[cobbler] Help with Cobbler 2.4 and ESXi 5

Jörgen Maas jorgen.maas at gmail.com
Fri Feb 21 13:47:52 UTC 2014


If this behaviour is annoying enough for vmware users i will cherry-pick
that change into release24, there will a new 2.4.3 release in a few weeks.


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Speagle , Andy <Andy.Speagle at netapp.com>wrote:

>  Hi Mike,
>
>
>
> Are you running the latest cobbler:  2.4.2?
>
>
>
> Here's my distro report from a working 5.0 U3 distro:
>
>
>
> [root at foo cobbler]# cobbler distro report --name=esxi5.0-u3-ga-x86_64
>
> Name                           : esxi5.0-u3-ga-x86_64
>
> Architecture                   : x86_64
>
> TFTP Boot Files                : {'$local_img_path/*.*':
> '/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/esxi5.0-u3-ga/*.*'}
>
> Breed                          : vmware
>
> Comment                        :
>
> Fetchable Files                : {}
>
> Initrd                         :
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/esxi5.0-u3-ga/imgpayld.tgz
>
> Kernel                         :
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/esxi5.0-u3-ga/mboot.c32
>
> Kernel Options                 : {}
>
> Kernel Options (Post Install)  : {}
>
> Kickstart Metadata             : {'tree': 'http://@@http_server@
> @/cblr/links/esxi5.0-u3-ga-x86_64'}
>
> Management Classes             : []
>
> OS Version                     : esxi5
>
> Owners                         : ['admin']
>
> Red Hat Management Key         : <<inherit>>
>
> Red Hat Management Server      : <<inherit>>
>
> Template Files                 :
> {'/etc/cobbler/pxe/bootcfg_esxi5.template':
> '$local_img_path/cobbler-boot.cfg'}
>
>
>
> In actuality, boot.cfg shouldn't be used, the "cobbler-boot.cfg" should be
> built from template and used instead.  I've noticed that this file isn't
> automagically created after the import operation and I have to run a sync
> after the import to have it be generated properly.
>
>
>
> Also, if you've injected any drivers/software into the ESXi 5.x image, the
> correct modules list won't be properly pulled into the cobbler-boot.cfg
> file... this is because the bootcfg_esxi5.template file has a hard-coded list
> of default modules.  I submitted a fix for this that was pulled into
> master, but I don't think it's yet gone into a release... perhaps in 2.4.3 ...
>
>
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> *From:* cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:
> cobbler-bounces at lists.fedorahosted.org] *On Behalf Of *Outland, Mike
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:13 PM
> *To:* cobbler at lists.fedorahosted.org
> *Subject:* [cobbler] Help with Cobbler 2.4 and ESXi 5
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get cobbler to use ESXi 5.  I'm getting this error when I
> try and boot.
>
> "Configuration error while parsing /boot.cfg
>
> Fatal error:  15 (Not Found)"
>
>
>
> I see this in my /var/log/messages:
>
> Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11477]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename
> /pxelinux.0
>
> Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11479]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename
> /pxelinux.cfg/40867f18-bb4b-df11-93ef-8843e1c2b2e8
>
> Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11480]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename
> /pxelinux.cfg/01-88-43-e1-c2-b2-ee
>
> Feb 20 16:54:55 cobbler in.tftpd[11481]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename
> //images/ESX-5.0-x86_64/mboot.c32
>
> Feb 20 16:54:57 cobbler in.tftpd[11482]: RRQ from 10.21.111.211 filename
> //boot.cfg
>
>
>
> I don't see any boot.cfg in /var/lib/tftpboot directory.  I'm not sure why
> there are two slashes there.
>
>
>
> Here is my cobbler distro report:
>
> Name                           : ESX-5.0-x86_64
>
> Architecture                   : x86_64
>
> TFTP Boot Files                : {}
>
> Breed                          : vmware
>
> Comment                        :
>
> Fetchable Files                : {}
>
> Initrd                         :
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/imgpayld.tgz
>
> Kernel                         :
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/mboot.c32
>
> Kernel Options                 : {}
>
> Kernel Options (Post Install)  : {}
>
> Kickstart Metadata             : {'tree': '
> http://@@http_server@@/cblr/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64'}
>
> Management Classes             : []
>
> OS Version                     : esxi5
>
> Owners                         : ['admin']
>
> Red Hat Management Key         : <<inherit>>
>
> Red Hat Management Server      : <<inherit>>
>
> Template Files                 : {}
>
>
>
> I've seen some people populate TFTP Boot Files or Fetchable Files, but I
> can't seem to find out what should be there, if anything?
>
>
>
> And what tells the system to fetch this boot.cfg file?  I see one in my
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/boot.cfg
>
> [root at cobbler /]# cat var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ESX-5.0-x86_64/boot.cfg
>
> bootstate=0
>
> title=Loading ESXi installer
>
> kernel=/tboot.b00
>
> kernelopt=runweasel
>
> modules=/b.b00 --- /useropts.gz --- /k.b00 --- /a.b00 --- /misc-cni.v00
> --- /net-bnx2.v00 --- /net-cnic.v00 --- /net-tg3.v00 --- /scsi-bnx.v00 ---
> /scsi-bnx.v01 --- /net-enic.v00 --- /scsi-fni.v00 --- /net-be2n.v00 ---
> /scsi-lpf.v00 --- /net-igb.v00 --- /net-ixgb.v00 --- /net-qlcn.v00 ---
> /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 --- /weaselin.i00 ---
> /ima-qla4.v00 --- /ipmi-ipm.v00 --- /ipmi-ipm.v01 --- /ipmi-ipm.v02 ---
> /misc-dri.v00 --- /net-bnx2.v01 --- /net-e100.v00 --- /net-e100.v01 ---
> /net-forc.v00 --- /net-nx-n.v00 --- /net-qlge.v00 --- /net-r816.v00 ---
> /net-r816.v01 --- /net-s2io.v00 --- /net-sky2.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-hps.v00 --- /scsi-ips.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 --- /scsi-rst.v00 ---
> /uhci-usb.v00 --- /tools.t00 --- /imgdb.tgz --- /imgpayld.tgz
>
> build=
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> updated=0
>
>
>
> I appreciate your help.
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -mike
>
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