Filling_the_osimage_attributes_with_the_files_that_are_found_in_the_search_path

Table of Contents

• Feature purpose
• External interface
• Internal
• Other Design Considerations

Design_Warning

Feature purpose

To fill in the osimage attribute automatically when define or change define of osimage. The main osimage attributes included are: template(only for diskfull), pkglist, pkgdir, otherpkglist, otherpkgdir, exlist(only for diskless), postinstall(only for diskless), rootimgdir

External interface

1. add an option "-u" for mkdef/chdef comand to automatically set osimage attribute.
2. For chdef, if no attr=value parameter specified, just redo the file seaching.

mkdef imagename -u provmethod=<install|netboot|statelite> profile=<xxx> [attr=value]
chdef imagename -u [provmethod=<install|netboot|statelite>]|[profile=<xxx>]|[attr=value]  
cat stanza_file | mkdef -z -u
cat stanza_file | chdef -z -u

note: The provmethod and profile options are pre-requisite for mkdef. If osvers or osarch is not specified, the corresponding value of the management node will be used.

The commands may work as the following:

[root@rhmn ~]# mkdef redhat6img -u profile=compute provmethod=statelite
1 object definitions have been created or modified.
[root@rhmn ~]# lsdef -t osimage redhat6img
Object name: redhat6img
   exlist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels6.x86_64.exlist
   imagetype=linux
   osarch=x86_64
   osdistroname=rhels6.2-x86_64
   osname=Linux
   osvers=rhels6.2
   otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/rhels6.2/x86_64
   pkgdir=/install/rhels6.2/x86_64
   pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels6.x86_64.pkglist
   postinstall=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels6.x86_64.postinstall
   profile=compute
   provmethod=statelite
   rootimgdir=/install/netboot/rhels6.2/x86_64/compute
[root@rhmn ~]# chdef redhat6img -u provmethod=install
1 object definitions have been created or modified.
[root@rhmn ~]# lsdef -t osimage redhat6img           
Object name: redhat6img
   imagetype=linux
   osarch=x86_64
   osdistroname=rhels6.2-x86_64
   osname=Linux
   osvers=rhels6.2
   otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/rhels6.2/x86_64
   pkgdir=/install/rhels6.2/x86_64
   pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhels6.x86_64.pkglist
   profile=compute
   provmethod=install
   template=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhels6.x86_64.tmpl

The following examples show that the original options are alse working if option '-u' is added.

[root@rhmn ~]# chdef -t osimage -o redhat6img -u -n rh6img
Changed the object name from redhat6img to rh6img.
[root@rhmn ~]# mkdef redhat6img -u profile=compute provmethod=install
1 object definitions have been created or modified.
[root@rhmn ~]# chdef redhat6img,rh6img -u osarch=ppc64
2 object definitions have been created or modified.
[root@rhmn ~]# lsdef -t osimage rh6img
Object name: rh6img
   imagetype=linux
   osarch=ppc64
   osdistroname=rhels6.2-ppc64
   osname=Linux
   osvers=rhels6.2
   otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/rhels6.2/ppc64
   pkgdir=/install/rhels6.2/ppc64
   pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhels6.ppc64.pkglist
   profile=compute
   provmethod=install
   template=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhels6.ppc64.tmpl

Internal

1. If option '-u' specified, try to search files(tmpl_file, otherpkgs_list_file, pkglist_file, synclist_file) based on the specified parameters (osarch,osvers,provmethod,profile,imagetype). First search customized path($installroot/custom/netboot/$osname), and then default path(/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/$osname/).

2. Treat those searched files as specified parameters passing into the main process of mkdef or chdef.

3. Update osimage table and linuximage table.

Other Design Considerations

• Required reviewers: Bruce Potter, Guang Cheng, Ling Gao, Linda
• Required approvers: Bruce Potter
• Database schema changes: N/A
• Affect on other components: N/A
• External interface changes, documentation, and usability issues: N/A
• Packaging, installation, dependencies: N/A
• Portability and platforms (HW/SW) supported: N/A
• Performance and scaling considerations: N/A
• Migration and coexistence: N/A
• Serviceability: N/A
• Security: N/A
• NLS and accessibility: N/A
• Invention protection: N/A