[xcat-user] kickstart scripts for RHEL3

[kums at mpi.mpi-softtech.c. (K. Rajaram)]

Hi,

   Iam trying to install the two compute nodes using xCAT. The compute
nodes are non-IBM hardware and x86 based. The OS is Redhat Enterprise Linux AS
release 3. I could successfully configure DNS, DHCP, TFTP on the
management node and everythign seems to work fine (more details below).
However, Iam unable to generate the kickstart files for the compute node.
The utility "mkks" seem not to be present in the /opt/xcat/ksrhel3
directory.

[root@xcat-master /]# cd /opt/xcat/ksrhel3/
[root@xcat-master ksrhel3]# ls  /* Empty Dir, no mkks utility */


[root@xcat-master ksrhel3]# nodeset compute install
node01: /opt/xcat/install/rhal3/x86 does not exist
node02: /opt/xcat/install/rhal3/x86 does not exist

  Could you please show me pointers to what I may be doing wrong ? Thanks
in advance for the help.

Details regarding  Mgmt node setup:
-----------------------------------

1. DNS: Forward and reverse name resolution working

[root@xcat-master base]# host node01
node01.xcat.com has address 172.16.1.1

[root@xcat-master base]# host 172.16.1.1
1.1.16.172.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer node01.xcat.com.

2. Able to ping to compute nodes

[root@xcat-master base]# ping node01
PING node01.xcat.com (172.16.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from node01.xcat.com (172.16.1.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.226
ms

--- node01.xcat.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.226/0.226/0.226/0.000 ms, pipe 2
[root@xcat-master base]# ping node02
PING node02.xcat.com (172.16.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from node02.xcat.com (172.16.1.2): icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.357
ms

--- node02.xcat.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.357/0.357/0.357/0.000 ms, pipe 2

3. Copy xCAT init files

4. Copy post files

[root@xcat-master base]# ls /install/post/
gm_routes  kernel     rpm21  rpm70  rpm71-ia64  rpm72-ia64  sync
gpfs       otherrpms  rpm62  rpm71  rpm72       rpm73       updates

5. Start syslog

[root@xcat-master base]# service syslog status
syslogd (pid 25780) is running...
klogd (pid 25784) is running...

6. Start snmptrapd

[root@xcat-master base]# service snmptrapd status
snmptrapd (pid 723) is running...

7. Setup NFS exports

[root@xcat-master base]# exportfs
/usr/local      <world>
/tftpboot       <world>
/opt/xcat       <world>
/install        <world>
/home           <world>

8. Start NFS

[root@xcat-master base]# service nfs status
rpc.mountd (pid 715) is running...
nfsd (pid 707 706 705 704 703 702 701 700) is running...
rpc.rquotad (pid 695) is running...

9. Setup TFTP and verify

[root@xcat-master base]# echo "hello world" > /tftpboot/testfile
[root@xcat-master base]# tftp localhost
tftp> get testfile
Received 13 bytes in 0.0 seconds
tftp> quit
[root@xcat-master base]# cat testfile
hello world

10. Setup DHCP and verify

[root@xcat-master base]# service dhcpd status
dhcpd (pid 32136) is running...

11. Collect MAC Address
[root@xcat-master base]# rm -rf /tftpboot
[root@xcat-master base]# cd /opt/xcat/stage/
[root@xcat-master stage]# ./mkstage
[root@xcat-master stage]# ls /tftpboot
elilo  elilo.efi  grub  pxelinux.0  pxelinux.cfg  xcat

12. Populate dhcpd.conf

[root@xcat-master tftpboot]# makedhcp compute
updating existing /opt/xcat/etc/networks.tab
skipping 10.0.0.0 (entry exists)
skipping 172.16.0.0 (entry exists)
skipping 169.254.0.0 (entry exists)
Shutting down dhcpd:                                       [  OK  ]
Starting dhcpd:                                            [  OK  ]

13. Generate kickstart files: Unable to do find mkks (Unlucky 13 ;))

[root@xcat-master /]# cd /opt/xcat/ksrhel3/
[root@xcat-master ksrhel3]# ls  /* Empty Dir, no mkks utility */


[root@xcat-master ksrhel3]# nodeset compute install
node01: /opt/xcat/install/rhal3/x86 does not exist
node02: /opt/xcat/install/rhal3/x86 does not exist


Regards,
-Kums