[xcat-user] Post-install hangs

[Mike Waldron]

I have the node shortname as well as the FQDN in the /etc/hosts file:
192.168.32.18  b15n02 b15n02.baobab.isis.unc.edu

Mike Waldron
Systems Specialist
ITS Research Computing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509
Office: 919-962-9778



Ling Gao wrote:
>
> It happened to me before as well. In my case, the getpostscript.awk 
> failed. xCAT keeps calling getpostscript.awk in a loop until something 
> gets returned back from the getpostscript.awk. However, the 
> getpostscript plug-in cannot translate the caller's node name back to 
> the node name registered in the nodelist table. For example, my node 
> name is *cu03cp.cluster.ibm.com*, however, in nodelist table it is 
> *cu03cp*. It worked after I added the following line in the /etc/hosts 
> in the service node (or the mangement node if you do not have the 
> service node)
>
> * 192.150.1.2 cu03cp*
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Ling Gao
> Poughkeepsie Unix Development Lab
> IBM Systems and Technology Group
> Internal: T/L 293-5692
> External: linggao at us.ibm.com, 845-433-5692
>
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> I just setup a new install of xCAT-2 and am loading the first node with
> RHEL5.
>
> The install kicked off perfectly and I can watch its progress with a
> wcons session. After installing all the rpms and it gets to the part
> where it says "Running post-install scripts", it just hangs there forever.
>
> I see this entry in /var/log/xferlog:
> Fri Sep  5 14:36:00 2008 1 192.168.32.18 0 /postscripts b _ o a -wget@
> ftp 0 * i
>
> I have not setup any additional scripts, the install is just running the
> defaults:
> # tabdump postscripts
> #node,postscripts,comments,disable
> "xcatdefaults","syslog,remoteshell",,
> "service","servicenode",,
>
> What could be causing it to hang?
>
> -- 
> Mike Waldron
> Systems Specialist
> ITS Research Computing
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509
> Office: 919-962-9778
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