RPC error while installing an Golden image

[edwin hamers]

I am trying to install a new server with a golden image using ignite.
But for the second time it fails when the client tries to mount the filesystem on the ignite server.

It worked before, and there are no networkproblems or firewalls....

I made sure that the ignite server was resolvable in the /etc/hosts file, and even did a fresh install of the client first, and then tried the golden image again. But same error...

Here is the error logging :
* Loading_software: Begin

* Installing boot area on disk.
* Formatting HP Service Partition.
* Enabling swap areas.
* Backing up LVM configuration for "vg00".
* Processing the archive source (HP-UX Golden Image Archive).
nfs mount: get_fh: cfiux07:: RPC: Name to address translation failed - n2a: unknown error: 4
nfs mount: get_fh: cfiux07:: RPC: Name to address translation failed - n2a: unknown error: 4
nfs mount: retry: retrying(1) for: /tmp/ign_configure/archive_nfs after 5 seconds
nfs mount: retry: giving up on: /tmp/ign_configure/archive_nfs
NOTE: Retrying: "/sbin/fs/nfs/mount -oro cfiux07:/var/opt/ignite/gold-images
/tmp/ign_configure/archive_nfs"
nfs mount: get_fh: cfiux07:: RPC: Name to address translation failed - n2a: unknown error: 4
nfs mount: get_fh: cfiux07:: RPC: Name to address translation failed - n2a: unknown error: 4

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Apparently your NFS configuration for this installation is by hostname. DNS failed either due to a problem with the DNS server, networking or the configuration of the server/image.

I would suggest using a private network if possible for such large image transfers. If this is not possible, this error can be avoided by using the numeric ip address of all NFS servers being connected to.

SEP

[edwin hamers]

A private network is not really possible. This is a production network, but all servers are in the same subnetmask.

I can ping the server and nslookup also works nicely.

But ignite uses the name of the ignite server instead of the IP address.
Dont know how to change that btw...

This whole ignite software is kinda shaky...

[edwin hamers]

And i CAN perform a recovery of this client using ignite. See here the logging :

* Configure_Disks: Begin
* Configure_Disks: Complete
* Download_mini-system: Begin
* Download_mini-system: Complete
* Loading_software: Begin
* Loading_software: Complete
* Build_Kernel: Begin
* Build_Kernel: Complete
* Boot_From_Client_Disk: Begin
* Rebooting machine as expected.

So NFS works to my knowlegde...

[Prashanth.D.S · Accepted solution]

Hi Edwin,

These messages indicate a problem locating the archive source. Please
validate on the ignite server the nfs_source line in the config files
for this client. The nfs_source line should contain IP address
of source:path to archive. For example:


nfs_source = 192.45.233.45:/var/opt/ignite/archives/Rel_B.11.00


To locate the config file containing this variable search the config files
defined for the client in /var/opt/ignite/INDEX

Best Regards,
Prashanth

[edwin hamers]

You hit it right on the spot i guess.

I reconfigured the golden images, and now it works.. great.

Case closed