[xcat-user] Compute node image capture

Andrey Brindeyev abr at altlinux.ru
Tue Mar 24 14:54:29 MDT 2009


Lissa,

Could you please tell me where can I download Partimage code to get  
image capture/restore in xCAT working?

We want to test this functionality in our lab.

Thanks in advance, Andrey.

16.03.2009, 20:23, Lissa Valletta wrote:

> Yes the function is being worked on because of packaging issues.  
> Will send this note on to the developer to contact you.
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> Lissa K. Valletta
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> We have recently downloaded the xCAT2 distribution and have it  
> installed. We are trying to capture the image off an existing  
> compute node in order to use it to image other compute nodes.
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> It appears that the distribution we downloaded from here http://xcat.sourceforge.net/yum/download.html 
>  doesn't include the Partimage capability.  http://xcat.wiki.sourceforge.net/Partimage
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> xCAT has two imaging modes:
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> 1.	imagecapture. The node saves an image to a NFS server.
> 2.	imagerestore. The node restores an image from an NFS server.
> We need to be able to capture an existing image.
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> What do I need to do to obtain this capability?
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> thanks
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