[cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile

Scot Floess sfloess at redhat.com
Tue Mar 19 18:21:08 UTC 2013


Sorry - I really didn't read closely... 

I did look at the thread...I notice you have -mac vs --mac in your example... 

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Sam Sen" <ssen at ariasystems.com>
> To: "cobbler mailing list" <cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:14:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile

> Yep, that’s what I did. I tried that along with setting the name to
> the MAC Address of eth0.

> I should test this w/o the bonding interface set up. See my first
> post of the command I used to add the system.

> Regards,

> Sam

> From: cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org
> [mailto:cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Scot
> Floess
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:13 PM
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile

> My apologies as I am walking into this late...but...

> If you know the mac addresses of each blade, you can add that system
> with --mac="some mac address" and each one when it PXE boots,
> Cobbler will do the right thing...

> ----- Original Message -----

> > From: "Sam Sen" < ssen at ariasystems.com >
> 
> > To: "cobbler mailing list" < cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org >
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:10:09 PM
> 
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile
> 
> > Yes, I mount them via a virtual dvd.
> 

> > I really don’t want to have 12 different ISOs. It would be easier
> > to
> > just select the system name from the cobbler menu.
> 

> > Regards,
> 

> > Sam
> 

> > From: cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org [
> > mailto:cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org ] On Behalf Of Dan
> > White
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:09 PM
> 
> > To: cobbler mailing list
> 
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile
> 

> > Does each blade have its own optical drive ?
> 

> > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
> > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact
> > us.”
> 
> > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
> 

> > From: "Sam Sen" < ssen at ariasystems.com >
> 
> > To: "cobbler mailing list" < cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org >
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:49:12 PM
> 
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile
> 

> > Hmmmm … so if I have 12 blades to build, is there a quicker way to
> > do
> > this? I would like to boot from ISO (the same ISO for all 12
> > systems) and have cobbler take over. I don’t think this will work
> > without PXE based on what you’re telling me.
> 

> > Regards,
> 

> > Sam
> 

> > From: cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org [
> > mailto:cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org ] On Behalf Of Dan
> > White
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:45 PM
> 
> > To: cobbler mailing list
> 
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile
> 

> > The default behavior of the ISO is to boot from local media after a
> > delay
> 

> > Look at a file : <iso root>/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
> 

> > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
> > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact
> > us.”
> 
> > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
> 

> > From: "Sam Sen" < ssen at ariasystems.com >
> 
> > To: "cobbler mailing list" < cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org >
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:36:07 PM
> 
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile When the
> > system boots up and loads the ISO, I thought it would automatically
> > force the system to load a profile. In theory since there is no OS
> > installed, it will start the OS installation without having you
> > select from the cobbler menu. Is this feature not available for
> > non-pxe boot? Dan White < ygor at comcast.net > wrote:
> 

> > So what is happening that should not happen ?
> 

> > Contrarywise, what is not happening that should ?
> 

> > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
> > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact
> > us.”
> 
> > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
> 

> > From: "Sam Sen" < ssen at ariasystems.com >
> 
> > To: "cobbler mailing list" < cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org >
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:22:47 PM
> 
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile
> 

> > It’s there …
> 

> > [root at phl-00-cobbler iso]# cobbler profile list
> 
> > ORACLE
> 

> > Regards,
> 

> > Sam
> 

> > From: cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org [
> > mailto:cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org ] On Behalf Of Dan
> > White
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:12 PM
> 
> > To: cobbler mailing list
> 
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile
> 

> > What does the command "cobbler profile list" return ?
> 

> > If one of the lines is not "ORACLE", then that is your first
> > problem.
> 

> > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
> > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact
> > us.”
> 
> > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
> 

> > From: "Sam Sen" < ssen at ariasystems.com >
> 
> > To: cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:06:56 PM
> 
> > Subject: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile
> 
> > Not sure what I’m missing but I’m attempting to automatically
> > install
> > the OS with our new blade systems using a cobbler iso (generated by
> > buildiso). The cobbler menu shows up with the list of available
> > systems, but I want it to automatically install when it loads the
> > ISO. I don’t have DHCP hence the use of the buildiso command.
> 

> > I added a new system by running the following command. Please note,
> > the install works fine when I select the system but that’s not what
> > I want. Notice I have the “mac” specified and I went as far as
> > using
> > the mac address of eth0 as the name for the system. Both times, I’m
> > greeted with the menu and I’m forced to choose.
> 

> > cobbler system add --name=blade1 –mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
> > --profile=ORACLE --interface=bond0 --interface-type=bond
> > --bonding-opts="mode=6 miimon=1000" --ip-address=172.31.20.45
> > --hostname=blade1.domain.com --ksmeta='server_type=DB
> > disk_layout=BLADES_ORACLE' --subnet=255.255.255.0
> > --gateway=172.31.20.250 --kopts='ksdevice=eth0 ip=172.31.20.45
> > netmask=255.255.255.0 dns=172.31.10.220 gateway=172.31.20.250'
> > --static=1
> 

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> > Sam Sen
> 
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> 
> > 215.913.4797
> 

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