Insight Control Linux 6.3 ::: Error Configuring Boot Method

[pakm11]

Hi,

Trying to deploy RHEL on a baremetal 685G7 using 6.3  CMS.

Configured the network and successfully performed "bare metal discovery" using the virtual media boot.

Next step is where I stuck: deploying OS.

Default boot option is PXE but that's a no go for the network here.

When I try to change it to Virtual Media, using options-->ic-linux-->configure boot method, I receive below error.

System is a bare metal one, so when I select target to change the boot method for, I am having to select it using its S/N.

Has anyone successfully booted of the VM for initial OS deployment?

(double post: ITRC ProLiant deployment & provisioning Forum)

29 Dec 13:04:46,731 ERROR [[jsp]] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
com.hp.mx.core.objectmodel.MxInvalidGUIDError: A GUID must be specified as exactly 32 hexadecimal characters.
        at com.hp.mx.core.objectmodel.MxGUID.createGUID(MxGUID.java:671)
        at com.hp.mx.core.objectmodel.MxGUID.<init>(MxGUID.java:271)
        at com.hp.mx.icle.dc.soap.DCService.setAttribute(Unknown Source)
        at com.hp.mx.icle.taskchain.operations.libs.boot.BootMethodUtils.setBootMethodAttribute(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.jsp.mxportal.icle.initiateDiscoveryServer_jsp._jspService(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:373)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:336)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor559.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:244)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:276)

[pakm11 · Accepted solution]

For some reason, server was not properly added to the SIM database. Had to remove the system from SIM than add it back. With that it came up with a new GUID and was identified as a server system. From there on configure boot method task completed successfully.