Xiao, That did not seem to work, here's what i tried: [root@xcat perl]# cat /install/autoinst/i13 | tail # tell xCAT management server we are done installing # have to put in the IP address instead of the hostname because VMware # ESXi 4.1 can not resolve IP addresses... echo "<xcatrequest>\n<command>nextdestiny</command>\n</xcatrequest>" | /bin/openssl s_client -quiet -connect Host 254.3.1.10.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN):3001 2>&1 | tee /tmp/foo.log /bin/echo installstatus bootedpost | /bin/nc 10.1.3.254 3002
# enable SSH on next boot: %firstboot --interpreter=busybox --unsupported --level=47 sed -ie 's/#ssh/ssh/' /etc/inetd.conf #ssh is too nice not to have /bin/echo installstatus bootedfirst | /bin/nc 10.1.3.254 3002 [root@xcat perl]# Any thoughts? Thanks, Luis On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Luis Miguel Silva <luismiguelferreirasi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the tip, i will try this tomorrow morning and let you know if it > worked. > Thanks! > Luis Miguel Silva > On Aug 11, 2011, at 12:11 AM, Xiao Peng Wang <w...@cn.ibm.com> wrote: > > If you are using the 'base' as the profile, try to add it in the %post part > of /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/esx/base.esxi4.1.tmpl. And run the nodeset > to see whether it has been updated to the /install/autoinst/node. > > Thanks > Best Regards > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wang Xiaopeng (王晓朋) > IBM China System Technology Laboratory > Tel: 86-10-82453455 > Email: w...@cn.ibm.com > Address: 28,ZhongGuanCun Software Park,No.8 Dong Bei Wang West Road, Haidian > District Beijing P.R.China 100193 > > <graycol.gif>Luis Miguel Silva ---2011-08-05 17:39:47---Xiao, I tried > copying the updateflag.awk script to a stateless esxi machine i had > > From: Luis Miguel Silva <luismiguelferreirasi...@gmail.com> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: 2011-08-05 17:39 > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] My vmware esxi4.1 netbooted images never changed > their nodelist.status > > ________________________________ > > > Xiao, > > I tried copying the updateflag.awk script to a stateless esxi machine i had > but it did not work... > Nevertheless, i successfully updated the boot flag with netcat: > /bin/echo installstatus booted | /bin/nc 172.31.32.254 3002 > > I've been digging around and found that i can either call this in > /etc/rc.local OR create a /etc/rc.local.d/ directory and put an executable > script inside that will take care of this for me. > > Unfortunately, i have NO IDEA how to update the stateless image! > Contrary to other (linux) OSes, we do not run "packimage" and everything i > can find is in: > [root@xcat ~]# ls /install/esxi4.1/x86_64/ > a.z cimstg.tgz ienviron.vgz imagedd.md5 isolinux.bin mboot.c32 > open_source_licenses.txt sys.vgz vmkboot.gz > boot.cat cim.vgz imagedd.bz2 install.vgz isolinux.cfg menu.c32 > README.txt tboot.gz vmkernel.gz > [root@xcat ~]# > > I'm guessing i have to customize the imagedd.bz2 image file but i do not > know how to open it... > I've tried to bunzip it and mount it but i do not know the filesystem type. > > As a last test, i was thinking about dd'ing this image to an usb flash > drive, making the changes locally and bzipping the file back again. > > Would this update the stateless image? And is there an easier way to do it?? > > Thank you! > Luis > > 2011/8/1 Xiao Peng Wang <w...@cn.ibm.com> > > It is not supported by the base profile for esxi4.1. You can try to add it > into the tmpl file base.esxi4.1.tmpl to update the flag to booted. > > Thanks > Best Regards > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wang Xiaopeng (王晓朋) > IBM China System Technology Laboratory > Tel: 86-10-82453455 > Email: w...@cn.ibm.com > Address: 28,ZhongGuanCun Software Park,No.8 Dong Bei Wang West Road, Haidian > District Beijing P.R.China 100193 > > <graycol.gif>Luis Miguel Silva ---2011-07-30 03:09:42---I'm having some > trouble where my vmware esxi4.1 netbooted images never seem to change their > nodelist > > From: Luis Miguel Silva <luismiguelferreirasi...@gmail.com> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: 2011-07-30 03:09 > Subject: [xcat-user] My vmware esxi4.1 netbooted images never changed their > nodelist.status > ________________________________ > > > I'm having some trouble where my vmware esxi4.1 netbooted images never > seem to change their nodelist.status to "booted". > > [root@xcat xcat]# nodels l06,l07,l08 nodelist.status > l06: booting > l07: booted > l08: booted > [root@xcat xcat]# > > In this example, i'm running different CentOS images on l07 and l08 > and esxi 4.1 (netboot) in l06. > > Has anybody else seen this behavior? > > I've sshed into the machine and could not find any updateflag scripts > anywhere... > Dont we have an updateflag script for esxi images? > > Thank you! > Luis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Got Input? 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