That was it my friend!  The only other thing I had to do was chmod 644 the
fdm.v00 file.
Thanks!

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Jarrod B Johnson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Nevermind. Try:
>
> VMware_bootbank_vmware-fdm_5.0.0-455964.vib
> [root@cirrus ttt]# mkdir tmp
> [root@cirrus ttt]# cd tmp
> [root@cirrus tmp]# ar x ../VMware_bootbank_vmware-fdm_5.0.0-455964.vib
> [root@cirrus tmp]# ls
> descriptor.xml sig.pkcs7 vmware-fdm
> [root@cirrus tmp]# cp vmware-fdm /install/esxi5/x86_64/fdm.v00
> [root@cirrus tmp]#
>
> Then add fdm.v00 to boot.cfg.stateless.
>
> Looks like that should work. I haven't tried it or seen it documented
> anywhere, but that's how it looks like it should work.
>
>
> [image: Inactive hide details for V Benincosa ---12/13/2011 11:02:18
> AM---tap tap... this thing on? Any ideas? On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at]V
> Benincosa ---12/13/2011 11:02:18 AM---tap tap... this thing on? Any ideas?
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:49 AM, V Benincosa <vallard@benincos
>
> From: V Benincosa <[email protected]>
> To: xcat-user <[email protected]>,
> Date: 12/13/2011 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] VMware ESX5 stateless with HA agent
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> tap tap... this thing on?  Any ideas?
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:49 AM, V Benincosa 
> <*[email protected]*<[email protected]>>
> wrote:
>
>    When ESXi5 boots with xCAT, it doesn't seem to include the HA agent on
>    the machine.  What is the best way to add this in?  Using Autodeploy you
>    can add the vmware-fdm vib.  I've extracted that vib and tried to inject it
>    into the boot.cfg.stateless config file, but I get corrupted bootbank
>    errors when I do it.  Any pointers?
>
>    Here's the file:
>
>    bootstate=0
>    title=xCAT is loading ESXi stateless
>    kernel=tboot.b00
>    kernelopt=
>    modules=b.b00 --- useropts.gz --- k.b00 --- a.b00 --- ata-pata.v00 ---
>    ata-pata.v01 --- ata-pata.v02 --- ata-pata.v03 --- ata-pata.v04 ---
>    ata-pata.v05 --- ata-pata.v06 --- ata-pata.v07 --- block-cc.v00 ---
>    ehci-ehc.v00 --- s.v00  --- ima-qla4.v00 --- ipmi-ipm.v00 --- ipmi-ipm.v01
>    --- ipmi-ipm.v02 --- misc-cni.v00 --- misc-dri.v00 --- net-be2n.v00 ---
>    net-bnx2.v00 --- net-bnx2.v01 --- net-cnic.v00 --- net-e100.v00 ---
>    net-e100.v01 --- net-enic.v00 --- net-forc.v00 --- net-igb.v00 ---
>    net-ixgb.v00 --- net-nx-n.v00 --- net-r816.v00 --- net-r816.v01 ---
>    net-s2io.v00 --- net-sky2.v00 --- net-tg3.v00 --- ohci-usb.v00 ---
>    sata-ahc.v00 --- sata-ata.v00 --- sata-sat.v00 --- sata-sat.v01 ---
>    sata-sat.v02 --- sata-sat.v03 --- scsi-aac.v00 --- scsi-adp.v00 ---
>    scsi-aic.v00 --- scsi-bnx.v00 --- scsi-fni.v00 --- scsi-hps.v00 ---
>    scsi-ips.v00 --- scsi-lpf.v00 --- scsi-meg.v00 --- scsi-meg.v01 ---
>    scsi-meg.v02 --- scsi-mpt.v00 --- scsi-mpt.v01 --- scsi-mpt.v02 ---
>    scsi-qla.v00 --- scsi-qla.v01 --- uhci-usb.v00 ---
>    VMware_bootbank_vmware-fdm_5.0.0-455964.vib --- xcatmod.tgz
>    build=
>    updated=0
>
>
>    Thanks!
>
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>
>
>
>
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