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Bug 499901

Summary:	'cobbler sync' needs to run to set up bootloader files after successful cobbler setup during Satellite installation
Product:	Red Hat Satellite 5	Reporter:	Steve Salevan <ssalevan>
Component:	Provisioning	Assignee:	Partha Aji <paji>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Steve Salevan <ssalevan>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	530	CC:	bbuckingham, bperkins, jsherril, mmccune
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Bug Blocks:	457075

Description Steve Salevan 2009-05-08 19:13:49 UTC

Description of problem:
To enable PXE functionality, several pxelinux/elilo/yaboot files (such as the executables and related menu files) need to be placed in the /tftpboot/ directory on a Satellite.  Cobbler does this for you if you run a 'cobbler sync'; however, during Satellite installation, this command is not run and these files are thereby not present in this directory unless the user has run this command manually.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
530, 5/1 build

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a 530 Satellite
2. ls /tftpboot/
  
Actual results:
No bootloader-related files appear

Expected results:
Files such as pxelinux.0 and related menu files appear in this directory

Additional info:

Comment 1 Partha Aji 2009-05-14 00:50:30 UTC

We do provide cobbler sync functionality through the UI. 
Goto http://<host>//rhn/admin/config/Cobbler.do . Question is do we want this PXE functionality enabled by default. I'll update this comment after discussing with mmccune, jsherrill and mdehaan...

Comment 2 Justin Sherrill 2009-05-14 05:02:05 UTC

Well if it's as simple as running 'cobbler sync' at the end of the satellite setup, i'd say why not ? 

I don't think we should enable pxe by default per say (including enabling dhcp), but if it keeps the users from having to run one more step why not just run 'cobbler sync' for them ?

Comment 3 Partha Aji 2009-05-15 17:57:10 UTC

Ok added cobbler sync to cobbler-setup -> http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=spacewalk.git;a=commit;h=a0f430bcd1287b9dd5dc9ba45fa1d53c078cff4a

Comment 4 Partha Aji 2009-05-22 15:08:41 UTC

Moving to ON_QA

Comment 5 Steve Salevan 2009-05-29 18:29:48 UTC

VERIFIED on 5/21 build.

Comment 6 Brad Buckingham 2009-07-29 01:01:23 UTC

Satellite-5.3.0-RHEL5-re20090724.0-i386-embedded-oracle.iso

Confirmed that bootloader files appear after install.  Moving to RELEASE_PENDING.

Comment 7 Brandon Perkins 2009-09-10 19:25:37 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1434.html