Installing mksysb image via NIM

[dial8d]

Ok, im trying to install a mksysb image onto a client created through nim.

the client/mksysb is AIX 5.3 TL4-03. The NIM server is running at AIX5.3 TL5-00.

The mksysb resource is created, boot image is created fine, created from the TL4-03 lpp_source/spot.

When i boot the client over the network from SMS, it talks quite happily with the NIM server, and downloads its boot image. It starts booting AIX, then it hangs and i get an HMC error 0613, which according to the docs means it "could not query the dump".

Snooping the network interface of the nim server, i also see nim client reporting udp port 6178 unavailable. Unsure of this is related or not ??

17:14:12.342611 IP 192.168.1.2 > 192.168.1.1: icmp 36: 192.168.1.2 udp port 6178 unreachable

Any idea's whats wrong ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dial8d]

C'mon guys, someone must know something about this ?

More snooping on the network between nim master & client, im seeing a lot of packets from the client to master for udp port 32768, which the master is reporting as not available

master = 192.168.1.1
client = 192.168.1.2

12:04:18.812959 IP 192.168.1.1.33060 > 192.168.1.2.32768: udp 516
12:04:18.813278 IP 192.168.1.2 > 192.168.1.1: icmp 36: 192.168.1.2 udp port 32768 unreachable
12:04:23.812998 IP 192.168.1.1.33060 > 192.168.1.2.32768: udp 516
12:04:23.813324 IP 192.168.1.2 > 192.168.1.1: icmp 36: 192.168.1.2 udp port 32768 unreachable
12:04:28.813037 IP 192.168.1.1.33060 > 192.168.1.2.32768: udp 516
12:04:28.813301 IP 192.168.1.2 > 192.168.1.1: icmp 36: 192.168.1.2 udp port 32768 unreachable

So, my guess is that the client cant nfs mount the mksysb resource. However, NFS is running ok on the master, and the resources are visible, and assigned for use by the client.

root@aixtest01:/# showmount -e
export list for aixtest01:
/export/nim/lpp_source53TL4/lpp_source53TL4 aixtest02_bta
/export/nim/spot53TL4/spot53TL4/usr aixtest02_bta
/data01/mksysb/aixtest02_mksysb aixtest02_bta
/export/nim/scripts/aixtest02.script aixtest02_bta

Someone must have been through this before.

 

[ogniemi]

Long time ago, I had the same HMC led code 613 but it was linked to some bug in AIX (I was not able to boot system from a SAN disk). But you have newer TL/ML so I guess it is not the case.

I also was not able to install successfuly when my mksysb "contained" mirrored rootvg and I had only one disk in new system. As far as I remember to solve the issue I had to customize bosinst.data.

In your settings all seems to be ok, master and client seems to be in the same network.

Please let me know the status of all steps you are perfroming installing your mksysb (I would set no gateway in the interface configuration in SMS).

Starting from AIX 5.3 it is possible to create SPOT from a mksysb - you could also try it to isolate the problem.

Check also your hardware firmware level.

 

[dial8d]

Ok, got to the bottom of it.

Turns out there was a network install route to a gateway which was not accessable to the nim client interface being used to talk to the NIM master.

I removed the route from the NIM config, and et voila !