#4376 [FVT AIX regression] AIX diskful installation failed with AIX 71Q

[Le Yin]

AIX diskful installation failed when installing AIX 71Q service node:

TFTP BOOT ---------------------------------------------------
Server IP.....................10.2.3.10
Client IP.....................10.2.3.11
Gateway IP....................10.2.3.10
Subnet Mask...................255.0.0.0
( 1 ) Filename................./tftpboot/c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
TFTP Retries..................5
Block Size....................512
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The bootp works well:
bash-3.2# tcpdump -i en0 port 68
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on en0, link-type 1, capture size 96 bytes
22:45:22.049446 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 6c:ae:8b:6a:d4:e4 (oui IBM), length: 300
22:45:22.049872 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 6c:ae:8b:6a:d4:e4 (oui IBM), length: 300
22:45:42.283283 IP c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootpc > c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 16:3f:41:99:5d:03 (oui Unknown), length: 300
22:45:42.283511 IP c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootps > c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length: 300
22:45:42.305912 IP c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootpc > c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from 16:3f:41:99:5d:03 (oui Unknown), length: 300
22:45:42.306020 IP c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootps > c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.bootpc: BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length: 300

nim configuration is good:

------------------ Network Install Manager ---------------

warning - this file contains NIM configuration information

and should only be updated by NIM

export NIM_NAME=c910f02c03p12
export NIM_HOSTNAME=c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
export NIM_CONFIGURATION=standalone
export NIM_MASTER_HOSTNAME=c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
export NIM_MASTER_PORT=1058
export NIM_REGISTRATION_PORT=1059
export NIM_SHELL="shell"
export NIM_MASTERID=00F63A4F4C00
export NIM_LICENSE_ACCEPT=yes
export RC_CONFIG=rc.bos_inst
export NIM_BOSINST_ENV="/../SPOT/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_bosinst_env"
export NIM_BOSINST_RECOVER="/../SPOT/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_bosinst_env -a hostname=c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com"
export NIM_BOSINST_DATA=/NIM_BOSINST_DATA
export SPOT=c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com:/install/nim/spot/AIX71QGOLD/usr
export NIM_CUSTOM="/../SPOT/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/c_script -a location=c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com:/export/nim/scripts/c910f02c03p12.script"
export NIM_BOS_IMAGE=/SPOT/usr/sys/inst.images/installp/ppc/bos
export NIM_BOS_FORMAT=rte
export NIM_HOSTS=" 127.0.0.1:loopback:localhost 10.2.3.12:c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com 10.2.3.10:c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com "
export NIM_MOUNTS=" c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com:/install/nim/lpp_source/AIX71QGOLD_lpp_source:/SPOT/usr/sys/inst.images:dir c910f02c03p10.pok.stglabs.ibm.com:/install/nim/bosinst_data/AIX71QGOLD_bosinst_data:/NIM_BOSINST_DATA:file "
bash-3.2#

nim files are good:
bash-3.2# ls -l
total 90144
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 43 Nov 10 22:27 10.2.3.11 -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 43 Nov 10 22:27 10.2.3.11.boot -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 48 Nov 10 22:27 10.2.3.11.info -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.info
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 53 Nov 10 22:27 10.2.3.11.iplrecord -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.iplrecord
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 43 Nov 10 22:12 10.2.3.12 -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 43 Nov 10 22:12 10.2.3.12.boot -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 48 Nov 10 22:12 10.2.3.12.info -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.info
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 53 Nov 10 22:12 10.2.3.12.iplrecord -> /tftpboot/c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.iplrecord
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 23068672 Nov 09 23:19 AIX71QGOLD.chrp.64.ent
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 512 Nov 09 23:19 AIX71QGOLD.iplrecord.ent
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 23068672 Nov 10 22:04 AIX71QGOLDSN1.chrp.64.ent
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 512 Nov 10 22:04 AIX71QGOLDSN1.iplrecord.ent
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 35 Nov 10 22:27 c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com -> /tftpboot/AIX71QGOLDSN1.chrp.64.ent
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 1482 Nov 10 22:27 c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.info
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 37 Nov 10 22:27 c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.iplrecord -> /tftpboot/AIX71QGOLDSN1.iplrecord.ent
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 35 Nov 10 22:12 c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com -> /tftpboot/AIX71QGOLDSN1.chrp.64.ent
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 1482 Nov 10 22:12 c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.info
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 37 Nov 10 22:12 c910f02c03p12.pok.stglabs.ibm.com.iplrecord -> /tftpboot/AIX71QGOLDSN1.iplrecord.ent
drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 Nov 10 00:44 mypostscripts

after restarting inetd, it went on but still hang at:
TFTP BOOT ---------------------------------------------------
Server IP.....................10.2.3.10
Client IP.....................10.2.3.11
Gateway IP....................10.2.3.10
Subnet Mask...................255.0.0.0
( 1 ) Filename................./tftpboot/c910f02c03p11.pok.stglabs.ibm.com
TFTP Retries..................5
Block Size....................512
FINAL PACKET COUNT = 45057
FINAL FILE SIZE = 23068672 BYTES
Connection to c910hmc01 closed.

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[-- Console server shutting down --]

restarting xCAT mn could work-around this issue.

[Lissa Valletta]

Please upgrade you MN xCAT to the latest level of 2.9 this is very old

lsxcatd -a

Version 2.9 (git commit f101f97df40ed3565920206bd7c04e8f28912c78, built Thu Oct 30 01:57:53 EDT 2014)
This is a Management Node
dbengine=SQLite

[Guang Cheng Li]

This problem is not recreatable, changing the status to "unrecreatable".