Profile not working - getting menu instead

[Kirk Lewis]

Hi All,

Cobbler 2.6.3
  source: ?, ?
  build time: Fri Jul 18 22:59:43 2014

I have a system which is bound to a profile but when the system PXE boots,
it goes to the PXE boot menu of profiles rather than booting the profile.

When I select the profile from the menu, the build progress with the only
problem being that the Netboot option does not get changed to False after
but build.  I suspect these two problems are related in that both are
failures in the passing of parameters between the client and server but
that's where my theory ends.

Any ideas?

Thanks - Kirk




Here's the system report:

[root@svlab3 cobbler]# cobbler system report --name=ocp1-2
Name                           : ocp1-2
TFTP Boot Files                : {}
Comment                        :
Enable gPXE?                   : 0
Fetchable Files                : {}
Gateway                        : 10.5.0.1
Hostname                       : ocp1-2
Image                          :
IPv6 Autoconfiguration         : False
IPv6 Default Device            :
Kernel Options                 : {}
Kernel Options (Post Install)  : {}
Kickstart                      : <<inherit>>
Kickstart Metadata             : {}
LDAP Enabled                   : False
LDAP Management Type           : authconfig
Management Classes             : <<inherit>>
Management Parameters          : <<inherit>>
Monit Enabled                  : False
Name Servers                   : ['208.67.220.220', '208.67.222.222']
Name Servers Search Path       : []
Netboot Enabled                : True
Owners                         : ['admin']
Power Management Address       : 10.5.0.112
Power Management ID            :
Power Management Password      : admin
Power Management Type          : ipmilan
Power Management Username      : admin
Profile                        : CentOS_65_Full-x86_64
Proxy                          : <<inherit>>
Red Hat Management Key         : <<inherit>>
Red Hat Management Server      : <<inherit>>
Repos Enabled                  : False
Server Override                : <<inherit>>
Status                         : production
Template Files                 : {}
Virt Auto Boot                 : <<inherit>>
Virt CPUs                      : <<inherit>>
Virt Disk Driver Type          : <<inherit>>
Virt File Size(GB)             : <<inherit>>
Virt Path                      : <<inherit>>
Virt PXE Boot                  : 0
Virt RAM (MB)                  : <<inherit>>
Virt Type                      : <<inherit>>
Interface =====                : eth2
Bonding Opts                   :
Bridge Opts                    :
CNAMES                         : []
DHCP Tag                       :
DNS Name                       :
Per-Interface Gateway          :
Master Interface               :
Interface Type                 :
IP Address                     : 10.5.0.114
IPv6 Address                   :
IPv6 Default Gateway           :
IPv6 MTU                       :
IPv6 Prefix                    :
IPv6 Secondaries               : []
IPv6 Static Routes             : []
MAC Address                    : 08:9E:01:D8:29:DB
Management Interface           : False
MTU                            :
Subnet Mask                    :
Static                         : False
Static Routes                  : []
Virt Bridge






=========  and here's the profile report ========

[root@svlab3 cobbler]# cobbler profile report --name=CentOS_65_Full-x86_64
Name                           : CentOS_65_Full-x86_64
TFTP Boot Files                : {}
Comment                        :
DHCP Tag                       : default
Distribution                   : CentOS_65_Full-x86_64
Enable gPXE?                   : 0
Enable PXE Menu?               : 1
Fetchable Files                : {}
Kernel Options                 : {}
Kernel Options (Post Install)  : {}
Kickstart                      : /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/sample_end.ks
Kickstart Metadata             : {}
Management Classes             : []
Management Parameters          : <<inherit>>
Name Servers                   : []
Name Servers Search Path       : []
Owners                         : ['admin']
Parent Profile                 :
Proxy                          :
Red Hat Management Key         : <<inherit>>
Red Hat Management Server      : <<inherit>>
Repos                          : []
Server Override                : <<inherit>>
Template Files                 : {}
Virt Auto Boot                 : 1
Virt Bridge                    : xenbr0
Virt CPUs                      : 1
Virt Disk Driver Type          : raw
Virt File Size(GB)             : 5
Virt Path                      :
Virt RAM (MB)                  : 512
Virt Type                      : kvm


=================================   and here is the distro report
===============

Name                           : CentOS_65_Full-x86_64
Architecture                   : x86_64
TFTP Boot Files                : {}
Breed                          : redhat
Comment                        :
Fetchable Files                : {}
Initrd                         :
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_65_Full/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
Kernel                         :
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_65_Full/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
Kernel Options                 : {}
Kernel Options (Post Install)  : {}
Kickstart Metadata             : {'tree': 'http://@@http_server@
@/cblr/links/CentOS_65_Full-x86_64'}
Management Classes             : []
OS Version                     : rhel6
Owners                         : ['admin']
Red Hat Management Key         : <<inherit>>
Red Hat Management Server      : <<inherit>>
Template Files                 : {}





-- 
Thanks,

Kirk

[Tom Bamford]

On 29 October 2014 19:33, Kirk Lewis <kirk_lewis(a)jabil.com&gt; wrote:

>  I have a system which is bound to a profile but when the system PXE boots,
>  it goes to the PXE boot menu of profiles rather than booting the profile.
>
>  When I select the profile from the menu, the build progress with the only
>  problem being that the Netboot option does not get changed to False after
>  but build.  I suspect these two problems are related in that both are
>  failures in the passing of parameters between the client and server but
>  that's where my theory ends.
>
>  Any ideas?
>
>  
Are you sure the MAC address is correct? (Maybe the system has more than
one NIC)

Regards
Tom

[Kirk Lewis]

Hi Tom,

You are correct.  The MAC address was not correct.  The host has a
converged NIC with two MAC addresses.  I was using the wrong one.

Officially solved.

Thanks very much,

Kirk

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Tom Bamford <tom(a)bamford.co.za&gt; wrote:

>  On 29 October 2014 19:33, Kirk Lewis <kirk_lewis(a)jabil.com&gt; wrote:
>
> >
> > I have a system which is bound to a profile but when the system PXE
> > boots, it goes to the PXE boot menu of profiles rather than booting the
> > profile.
> >
> > When I select the profile from the menu, the build progress with the only
> > problem being that the Netboot option does not get changed to False after
> > but build.  I suspect these two problems are related in that both are
> > failures in the passing of parameters between the client and server but
> > that's where my theory ends.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
>  Are you sure the MAC address is correct? (Maybe the system has more than
>  one NIC)
>
>  Regards
>  Tom
>
>
>
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-- 
Thanks,

Kirk