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Bug 2159778 - [RFE] Update provisioning documentation for UEFI chainloading
Summary: [RFE] Update provisioning documentation for UEFI chainloading
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Documentation
Version: 6.11.0
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: Unspecified
Assignee: Zuzana Lena Ansorgova
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-01-10 17:33 UTC by Jessica Richards
Modified: 2023-02-27 09:29 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2023-02-20 17:12:31 UTC
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zuansorg: needinfo-


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screenshot of the provisioned host's boot screen (60.07 KB, image/jpeg)
2023-01-10 17:36 UTC, Jessica Richards
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Bugzilla 2112436 0 high CLOSED After initial build of a UEFI VM using Red Hat Satellite, the system fails to boot up with error "Partition with known E... 2023-01-31 17:36:31 UTC
Red Hat Bugzilla 2122180 0 high CLOSED After initial build of a UEFI VM using Red Hat Satellite, the system fails to boot up with error "Partition with known E... 2023-01-31 17:36:31 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SAT-15353 0 None None None 2023-01-31 17:11:41 UTC

Description Jessica Richards 2023-01-10 17:33:54 UTC
Document URL: 

for Satellite 6.11:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.11/html/provisioning_hosts/using_pxe_to_provision_hosts_provisioning#Creating_Hosts_with_UEFI_HTTP_Boot_Provisioning_provisioning

for Satellite 6.12:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.12/html/provisioning_hosts/using_pxe_to_provision_hosts_provisioning#Creating_Hosts_with_UEFI_HTTP_Boot_Provisioning_provisioning

Section Number and Name: 

6.5. Creating Hosts with UEFI HTTP Boot Provisioning

Describe the issue: 

As a result of the UEFI fixes for VMware (see bz #s 2112436, 2122180 and 2112436, as well as the following foreman bug from which those bugzillas derive), UEFI provisioning defaults to the grub entry "print warning and power off".

foreman bug:  https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/34532


Suggestions for improvement: 


One workaround is to manually select another menu option.

Another workaround re-enables normal UEFI provisioning in VMware:

> In Satellite UI --> Administer --> Settings --> Provisioning --> The value of "Default PXE local template entry" is empty by default but you want to ensure that once the system goes for final reboot, it boots from HDD directly i.e. via OS but not network.  To do this, set "force_local_chain_hd0" as the value of that option.


We would like to incorporate these workarounds into our provisioning documentation to better serve our customers.



Additional information: 

Without a workaround, UEFI provisioning on VMware loses its automated character, becoming a manual process.

Comment 1 Jessica Richards 2023-01-10 17:36:13 UTC
Created attachment 1937121 [details]
screenshot of the provisioned host's boot screen


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