Great, thank you Long!!
That did the trick, just had to add chtab node=n113
bootparams.addkcmdline="ifname=em1:48:4D:7E:81:F2:93" and it worked.
Is there a particular reason why that this changed from previous xcat
version, before I did not have to set this parameter it was set
automatically on bootparams and on the node file? Someone mentioned to
improve performance but not sure it in what this would help.
Regards!
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:34 AM, Long LA Cheng <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 'bootparams.kcmdline' is not a proper field to customize the kcmdline, it
> is a readonly column maintained by xcat to pass the information among the
> plugins previously. You should use 'bootparams.addkcmdline' instead
> to append some useful parameters like 'BOOTIF' or 'ifname' in your
> environment. For the other parameter like imgurl or console, I think
> xcat can help generate it based on your node definition.
>
> So I think you can just change the definition like below, then rerun
> nodeset command.
>
> chtab node=n113 bootparams.addkcmdline="FC=0 ifname=em1:48:4D:7E:81:F2:93
> netdev=em1"
>
>
> For genimage question, I think you can still use it for CentOS 6 image no
> matter what os is running on management node.
>
> Thanks
> Best Regards
>
> Long Cheng(程龙)
> IBM Systems &Technology Group, Development
> SOFTWARE ENGINEER
> Tel:86-10-82453046
> Email:[email protected]
> Address: 3F, Building 28, Zhong Guan Cun Software Park, No.8, Dong Bei
> Wang West Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100193, PRC
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>
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: "J. Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Issue when running nodeset - kcmdline & initrd
> not set using xcat 2.13 and CentOS7
> Date: Tue, Jul 25, 2017 11:41 AM
>
> Hi Zhao & Long,
>
> Thank you for the suggestions!
>
> 1) I fixed the issue with the permission error, there was one
> sub-directory that was missing the right permission under /install/netboot
> so that is okay now.
>
> 2) I made a mistake on my previous message when I updated
> "bootparams.addkcmdline", lsdef info was updated properly and it was the
> same for the node file after running nodeset it was also updated properly
> under pxelinux.cfg.
>
> However, that does not work if I update "bootparams.kcmdline=", lsdef
> shows the proper information, but after running nodeset, the node file
> under pxelinux.cfg does not get updated. If I update manually the node
> file, and do a pxeboot the installation works but as soon as I run nodeset,
> the file doesn't include all my changes.
>
> The node file with my manual changes looks like that:
> DEFAULT xCAT
> LABEL xCAT
> KERNEL xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/kernel
> APPEND
> initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/initrd-stateless.gz
> imgurl=http://xcatmn:80//install/netboot/centos6.5/x86_
> 64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz XCAT=xcatmn:300
> 1 NODE=n113 FC=0 ifname=em1:48:4D:7E:81:F2:93 netdev=em1 console=tty0
> console=ttyS0,115200
> IPAPPEND 2
>
>
> When I run,
>
> chtab node=n113 bootparams.kcmdline="imgurl=http://xcatmn:80//install/
> netboot/centos6.5/x86_64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz XCAT=xcatmn:3001
> NODE=n124 FC=0 ifname=em1:48:4D:7E:81:F2:93 netdev=em1 console=tty0
> console=ttyS0,115200"
>
> The part that doesn't get updated for some reason after running nodeset is
> "ifname=em1:48:4D:7E:81:F2:93". This is removed.
> This is the right mac and interface name to be used.
>
> If I run nodeset this is the output, as you can see "ifname=" is removed:
> DEFAULT xCAT
> LABEL xCAT
> KERNEL xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/kernel
> APPEND
> initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/initrd-stateless.gz
> imgurl=http://xcatmn:80//install/netboot/centos6.5/x86_
> 64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz XCAT=xcatmn:300
> 1 NODE=n113 FC=0 netdev=em1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
> IPAPPEND 2
>
> Any ideas?
>
> 3) General question: If a management node runs on CentOS7 with xCAT 2.13,
> can we still run "genimage" to create/update a CentOS6 osimage or this
> needs to be done on a management node running CentOS6?
>
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Long LA Cheng <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> For the pxe boot question, the network interface of the deploying node
> broadcasts the dhcp request and the dhcp server on xcat management node
> will reply to this if the host configuration(mac) can match the request. So
> this is handled by dhcp server, not the kcmdline in the pxe configuration
> file.
>
> For the issue 1, could you double check with the following steps:
> (1) `lsdef <node>, is there any entry like 'addkcmdline=<your input>'
> (2) runs nodeset against the node.
> (3) check the pxe configuration for the node.
