.. _setup_service_node_stateful_label: Diskful (Stateful) Installation =============================== Any cluster using statelite compute nodes must use a stateful (diskful) Service Nodes. .. note:: All xCAT Service Nodes must be at the exact same xCAT version as the xCAT Management Node. Configure ``otherpkgdir`` and ``otherpkglist`` for service node osimage ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Create a subdirectory ``xcat`` under a path specified by ``otherpkgdir`` attribute of the service node os image, selected during the :doc:`../define_service_nodes` step. For example, for osimage *rhels7-x86_64-install-service* :: [root@fs4 xcat]# lsdef -t osimage rhels7-x86_64-install-service -i otherpkgdir Object name: rhels7-x86_64-install-service otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/rhels7/x86_64 [root@fs4 xcat]# mkdir -p /install/post/otherpkgs/rhels7/x86_64/xcat * Download or copy `xcat-core` and `xcat-dep` .bz2 files into that `xcat` directory :: wget https://xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-core/_Linux/xcat-core/xcat-core--linux.tar.bz2 wget https://xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-dep/_Linux/xcat-dep--linux.tar.bz2 * untar the `xcat-core` and `xcat-dep` .bz2 files :: cd /install/post/otherpkgs///xcat tar jxvf core-rpms-snap.tar.bz2 tar jxvf xcat-dep-*.tar.bz2 * Verify the following entries are included in the package file specified by the ``otherpkglist`` attribute of the service node osimage. :: xcat/xcat-core/xCATsn xcat/xcat-dep///conserver-xcat xcat/xcat-dep///perl-Net-Telnet xcat/xcat-dep///perl-Expect For example, for the osimage *rhels7-x86_64-install-service* :: lsdef -t osimage rhels7-x86_64-install-service -i otherpkglist Object name: rhels7-x86_64-install-service otherpkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/service.rhels7.x86_64.otherpkgs.pkglist cat /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/service.rhels7.x86_64.otherpkgs.pkglist xcat/xcat-core/xCATsn xcat/xcat-dep/rh7/x86_64/conserver-xcat xcat/xcat-dep/rh7/x86_64/perl-Net-Telnet xcat/xcat-dep/rh7/x86_64/perl-Expect .. note:: You will be installing the xCAT Service Node RPM ``xCATsn`` on the Service Node, not the xCAT Management Node RPM. Do not install both. Update the rhels6 RPM repository (rhels6 only) ---------------------------------------------- * This section could be removed after the powerpc-utils-1.2.2-18.el6.ppc64.rpm is built in the base rhels6 ISO. * The direct rpm download link is: ``ftp://linuxpatch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PERCS/powerpc-utils-1.2.2-18.el6.ppc64.rpm`` * The update steps are as following: - put the new rpm in the base OS packages :: cd /install/rhels6/ppc64/Server/Packages mv powerpc-utils-1.2.2-17.el6.ppc64.rpm /tmp cp /tmp/powerpc-utils-1.2.2-18.el6.ppc64.rpm . # make sure that the rpm is be readable by other users chmod +r powerpc-utils-1.2.2-18.el6.ppc64.rpm * create the repodata :: cd /install/rhels6/ppc64/Server ls -al repodata/ total 14316 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 20 09:34 . dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 20 09:34 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1305862 Sep 22 2010 20dfb74c144014854d3b16313907ebcf30c9ef63346d632369a19a4add8388e7-other.sqlite.bz2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1521372 Sep 22 2010 57b3c81512224bbb5cebbfcb6c7fd1f7eb99cca746c6c6a76fb64c64f47de102-primary.xml.gz -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2823613 Sep 22 2010 5f664ea798d1714d67f66910a6c92777ecbbe0bf3068d3026e6e90cc646153e4-primary.sqlite.bz2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1418180 Sep 22 2010 7cec82d8ed95b8b60b3e1254f14ee8e0a479df002f98bb557c6ccad5724ae2c8-other.xml.gz -r--r--r-- 1 root root 194113 Sep 22 2010 90cbb67096e81821a2150d2b0a4f3776ab1a0161b54072a0bd33d5cadd1c234a-comps-rhel6-Server.xml.gz **-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1054944 Sep 22 2010 98462d05248098ef1724eddb2c0a127954aade64d4bb7d4e693cff32ab1e463c-comps-rhel6-Server.xml** -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3341671 Sep 22 2010 bb3456b3482596ec3aa34d517affc42543e2db3f4f2856c0827d88477073aa45-filelists.sqlite.bz2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2965960 Sep 22 2010 eb991fd2bb9af16a24a066d840ce76365d396b364d3cdc81577e4cf6e03a15ae-filelists.xml.gz -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3829 Sep 22 2010 repomd.xml -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2581 Sep 22 2010 TRANS.TBL createrepo \ -g repodata /98462d05248098ef1724eddb2c0a127954aade64d4bb7d4e693cff32ab1e463c-comps-rhel6-Server.xml .. note:: You should use ``comps-rhel6-Server.xml`` with its key as the group file. Install Service Nodes --------------------- :: rinstall osimage="" For example :: rinstall osimage="rhels7-x86_64-install-service" Monitor the Installation ------------------------ Watch the installation progress using either wcons or rcons: :: wcons service # make sure DISPLAY is set to your X server/VNC or rcons tail -f /var/log/messages .. note:: We have experienced one problem while trying to install RHEL6 diskful Service Node working with SAS disks. The Service Node cannot reboots from SAS disk after the RHEL6 operating system has been installed. We are waiting for the build with fixes from RHEL6 team, once meet this problem, you need to manually select the SAS disk to be the first boot device and boots from the SAS disk. Update Service Node Diskful Image --------------------------------- To update the xCAT software on the Service Node: #. Remove previous xcat-core, xcat-dep, and tar files in the NFS mounted ``/install/post/otherpkgs/`` directory: :: rm /install/post/otherpkgs///xcat/xcat-core rm /install/post/otherpkgs///xcat/xcat-dep rm /install/post/otherpkgs///xcat/ rm /install/post/otherpkgs///xcat/ #. Download the desired tar files from xcat.org on to the Management Node, and untar them in the same NFS mounted ``/install/post/otherpkgs/`` directory: :: cd /install/post/otherpkgs///xcat/ tar jxvf tar jxvf #. On the Service Node, run the package manager commands relative to the OS to update xCAT. For example, on RHEL, use the following yum commands: :: yum clean metadata # or yum clean all yum update '*xCAT*'