Re: [sisuite-users] support newer kernels in systemimager?

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Thanks for the good information, Steven.

It looks like Yann Aubert may have fixed the parsing issue.  I checked
out his repo, and see this in his commit log:

      ┌─[bfinley@bob] ~/src/systemimager.Yann_Aubert/branches/4.2.x/
      └─[$] svn log
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      r4 | aubert | 2011-12-08 07:36:16 -0600 (Thu, 08 Dec 2011) | 2 lines

->  Fix pvdisplay parsing when column appears in device name

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      r3 | aubert | 2011-12-07 11:58:21 -0600 (Wed, 07 Dec 2011) | 2 lines

      fix interface discovery problem when compiling with linux 3.0

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      r2 | aubert | 2011-12-01 11:37:38 -0600 (Thu, 01 Dec 2011) | 2 lines

      Debian packages can be generated again

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      r1 | aubert | 2011-11-30 11:27:04 -0600 (Wed, 30 Nov 2011) | 2 lines

      Importé de svn.systemiager.org

     ┌─[bfinley@bob] ~/src/systemimager.Yann_Aubert/branches/4.2.x/
     └─[$] svn diff -r PREV
     Index: lib/SystemImager/Common.pm
     ===================================================================
     --- lib/SystemImager/Common.pm  (revision 3)
     +++ lib/SystemImager/Common.pm  (working copy)
     @@ -1062,11 +1062,12 @@
                  $part = $disk . $minor;
              }
              # Get physical volume information -AR-
     -        my $cmd = "pvdisplay -c /dev/$part 2>/dev/null";
     +        my $cmd = "pvs --noheadings -o vg_name /dev/$part 2>/dev/null";
              open (PV_INFO, "$cmd|");
              unless (eof(PV_INFO)) {
     -            my @pv_data = split(/:/, <PV_INFO>);
     -            my $vg_name = $pv_data[1];
     +       my $vg_name = <PV_INFO>;
     +       chomp ($vg_name);
     +       $vg_name = substr ($vg_name, 2);
                  # This partition will become part to the volume group $vg_name -AR-
                  print DISK_FILE qq( lvm_group="$vg_name");
              }

Hope that helps in the mean time.  You can give it a try by applying
the attached patch to your installed system...

As for the kernel, si_prepareclient completed successfully for me on
Quantal.  It's one release newer than what you were using, but I have no
reason to expect it to not work with that kernel either.

     ┌─[bfinley@bob] ~/src/systemimager/ master ⚡
     └─[$] lsb_release -a
     No LSB modules are available.
     Distributor ID: Ubuntu
     Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
     Release:    12.10
     Codename:   quantal

     ┌─[bfinley@bob] ~/src/systemimager/ master ⚡
     └─[$] uname -r
     3.5.0-45-generic

Cheers, -Brian

On 2013-12-10, 05:02:10pm, Steven DuChene wrote:
>Bryan:
>Sorry I missed getting to SC2013
>
>Did you ever get a chance to look at this Ubuntu 12.04 issue with 
>systemimager?
>--
>Steve
>
>On 11/18/2013 07:27 AM, DuChene, Steven A wrote:
>>
>>Brian:
>>
>>Any updates yet on the issues I raised below with systemimager?
>>
>>--
>>
>>Steven DuChene
>>
>>*From:*Brian Elliott Finley [mailto:br...@th...]
>>*Sent:* Monday, November 04, 2013 8:35 PM
>>*To:* SISuite Users List
>>*Subject:* Re: [sisuite-users] support newer kernels in systemimager?
>>
>>Hi Steven,
>>
>>Thanks for the report.  I'll see if I can re-create it in the lab, 
>>and update the code accordingly.
>>
>>Thanks, -Brian
>>
>>On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Steven DuChene 
>><ste...@hp... <mailto:ste...@hp...>> wrote:
>>
>>I am trying to capture the image of a system that is running Ubuntu
>>Precise 12.04LTS and when I run the si_prepareclient with the following
>>command line switches:
>>
>>si_prepareclient --server 10.23.18.10 --my-modules
>>
>>I get the following :
>>
>>Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199.
>>Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199.
>>Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199.
>>Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199.
>>Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199.
>>Use of uninitialized value $leftovers in substitution (s///) at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 704.
>>Use of uninitialized value $leftovers in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 707.
>>Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199.
>>Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199.
>>ERROR: unsupported kernel 3.5.0-23-generic!
>>
>>The warnings or errors about "Use of uninitialized value $v1 in split at
>>/usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Common.pm line 199" is due to
>>the way parted is now returning multiple line of text output when the
>>--version option is passed. It seems that the perl code that is supposed
>>to be parsing the stuff that is not able to handle that multi-line
>>output to extract the version of the parted utility.
>>
>>
>>However what concerns me most is the message back that says the
>>3.5.0-23-generic kernel is not supported.
>>Is there any documentation available for systemimager that would show
>>the necessary process steps to incorperate support for newer kernels?
>>
>>Any suggestions about any of this would be most appreciated. BTW, I have
>>the following installed on the Ubuntu system:
>>
>>ii  systemconfigurator 2.2.11-1  Unified
>>Configuration API for Linux Installation
>>ii  systemimager-client 4.1.6 Utilities for
>>creating an image and upgrading client machines
>>ii  systemimager-common 4.1.6 Utilities and
>>libraries common to both the server and client
>>ii  systemimager-initrd-template-amd64 4.1.6
>>SystemImager initrd template for amd64 client nodes
>>
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>>Steven DuChene
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