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Posted to dev@vcl.apache.org by 杨杰 <xt...@gmail.com> on 2009/03/30 14:26:54 UTC
Image Creation & ESX Reload
Hi,
I am now trying to reload the ESX image to the blades now, but some error
appear when reloading. The errors sound like something about the kickstart
and i am using the vcl 1.9.0 got from http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/ now.what is
the reason of the failure ?
And i want to create a vmware image to reload. How can I make it ? And where
should i put it in the vcl ?
Thank you !
--
Yang Jie（杨杰）
Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com
Re: Image Creation & ESX Reload
Posted by 杨杰 <xt...@gmail.com>.
Thank you ! I will try to solve it and send my experience as quickly if
related to the VCL. I am now starting with it, and some of the questions may
be not that proper. Thank you for your patience!
2009/3/30 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
> Although I helped create the VCL 1.9 VM, I'm only useful to help solve VCL
> and ESX related problems. The kickstart stuff is all xcat driven, and xcat
> is a different provisioning module than the ESX.pm module. The VCL 1.9 VM
> lacks the ESX.pm provisioning code so to deploy to ESX using netboot you'll
> need to update to the latest code in the SVN. To look at the latest code
> for the different provisioning modules see here:
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/vcl/trunk/managementnode/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/
>
> You can download the latest snapshot of the code from the SVN at
> apache.org. This code contains the ESX provisioning module with
> instructions on how to set it up. Those instructions are here:
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/vcl/trunk/managementnode/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/esx.README
>
> To add an virtual machine image, such that the ESX.pm module above can
> deploy it, build the linux image in the following way:
> http://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_linux_ESX_image_for_VCL
>
> When the 2.1 VCL release happens (not sure when), ibiblio.org will be
> making a virtual machine version available also.
>
> Does this help?
>
> Best,
> Brian
>
>
> Brian Bouterse
> Secure Open Systems Initiative
> 919.698.8796
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:26 AM, 杨杰 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>> I am now trying to reload the ESX image to the blades now, but some error
>> appear when reloading. The errors sound like something about the kickstart
>> and i am using the vcl 1.9.0 got from http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/ now.what
>> is
>> the reason of the failure ?
>>
>> And i want to create a vmware image to reload. How can I make it ? And
>> where
>> should i put it in the vcl ?
>>
>> Thank you !
>>
>> --
>> Yang Jie（杨杰）
>>
>> Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
>>
>> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
>>
>> TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
>>
>> MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
>>
>> E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com
>>
>
>
--
Yang Jie（杨杰）
Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com
Re: Image Creation & ESX Reload
Posted by Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>.
Although I helped create the VCL 1.9 VM, I'm only useful to help solve
VCL and ESX related problems. The kickstart stuff is all xcat driven,
and xcat is a different provisioning module than the ESX.pm module.
The VCL 1.9 VM lacks the ESX.pm provisioning code so to deploy to ESX
using netboot you'll need to update to the latest code in the SVN. To
look at the latest code for the different provisioning modules see
here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/vcl/trunk/managementnode/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/
You can download the latest snapshot of the code from the SVN at
apache.org. This code contains the ESX provisioning module with
instructions on how to set it up. Those instructions are here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/vcl/trunk/managementnode/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/esx.README
To add an virtual machine image, such that the ESX.pm module above can
deploy it, build the linux image in the following way: http://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_linux_ESX_image_for_VCL
When the 2.1 VCL release happens (not sure when), ibiblio.org will be
making a virtual machine version available also.
Does this help?
Best,
Brian
Brian Bouterse
Secure Open Systems Initiative
919.698.8796
On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:26 AM, 杨杰 wrote:
> Hi,
> I am now trying to reload the ESX image to the blades now, but some
> error
> appear when reloading. The errors sound like something about the
> kickstart
> and i am using the vcl 1.9.0 got from http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/
> now.what is
> the reason of the failure ?
>
> And i want to create a vmware image to reload. How can I make it ?
> And where
> should i put it in the vcl ?
>
> Thank you !
>
> --
> Yang Jie（杨杰）
>
> Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
>
> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong
> University
>
> TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
>
> MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
>
> E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com