Your privilege screen attachments didn't make it to the list. Make sure for the Resources section on the Privileges screen that the computer groups and the image groups are listed as available.
You shouldn't have to fill in the currentimageid, preferredimageid, nextimageid, imagerevisionid fields in the computer table. If you ever use "bare-metal" or "full blade" images in the future, as opposed to vmware images, you'll want to separate your computer and image group assignments. The reason being that "bare-metal" installs use a different provisioning engine (xCAT), bare-metal images can't be provisioned on vmware computers and vmware images can't be provisioned on bare-metal servers. In your case it doesn't matter since you only have vmware image. For example: allComputers,newimages,allImages used for bare-metal allVMComputers, newvmimages, allVMImages used for vmware Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778 -----Original Message----- From: My LinuxHAList [mailto:mylinuxhal...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 3:01 PM To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: showTimeTable function > I don't know how the View Time Table plays into things, I've never looked at > that before, mine is currently blank. > Unless I'm not understanding the setup, you have to have as many computers > defined as you want to have instances of your image running. For each > computer you define you assign a unique mac address. To make a reservation > for the image, there has to be an available computer for the reservation to > run on. If you want to have 10 concurrent reservations, you have to have 10 > computers available. > > The image also must be assigned to an image group, and that image group has > to be mapped to a computer group which contains the computers the image can > run on. There is good explanation of this at the Documentation link on the > VCL home page. Thanks. I've been trying to follow the documentation on the "Images and Privileges" documentation. The documentation did not mention about creation of each machine like you described; now I understand that it's needed. I added "vm-spawn-1"; with Mac address, etc. Do you mean the following grouping, etc. I've got (I'm logged in as user 'admin'): 1) "No Apps (Linux) - image.id=10" belongs to {allImages,allVMImages} 2) allImages belongs to {allComputers,newimages,newvmimages} 3) allVMImages belongs to {allComputers,newimages,newvmimages} 4) vmnode2.local (ESXi host) and vm-spawn-1 belong to {allComputers,newimages,newvmimages} 5) Attached are my Privileges screens. Do I need to set currentimageid, preferredimageid or nextimageid, imagerevisionid for vm-spawn-1 ? I still can't get reservation on "No Apps (Linux)", when I select "Now" it still says "Selection currently not available". Thanks mysql> select * from computer; +----+---------+---------+------------+------------+----------------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+------+------------+-----------+---------+---------------+---------------+------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+------+--------+------+--------+------+---------+----------+----------+ | id | stateid | ownerid | platformid | scheduleid | currentimageid | preferredimageid | nextimageid | imagerevisionid | RAM | procnumber | procspeed | network | hostname | IPaddress | privateIPaddress | eth0macaddress | eth1macaddress | type | provisioningid | drivetype | deleted | notes | lastcheck | location | dsa | dsapub | rsa | rsapub | host | hostpub | vmhostid | vmtypeid | +----+---------+---------+------------+------------+----------------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+------+------------+-----------+---------+---------------+---------------+------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+------+--------+------+--------+------+---------+----------+----------+ | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4096 | 2 | 3200 | 100 | vmnode2.local | 192.168.88.5 | NULL | NULL | NULL | blade | 4 | hda | 0 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 512 | 1 | 1000 | 100 | vm-base10-v1 | 192.168.88.10 | NULL | NULL | NULL | virtualmachine | 4 | hda | 0 | | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | NULL | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 512 | 1 | 1000 | 100 | vm-spawn-1 | 192.168.88.11 | NULL | 00:50:56:c0:00:08 | 00:50:56:c0:00:09 | virtualmachine | 4 | hda | 0 | | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 1 | NULL | +----+---------+---------+------------+------------+----------------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+------+------------+-----------+---------+---------------+---------------+------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+------+--------+------+--------+------+---------+----------+----------+ mysql> select * from vmhost; +----+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | id | computerid | vmlimit | vmprofileid | vmkernalnic | vmwaredisk | +----+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | NULL | networkdisk | +----+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > > Mike Waldron > Systems Specialist > ITS Research Computing > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 > 919-962-9778 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: My LinuxHAList [mailto:mylinuxhal...