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Build 44

There is a bug related to network installations in this build:

6453083  rmclient bug fix causes regression in addclient and removes /etc/ethers entry in snv_43 and snv44

There is a Workaround for the bug, please see section after description below.

Description

On our install server ins3525-svr, the /etc/ethers is a local file and we do not use NIS administer this. We usually will update the /etc/ethers whenever we had new systems in the lab.

If I do this on the ins3525-svr to add PXE client from any snv43 or snv44 images, it removes the ethernet address of the client:

root@ins3525-svr# pwd
/export/nv/solarisdvd.nvxdvd/latest/Solaris11/Tools
root@ins3525-svr#
root@ins3525-svr# ls
Boot                  addclient.sparc       rmclient
Installers            addclient.x86         rmclient.sparc
addinstallclient    dial                  rmclient.x86
addclient             rminstallclient     setupinstallserver
root@ins3525-svr# grep line3-colfax2 /etc/ethers
00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 line3-colfax2
root@ins3525-svr# ./addclient -d -e 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 i86pc
cleaning up preexisting install client "00:e0:81:2a:a0:38"
cleaning /etc/ethers
removing 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 from ethers

To disable 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 in the DHCP server, remove the entry with Client ID 0100E0812AA038
copying boot file to /tftpboot/pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris11-11

If not already configured, enable PXE boot by creating a macro named 0100E0812AA038 with:
  Boot server IP (BootSrvA) : 10.6.35.8
  Boot file      (BootFile) : 0100E0812AA038

root@ins3525-svr# grep line3-colfax2 /etc/ethers
root@ins3525-svr#

With the rminstallclient fix, we forget that addclient will call rmclient first and then call addclient. Then the ethers entry for the client will be gone forever. This causes corruption in the /etc/ethers and is a major headache for system administer. I will replace the rminstallclient with the one from snv42 until this problem is looked at.

This regression was caused by the fix to rmclient by bugid 4638062.

Workaround

I use setupinstallserver to setup an image for testing purpose:

root@ins3525-svr# pwd
/export/nv/solarisdvd.nvxdvd/latest/Solaris11/Tools
root@ins3525-svr# cd /export/nv/dvdx
root@ins3525-svr# ls
28         32         36         40         42a       44jato
29         33         37         41         43         jan38
30         34         38         41test  44         latest
31         35         39         42         44vulcan
root@ins3525-svr# cd latest 
root@ins3525-svr# cd So*/To*
root@ins3525-svr# ./setupinstallserver /export/nv/dvdx/44rmclient
Verifying target directory…
Calculating the required disk space for the Solaris11 product
Calculating space required for the installation boot image
Copying the CD image to disk…
Copying Install Boot Image hierarchy…
Copying /boot x86 netboot hierarchy…
Install Server setup complete
you have mail
root@ins3525-svr# 
root@ins3525-svr# diff /etc/ethers.orig /etc/ethers
5d4
< 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 line3-colfax2
root@ins3525-svr# 
grep line3-colfax2 /etc/ethers
00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 line3-colfax2
root@ins3525-svr# ./addclient -d -e 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 i86pc
cleaning up preexisting install client "00:e0:81:2a:a0:38"
cleaning /etc/ethers
removing 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 from ethers

To disable 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 in the DHCP server, remove the entry with Client ID 0100E0812AA038
If not already configured, enable PXE boot by creating a macro named 0100E0812AA038 with:
  Boot server IP (BootSrvA) : 10.6.35.8
  Boot file      (BootFile) : 0100E0812AA038

root@ins3525-svr# grep line3-colfax /etc/ethers
root@ins3525-svr#

Then replace /etc/ethers and rminstallclient from build 42 (or a previous build) of SXCR.

root@ins3525-svr# cp /etc/ethers.orig /etc/ethers
root@ins3525-svr# ls
Boot                  addclient.sparc       rmclient
Installers            addclient.x86         rmclient.sparc
addinstallclient    dial                  rmclient.x86
addclient             rminstallclient     setupinstallserver
root@ins3525-svr# cp rminstallclient rminstallclient.44
root@ins3525-svr# cp /export/nv/dvdx/42/So*/To*/rminstallclient rminstallclient.42
root@ins3525-svr# ls
Boot                  addclient.x86         rmclient
Installers            dial                  rmclient.sparc
addinstallclient    rminstallclient     rmclient.x86
addclient             rminstallclient.42  setupinstallserver
addclient.sparc       rminstallclient.44
root@ins3525-svr# cp rminstallclient.42 rminstall_client
root@ins3525-svr# grep line3-colfax2 /etc/ethers
00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 line3-colfax2
root@ins3525-svr# ./addclient -d -e 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 i86pc
cleaning up preexisting install client "00:e0:81:2a:a0:38"

To disable 00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 in the DHCP server, remove the entry with Client ID 0100E0812AA038

If not already configured, enable PXE boot by creating a macro named 0100E0812AA038 with:
  Boot server IP (BootSrvA) : 10.6.35.8
  Boot file      (BootFile) : 0100E0812AA038

root@ins3525-svr# grep line3-colfax2 /etc/ethers
00:e0:81:2a:a0:38 line3-colfax2
root@ins3525-svr#