>
> For the issue 2, could you check the permission of the directory/file
> under /install directory at first, '755' permission is required, then
> restart apache service. You can try to download some file under the
> directory with 'wget' to check.
>
> Thanks
> Best Regards
>
> Long Cheng(程龙)
> IBM Systems &Technology Group, Development
> SOFTWARE ENGINEER
> Tel:86-10-82453046
> Email:[email protected]
> Address: 3F, Building 28, Zhong Guan Cun Software Park, No.8, Dong Bei
> Wang West Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100193, PRC
> 地址：国际商业机器中国(投资)有限公司, 中国系统科技实验室, 北京市海淀区东北旺西路8号中关村软件园28号楼3层，邮编:100193
>
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: "J. Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Issue when running nodeset - kcmdline & initrd
> not set using xcat 2.13 and CentOS7
> Date: Tue, Jul 25, 2017 4:54 AM
>
> In addition to my previous email, I have also noticed the following, not
> sure if it is a bug:
>
> 1) If I update the bootparams.addkcmdline entry for the specific node it
> does not seem to update the content of the node file under pxelinux.cfg. Is
> that normal?
> Changes seem to take effect only when I modify directly on the node file
> under pxelinux.cfg
>
> 2) I see some permissions Error on /var/log/html/error_log
> [Mon Jul 24 16:42:39.622769 2017] [core:error] [pid 187765] (13)Permission
> denied: [client 192.168.248.153:56111] AH00035: access to
> /install/netboot/centos6.5/x86_64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz denied
> (filesystem path '/install/netboot/centos6.5') because search permissions
> are missing on a component of the path
>
> I compared with my old environment and it seems to be the same. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 11:09 AM, J. Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thank you Long for your reply,
>
> I did check the information for my node, notice that in the append the
> ifname entry was missing.
>
> DEFAULT xCAT
> LABEL xCAT
> KERNEL xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/kernel
> APPEND
> initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/initrd-stateless.gz
> imgurl=http://xcatmn:80//install/netboot/centos6.5/x86_64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz
> XCAT=xcatmn:300
> 1 NODE=n113 FC=0 netdev=em1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
> IPAPPEND 2
>
>
> I try adding it (ifname=em1:48:4D:7E:81:F2:93) but I still have the same
> issue.
> The pxe boot seems to work until it detects the network interface but then
> nothing happens. Does not seem that the post installation and postscripts
> start running.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Long LA Cheng <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As pxe is used as the netboot loader, you can check the
> 'kernel/initrd/kcmdline' configuration in '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/<node>'.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Long Cheng(程龙)
> IBM Systems &Technology Group, Development
> SOFTWARE ENGINEER
> Tel:86-10-82453046
> Email:[email protected]
> Address: 3F, Building 28, Zhong Guan Cun Software Park, No.8, Dong Bei
> Wang West Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100193, PRC
> 地址：国际商业机器中国(投资)有限公司, 中国系统科技实验室, 北京市海淀区东北旺西路8号中关村软件园28号楼3层，邮编:100193
>
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: "J. Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Issue when running nodeset - kcmdline & initrd
> not set using xcat 2.13 and CentOS7
> Date: Sat, Jul 22, 2017 3:18 AM
>
> Hi,
> Are you saying that kcmdline and initrd does not need to be defined
> anymore for a diskless installation? So how does the new xCAT knows where
> to get initrd and the kcmdline for pxe boot?
> I checked this path /tftpboot/petitboot/ but I don't have it on my
> environment.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Casandra H Qiu <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> For better performance, nodeset will not add kcmdline and initrd to node
> definition any more.
> But you can find those in the /tftpboot/petitboot/nodename after ran
> nodeset command.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Casandra
>
> ...................................................................
> Casandra Hong Qiu
> Phone: (845) 433-9291, t/l 293-9291
> Office: Building 8, 3-B-04
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> [image: Inactive hide details for "J. Smith" ---07/20/2017 05:48:55
> PM---Hello, I have installed a new version of xcat v2.13 on CentOS7]"J.
> Smith" ---07/20/2017 05:48:55 PM---Hello, I have installed a new version of
> xcat v2.13 on CentOS7 and have migrated
>
> From: "J. Smith" <[email protected]>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
> Date: 07/20/2017 05:48 PM
> Subject: [xcat-user] Issue when running nodeset - kcmdline & initrd not
> set using xcat 2.13 and CentOS7
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have installed a new version of xcat v2.13 on CentOS7 and have migrated
> my xcat tables from another xcat server that was running CentOS6 with xcat
> 2.9
>
> The migrated data looks fine but when adding new nodes, I see some
> incomplete information after I run nodeset. For instance on node 113 there
> is no information set on kcmdline & initrd. Information copied over from
> xcatdump for node 102 looks fine.
