[cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile

Scot Floess sfloess at redhat.com
Tue Mar 19 18:26:58 UTC 2013


I don't have any experience with bonding interfaces (so can't guess if there's an issue there)... 

Let me ask a really dumb question - are you able to PXE boot other machines now? Not the blades - but any of your other machines on your network? 

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

> From: "Sam Sen" <ssen at ariasystems.com>
> To: "cobbler mailing list" <cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:22:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile

> Good catch, I did catch that prior to my initial post and tried again
> with “—mac” but it still doesn’t work.

> 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 2:21 PM
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile

> 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...
> 

> > > 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
> > 
> 

> > > --
> > 
> 
> > > Sam Sen
> > 
> 
> > > Sr Systems Administrator
> > 
> 
> > > 215.913.4797
> > 
> 

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> > 
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