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:15 PM > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: showTimeTable function > > Hi Mike, List, > > Apparently, my understanding is still a bit off. > > Since I've captured the image successfully "No Apps (Linux)", name: > vmwarelinux-base10-v1, with the appropriate files copied over to > $DATASTORE/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/ > > I'm thinking that I'll be able to spawn as many "instance" of the "No > Apps (Linux)" as I configure the ESXi to handle. > That was the idea behind capturing an image right ? How would I be > able to achieve that ? > > I create another computer called "vm-tospawn", populate the mac > addresses field and assign it to my only ESXi host. > Nothing shows up on the "View Time Table". What are the fields that > say "vm-tospawn" is associated with the "No Apps (Linux)" image I > captured ? If I populate the mac address fields, if I spawn 2 version > of it, wouldn't I cause conflicts on the Mac address ? > > I still need some guidance on how to go from successful image capture > to launch multiple of them on ESXi host. > > What am I missing ? > > Thanks > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Waldron, Michael H > <mwald...@email.unc.edu> wrote: >> The ESXi host won't directly run your image, you have to define virtual >> machines and assign them to the ESXi host, which will then spin these up to >> run the image. >> >> Basic steps: >> - Click Manage Computers, Edit Computer Information, Submit >> - Add >> - Fill in hostname, IP address, RAM, Proc Speed, Network Speed, select >> 'virtual machine' under Type, VMWare provisioning engine, and appropriate >> computer group. >> - Assign mac addresses for public and private network interfaces of the >> virtual machine. >> - Update the computer table in the database with this info for the virtual >> machine and assign the values to the fields eth0macaddress, eth1macaddress. >> - Click Virtual Hosts >> - Select your ESXi host >> - Click Configure Host >> - Select the virtual machine(s) in the Unassigned VMs column and click Add. >> >> Hopefully I didn't leave out any steps. >> >> >> Mike Waldron >> Systems Specialist >> ITS Research Computing >> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >> CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 >> 919-962-9778 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: My LinuxHAList [mailto:mylinuxhal...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 11:54 PM >> To: vcl-u...@incubator.apache.org; vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Cc: My LinuxHAList >> Subject: showTimeTable function >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a ESXi host (computer.id=1); I have an image [ No Apps(Linux) ] >> which was successfully captured (I think). >> I tried to make Reservation using the "now" button, it says "Selection >> currently not available"; then I clicked the "View Time Table", no >> computers show up. >> >> The ESXi host is in vmhostinuse state (which is state.id=20) -- which >> ESXi host needs to be in. >> >> I'm assuming that my ESXi host is supposed to show up on I hit the >> "View Time Table" if I intend it to be able to run "No Apps (Linux)". >> Is this true ? >> >> With ESXi host in the state of vmhostinuse, I don't think it will ever >> show up, because the state.id=20. >> Here are the code snippets: >> if($computer_platformids[$id] != $platformid || >> ($computerData[$id]["stateid"] != 2 && >> $computerData[$id]["stateid"] != 3 && >> $computerData[$id]["stateid"] != 6 && >> $computerData[$id]["stateid"] != 8) || >> $computerData[$id]["ram"] < >> $imageData[$imageid]["minram"] || >> $computerData[$id]["procnumber"] < >> $imageData[$imageid]["minprocnumber"] || >> $computerData[$id]["procspeed"] < >> $imageData[$imageid]["minprocspeed"] || >> $computerData[$id]["network"] < >> $imageData[$imageid]["minnetwork"] || >> ! in_array($id, $mappedcomputers)) { >> continue; >> } >> >> I could have completely misunderstood what "View Time Table" should show. >> I'm expecting the time tables to show ESXi host(s) that are able to >> run "No Apps (Linux)". >> >> If I'm wrong, what is "View Time Table" designed to show ? >> >> Thanks >> >
