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Bug 1259437

Summary: unformatted and LDL DASD disks not formatted during kickstart installation in text mode
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Jan Stodola <jstodola>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Samantha N. Bueno <sbueno>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity: high Docs Contact: Clayton Spicer <cspicer>
Priority: high    
Version: 7.2CC: bugproxy, hannsj_uhl, jkachuck, msvistun, sbueno
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: 7.3   
Hardware: s390x   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: anaconda-21.48.22.84-1 Doc Type: Release Note
Doc Text:
Formatting DASDs works correctly during a text-based installation Previously, a bug prevented DASDs from being correctly formatted during a text-based installaton. As a consequence, DASDs that were unformatted or incorrectly formatted had to be manually formatted before use. This bug has been fixed, and the installer can now format DASDs when performing a text-based installation.
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Last Closed: 2016-11-03 23:11:05 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Blocks: 1170653, 1186677, 1230910, 1295926, 1313485, 1355839, 1364088, 1366991    
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Description Flags
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storage.log
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anaconda.log
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Description Jan Stodola 2015-09-02 15:20:01 UTC 
Description of problem:
The installer doesn't format unformatted DASD disks (formatted by cpfmtxa in CMS) when running a kickstart installation in text mode. Those disks are ignored during the installation.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-7.0 GA
RHEL-7.1 GA
RHEL-7.2 Beta (anaconda-21.48.22.35-1.el7)

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. format a DASD disk in CMS using the "cpfmtxa" command
2. run a kickstart installation in text mode with the following commands in the kickstart file:

bootloader --location=mbr
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
autopart

Actual results:
Unformatted DASD disk not formatted using dasdfmt during the installation

Expected results:
Unformatted DASD disk are formatted and used during the installation
Comment 5 Jan Stodola 2015-09-02 15:23:47 UTC 
Created attachment 1069476 [details]
kickstart
Comment 6 Jan Stodola 2015-09-02 15:24:52 UTC 
DASD disks after the installation:

[root@rtt7 ~]# lsblk
NAME                 MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
dasda                 94:0    0  2.3G  0 disk 
├─dasda1              94:1    0  500M  0 part /boot
└─dasda2              94:2    0  1.8G  0 part 
  ├─rhel_rtt700-root 253:0    0  3.6G  0 lvm  /
  └─rhel_rtt700-swap 253:1    0  472M  0 lvm  [SWAP]
dasdb                 94:4    0  2.3G  0 disk 
└─dasdb1              94:5    0  2.3G  0 part 
  └─rhel_rtt700-root 253:0    0  3.6G  0 lvm  /
[root@rtt7 ~]# lsdasd 
Bus-ID     Status      Name      Device  Type  BlkSz  Size      Blocks
==============================================================================
0.0.3527   active      dasda     94:0    ECKD  4096   2347MB    601020
0.0.3627   active      dasdb     94:4    ECKD  4096   2347MB    601020
0.0.3727   n/f         dasdc     94:8    ECKD                   
[root@rtt7 ~]#
Comment 7 Jan Stodola 2015-10-08 13:09:32 UTC 
Not only unformatted, but also LDL disks are not formatted during kickstart installation in text mode when having the following line in the kickstart file:

clearpart --all --initlabel --cdl

Since I believe the root cause is the same, I'm using this bug for LDL disks as well. In case the root case is different, I will report a new bug.
Comment 9 IBM Bug Proxy 2016-02-23 17:41:06 UTC 
------- Comment From vsandhya.com 2016-02-23 12:35 EDT-------
Any updates?
Comment 10 Mike McCune 2016-03-28 23:33:48 UTC 
This bug was accidentally moved from POST to MODIFIED via an error in automation, please see mmccune with any questions
Comment 12 Jan Stodola 2016-05-12 10:08:21 UTC 
Retested with anaconda-21.48.22.70-1.el7, but the unformatted DASD wasn't formatted during the installation. After the installation:

[root@rtt7 ~]# lsdasd 
Bus-ID     Status      Name      Device  Type  BlkSz  Size      Blocks
==============================================================================
0.0.3127   active      dasda     94:0    ECKD  4096   2347MB    601020
0.0.3227   active      dasdb     94:4    ECKD  4096   2347MB    601020
0.0.3027   n/f         dasdc     94:8    ECKD                   
[root@rtt7 ~]#

Moving back to ASSIGNED.
Comment 15 Jan Stodola 2016-05-12 10:09:32 UTC 
Created attachment 1156625 [details]
storage.log
Comment 18 Jan Stodola 2016-07-18 16:44:49 UTC 
Retested with anaconda-21.48.22.79-1.el7 - LDL DASD isn't formatted with CDL during kickstart installation in text mode (ks installation in vnc mode works fine).

Partitioning part of the kickstart file:

bootloader --location=mbr
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel --cdl
autopart

Installation logs will be attached, moving to ASSIGNED.
Comment 19 Jan Stodola 2016-07-18 16:45:23 UTC 
Created attachment 1181184 [details]
anaconda.log
Comment 20 Jan Stodola 2016-07-18 16:45:45 UTC 
Created attachment 1181185 [details]
program.log
Comment 21 Jan Stodola 2016-07-18 16:46:07 UTC 
Created attachment 1181186 [details]
storage.log
Comment 24 Samantha N. Bueno 2016-08-19 20:12:58 UTC 
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/742
Comment 27 Jan Stodola 2016-08-29 08:54:51 UTC 
Retested with anaconda-21.48.22.86-1.el7 and this issue is fixed, both unformatted and LDL formatted DASD disks are formatted with CDL in text mode.

Thanks, moving to VERIFIED.
Comment 31 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 23:11:05 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2016-2158.html