> Does anyone has any suggestions?
>
> New Environment Information:
>
> 2 Managements Nodes set for HA using GPFS to share the xCAT data and I use
> a VIP Interface to bring up xcat services.
>
> Virtual IP Alias Address: xcatmn 192.168.248.60
> Primary Management Node: ms1 192.168.248.61
> Secondary Management Node: ms2 192.168.248.62
>
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsxcatd -v
> Version 2.13.3 (git commit 7f9e0b57554c3a1975b83308935b7d183c632a9d,
> built Thu Apr 13 01:56:07 EDT 2017)
>
> CentOS 7
> Linux ms1 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
>
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsdef -t site -l
> Object name: clustersite
> SNsyncfiledir=/var/xcat/syncfiles
> auditnosyslog=0
> auditskipcmds=ALL
> blademaxp=64
> cleanupxcatpost=no
> consoleondemand=no
> databaseloc=/var/lib
> db2installloc=/mntdb2
> dhcpinterfaces=em3:0
> dhcplease=43200
> dnshandler=ddns
> domain=*panther.net* <http://panther.net/>
> enableASMI=no
> forwarders=131.94.205.10,131.94.7.220
> fsptimeout=0
> installdir=/install
> ipmimaxp=64
> ipmiretries=3
> ipmitimeout=2
> master=192.168.248.60
> maxssh=8
> nameservers=192.168.248.61,192.168.248.62
> nodesyncfiledir=/var/xcat/node/syncfiles
> ntpservers=ms1,ms2
> powerinterval=0
> ppcmaxp=64
> ppcretry=3
> ppctimeout=0
> sharedtftp=1
> sshbetweennodes=ALLGROUPS
> syspowerinterval=0
> tftpdir=/tftpboot
> timezone=America/New_York
> useNmapfromMN=no
> vsftp=n
> xcatconfdir=/etc/xcat
> xcatdport=3001
> xcatiport=3002
> xcatsslversion=TLSv1
>
> Migrated data for node 102 looks fine:
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsdef n102
> Object name: n102
> arch=x86_64
> bmc=r102
> currstate=netboot centos6.5-x86_64-panther-pec6220
> groups=panther-pem420,dell
> hostnames=n102
> initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220
> /initrd-stateless.gz
> installnic=em1
> ip=192.168.248.142
> kcmdline=imgurl=*http://xcatmn
> <http://xcatmn>:80//install/netboot/centos6.5/x86_64/panther-pec6220/rootimg.gz*
> XCAT=xcatmn:3001 NODE=n102 FC=0 ifname=em1:F8:CA:B8:A9:0E:04 netdev=em1
> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
> kernel=xcat/osimage/centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220/kernel
> mac=F8:CA:B8:A9:0E:04
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=pxe
> os=centos6.5
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,otherpkgs,syncfiles,panther-b
> ondtrunknics,panther-ldap,panther-nouserlogin,panther-engine
> erlicense,panther-resolv,panther-yumrepo-centos65,panther-rp
> ms,panther-mlnx-ofed,panther-upgradegpfs-diskless-4.2.1-2,pa
> nther-setupgpfs,panther-lsf
> power=impi
> primarynic=em1
> profile=panther-pec6220
> provmethod=centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220
> serialport=0
> serialspeed=115200
> status=booted
> statustime=02-08-2017 16:57:05
> updatestatus=synced
> updatestatustime=03-30-2017 17:15:00
> xcatmaster=xcatmn
>
>
> New added node 113 is not setup properly, there is no information set on
> kcmdline & initrd
> [[hpcslurm01]root@ms1 x86_64]# lsdef n113
> Object name: n113
> arch=x86_64
> bmc=r113
> currstate=netboot centos6.5-x86_64-panther-pec6220
> groups=panther-pem420,dell
> hostnames=n113
> installnic=em1
> ip=192.168.248.153
> mac=48:4D:7E:81:F2:93
> mgt=ipmi
> netboot=pxe
> os=centos6.5
> postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,otherpkgs,syncfiles,panther-b
> ondtrunknics,panther-ldap,panther-nouserlogin,panther-engine
> erlicense,panther-resolv,panther-yumrepo-centos65,panther-rp
> ms,panther-mlnx-ofed,panther-upgradegpfs-diskless-4.2.1-2,pa
> nther-setupgpfs,panther-lsf
> power=impi
> primarynic=em1
> profile=panther-pec6220
> provmethod=centos6.5-x86_64-netboot-panther-pec6220
> serialport=0
> serialspeed=115200
> xcatmaster=xcatmn
>
>
> Thanks!
>
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