf for your external dns.
You could keep your dns on the xCAT MN, or just use the external d
Also, if I externalize DNS but leave DHCP on the MN nothing has to change
in the DHCP config, except changes propagated from xcat via makedhcp, does
it? As long as I specify site.nameservers=X.X.X.X as the IP of my external
DNS master and update /etc/dhcpd.conf with makedhcp only the
"domain-name-s
Sorry to revive this, but I have a question about external DNS since I am
thinking of trying it now.
On the Cluster Name Resolution wiki page (
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Cluster_Name_Resolution)
under 'Option #2: Use a DNS That is Outside of the Cluster' it says: "
Hi Yang,
I had the same issue a few weeks back, I had to change the IP address of
the xCAT server and the nodes.
Although you don't need to change the address of the main server but I
documented everything and these are the steps I took:
### Change xCAT's Server IP Address ###
## To change the
Are you just trying to change the hostname or are you also trying to
change the ip address. If ip address, then I believe reinstall will be
the best way to make sure all the system config files are set correctly.
I think you would want to reinstall just to make sure you changes really
worked,
Dear All,
When I'm searching for a solution to change IP/hostname for a compute node,
I've found this article:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Changing_the_Service_and_compute_nodes_Hostname_and/or_IP
The article per se is great for addressing the issue but the soluti
I figured it out. There is a problem in the code /bin/doxcat that tries to
run ntpq command with flag "rv 0 state", however, the "rv 0 state" was
removed in the new ntp version. I fixed the problem in code, made a new
xCAT-gensis-base based on CentOS 6.5 and uploaded it to sourceforge, if you
get t
