Bug 1103812 - Update RHEL 5 documentation and solution for problem encountered by customer
Summary: Update RHEL 5 documentation and solution for problem encountered by customer
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Docs Proxy Installation Guide
Version: 550
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Macpherson
QA Contact: Dan Macpherson
URL: https://c.na7.visual.force.com/apex/C...
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Blocks: sat-docs
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Reported: 2014-06-02 15:51 UTC by Umar Nadeem
Modified: 2018-12-06 16:42 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-12-31 04:03:46 UTC
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Description Umar Nadeem 2014-06-02 15:51:42 UTC
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Case : 01061978
https://c.na7.visual.force.com/apex/Case_View?id=500A000000J4ILs&sfdc.override=1


The Customer had problems ignoring disks and drivers during kickstart on RHEL 5. There seems to be documentation missing for RHEL 5, as noted by comment #10 in the case :

" For RHEL5, this possibility isn't documented as being available, the closest option that can be used with part commands would be --onbiosdisk in the part commands (solution 3 only)"

Documentation should be added to RHEL 5.

Also solutions needs to be updated for this problem for RHEL 5, which work for RHEL 6. Here is what could be added to them:

"You use satellite, therefore another possibility is also available : the usage of snippets. If you edit kickstart from the satellite, it is possible to use the %pre section to create a storage.ks file that can be used as a snippet in the partitionning steps."


Reproducible: Always

Comment 4 Umar Nadeem 2014-07-14 14:16:38 UTC
I have checked documentation for RHEL 6 and RHEL 5 and there seems to be existing information already there. Instead of that, what i am thinking of is a KCS solution regarding "Options for controlling storage access" and outlining the following methods provided in comment 10:

- blacklisting the drivers required to communicate with the san - this is the most direct solution (RHEL 6)
- the ignoredisk command of kickstart (ignoredisk) (RHEL 6)
- edit the kickstart to make it use specific drives (part) (RHEL 6 & RHEL 5)
- the usage of snippets. If you edit kickstart from the satellite, it is possible to use the %pre section to create a storage.ks file that can be used as a snippet in the partitionning steps. (Satellite)


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