Cloning Cisco UCS servers blow away the virtual software raid disk
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Hi all. Thought I would post this in the Live forum since that is what I am using.
We have an issue with imaging Cisco UCS servers, the C22 in this case. Seems after an image upload to a Cisco server, if the server has software based raid controller, the virtual disk (VD) is removed. You will then have to go into the raid bios and recreate the VD, save the config and the system boots. All of the uploaded image remains intact so be careful NOT initialize the VD after you recreate it or you will wipe out what you just imaged onto the server.
Is this a Cisco or a Clonezilla issue? Cisco won't touch it. Saying most linux types are not certified. Only Redhat and Suse. I tested Redhat and Windows and the VD remains in tact. Ubuntu blows away the VD and I am testing with SUSE and Solaris now...
Thoughts? I am using live 2.0.130314...
thanks! I hope there is a solution and that there won't be any finger pointing between CZ and Cisco.... Not holding my breath though!
thanks
"Ubuntu blows away the VD and I am testing with SUSE and Solaris now..." -> Clonezilla live is Debian-based or Ubuntu-based, hence it will have same issue I believe.
How did you test that by Ubuntu? If I can find a machine here, I might be able to reproduce the issue...
Steven
Cisco UCS provides two mechanisms for imaging servers: virtual media (from the KVM console) and network installation. Installation over the network is the best practice, because installations can be managed through automation with data transferred over 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections, whereas virtual media installations proceed manually over the 1 Gigabit Ethernet management interface.
Installation of some versions of Microsoft Windows using virtual media may require manual mapping and unmapping between the ISO installation image and storage/network device drivers. For any errors encountered during the disk formatting phase, be sure to remap the original ISO installation image.
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