I am confused by the statement "In fact, not a single page on the Wiki explains how xCAT knows what to install on a node." Did you look at the xCAT IDataplex Advanced Setup, it is all about defining, and creating images in the database and installing nodes. The QuickStart was suppose to give you an easy way to setup the database with the needed data, but the Advanced Setup goes into detail and allows you to do it manually. This process defines what xCAT installs on the nodes. http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=XCAT_iDataPlex_Advanced_Setup
Lissa K. Valletta
2-3/T12
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(tie 293) 433-3102
From: Craig Finch <cfi...@ieee.org>
To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Date: 09/25/2012 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Node installation documentation added to Wiki;
expert attention requested!
Lissa,
I agree that information from the Node Install HOWTO should be added to the
official xCAT documents. Despite the name, this document is not really a
HOWTO. It is a reference document about how xCAT communicates with a new
node and how xCAT determines what to install on that node. This
information would be best placed in an official "reference" document rather
than a "quickstart." Obvoiusly, the information should be reviewed by an
expert before being placed in an official document.
I am not using the official documentation right now because the information
I need is not in the official documents. The iDataPlex Cluster QuickStart
gives a high-level overview of how xCAT works. "Setting Up a Linux xCAT
Mgmt Node" helped me get a management node up and running, but it does not
explain how to set up the rest of the nodes. In fact, not a single page on
the Wiki explains how xCAT knows what to install on a node. The only way I
found this information was through a search engine, which pointed me to the
outdated Node Installation HOWTO. This is my motivation for adding it to
the Wiki.
Craig
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Lissa Valletta <lis...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
The document you updated is still a document not supported by the xCAT
team. I would prefer you to request the information added to one of the
official xCAT docs, that will be maintained and updated by the
development team. You can do that by selecting the discussion button
while in the document. You also should be using the official
documentation for you cluster, so we can suppport you better.
For example the first document we recommend for x-series is
https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=XCAT_iDataPlex_Cluster_Quick_Start
Or another one is
https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Setting_Up_a_Linux_xCAT_Mgmt_Node
Lissa K. Valletta
2-3/T12
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(tie 293) 433-3102
Inactive hide details for Craig Finch ---09/24/2012 11:42:53 AM---I have
found that many xCAT-related searches on Google land oCraig Finch
---09/24/2012 11:42:53 AM---I have found that many xCAT-related searches
on Google land on the old node installation HOWTO at:
From: Craig Finch <cfi...@ieee.org>
To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Date: 09/24/2012 11:42 AM
Subject: [xcat-user] Node installation documentation added to Wiki;
expert attention requested!
I have found that many xCAT-related searches on Google land on the old
node installation HOWTO at:
http://www.xcat.org/doc/1.x/nodeinstall-HOWTO.html
Since this document contains some information that is still relevant and
cannot be found on the current Wiki, I added it to the Wiki:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Custom_Node_Installation
I have made quite a bit of progress towards formatting the page and
correcting outdated information, but I am a beginner to xCAT, and this
page would benefit from some attention from an experienced xCAT user.
Also, this document would probably be better if it were split into two
separate pages. The first half is not really a HOWTO, but a description
of how xCAT handles a new node, which should probably be part of the
"official" documentation rather than being consigned to the list of
user-contributed HOWTOs. The second half is really more of a HOWTO.
What do you think?
Craig Finch
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