XCAT_2.14.5_Release_Notes - xcat2/xcat-core GitHub Wiki

• xcat-core enhancement

  • Add --noupdateinitrd option to rinstall to don't regenerate initrd
  • syslog tag refine
  • refine logs for updatenode and deployment
  • localdisk support GPT partition
  • Add site:key=httpport to scripts restriction: Ubuntu can not support specified httpport on Power LPARs/VMs

• xcat-inventory Enhancement v0.1.6

  • multiple key
    • store passwd table
    • switch table export
  • support yaml files for environment variables

• goconserver v0.3.2

  • goconserver need to be restart after upgraded
  • goconserver missing \n at the end of the logged messages

xCAT documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs: http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/

• xcat-core

  • RHEL/SLES - xcat-core-2.14.5-linux.tar.bz2
  • Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.14.5-ubuntu.tar.bz2

• xcat-dep

  • RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.14.5-linux.tar.bz2
  • Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.14.5-ubuntu.tar.bz2

Hardware Platform	Operation System
IBM Power System AC922	RHEL-Alt 7.6
IBM Power S822LC for HPC	RHEL 7.6
IBM Power S822LC for HPC	Ubuntu 16.04.5
IBM Power S822LC for HPC	Ubuntu 18.04.1
IBM Power S822LC for HPC	SLES 12 SP3
IBM Power 750	RHEL 7.6
IBM Power 750	RHEL 6.10
IBM Power 750	SLES 11 SP4
iDataPlex M4 DX360	RHEL 7.6
iDataPlex M4 DX360	SLES 12 SP3
iDataPlex M4 DX360	Ubuntu 16.04.5
iDataPlex M4 DX360	Ubuntu 18.04.1

Issue #5785 Cumulus Switches get wrong master for static management IP address configuration

Issue #5761 lsdef -l -t group hang with 100% CPU in large size cluster

Issue #5755 synclist: EXECUTE{ALWAYS} ignore noderange

Issue #5740 Installing xCAT-genesis-base will remove files provided by xCAT-genesis-scripts

Issue #5734 nodeset failed to put vmlinuz into correct location for ubuntu16.04.5 x86

Issue #5721 xCAT-client rpm seems to depend on xCAT-server

Issue #5712 Kdump can not work correctly in rhels7.6 and rhels7.6-alt

Issue #5644 ./otherpkgs: line 931: /usr/bin/logger: Argument list too long

Issue #5564 restart goconserver after yum update to prevent > Unknown lvalue ‘After’ in section ‘Service’

Issue #5497 add rinstall option to skip rebuilding initrd when osdistroupdate/netdrivers is used

Issue #5209 Unable to find pxelinux.0 when attempting to use nodeset

Issue #5905 makedhcp -n cannot generate right URL in dhcpd.conf file: the patch

Issue #5121 rspconfig failed to set bmc ip etc in some specific condition

Issue #3513 For the latest xCAT-genesis-base, the mlx4_en driver 2.2-1 (Feb 2014) is included, it can not support Mellanox Ethernet NIC that need driver newer than 2.2-1, for more information, please reference build genesis locally with latest RH MN

Issue #5057 This issue cannot be reproduced, and the work around is : check the bmc state use rflash <node> -l, if the target firmware state is Active(+), execute rpower <node> boot to reboot the host and let new firmware take effect.

Issue #3284 While selinux on KVM host was reconfigured from enforcing to disabled, rpower failed to power previous created KVM guest on