From: Jestin W. <jes...@gm...> - 2015-01-19 18:30:41
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I do not want to redeploy the OS. The template that I'm cloning has complex customizations that I do not want to reimplement via kickstart/postscripts. This is why I'm doing the clone. Once the clone is done, though, I am having trouble discovering the node in xcat if I don't know the IP address or mac address of the new VM. I figured if I could get the mac address set, that would be enough to set the IP as xcat controls dhcp. Perhaps I am going about this the wrong way? How would one typically manage nodes that have been cloned via xcat? On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Xiao Peng Wang <wx...@cn...> wrote: > We thought if you running clone, the cloned system will have OS. That > means you don't need to redeploy the OS for this node. > > If you want to use xCAT script deployment for the target node OS install, > why not just copy the definition of vm and run 'mkvm' to create a new one? > > Thanks > Best Regards > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wang Xiaopeng (王晓朋) > IBM China System Technology Laboratory > Tel: 86-10-82453455 > Email: wx...@cn... > Address: 28,ZhongGuanCun Software Park,No.8 Dong Bei Wang West Road, > Haidian District Beijing P.R.China 100193 > > [image: Inactive hide details for Jestin Woods ---2015/01/17 > 01:35:49---Hi, does anyone have advice on how to have the mac address set]Jestin > Woods ---2015/01/17 01:35:49---Hi, does anyone have advice on how to have > the mac address set in the node def after performing a cl > > From: Jestin Woods <jes...@gm...> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xca...@li...> > Date: 2015/01/17 01:35 > Subject: [xcat-user] setting mac address following clonevm > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi, does anyone have advice on how to have the mac address set in the node > def after performing a clonevm? My problem is I am running a clonevm, > however, once the vm is clone there is no mac set in the node definition so > makedhcp fails. > > Jestin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. > GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. > Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. > Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet_______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCA...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. > GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. > Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. > Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCA...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > > |