redhat cluster suite

[avik]

i am trying to install redhat cluster suite v 4.0 for 64bit intel itanium. The OS is RHEL AS 4. During the cluster installation, its says the below package is required by the cman & dlm kernel.

('/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.EL', None)
('/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.EL', None)

I guess installing the kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.ia64.rpm should fix the problem (or am i missing a point?) but I dont find this patch anymore downloadable. Anyone has any clue whats happening ? Please help.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Yes, that is a general confusion that creates the Red Hat Cluster Suite packages. And the solution is just that, install the kernel 2.9.9-22.EL.

If you want to know that are the dependencies for a package use:

rpm -R package.rpm

All dependencies will be listed and you can download them if you don't already have them.

[avik]

but where can i download this rpm from? up2date is not able to find this package out from redhat site, also i couldnt find this rpm in any of the rpm download site.

[Ivan Ferreira]

About the package availability, according to:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html

The package was replaced by kernel-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL. This could be a problem if you cannot find an updated version of cluster suite.

What I did last time is:

Download the latest kernel source. Modify the Makefile to name the kernel as the cluster suite packages want. Then install cluster-suite using --nodeps.

[avik]

I am sorry but i quite new to linux. Can you please explain the steps involved including the commands to be executed please. Thanks in anticipation

[avik]

I am sorry but i am quite new to linux. Can you please explain the steps involved including the commands to be executed please. Thanks in anticipation

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Lets download the Red Hat Cluster suite to a directory /tmp/rhcs

Lets say the name is rhcs.iso, use the actual name below

Download the iso there and then begin

mkdir /rhcs

mount -o loop /tmp/rhcs/rhcs.iso /rhcs

cd /rhcs

Move down until you find the directory with the rpms.

rpm -ivh *.rpm

You will probably be prompted for the hugemem kernel. Download that into the same directory and re-run the rpm command.

Now RHCS is installed and you are ready to configure it.

SEP

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

# rpm -Uvh kernel-.src.rpm
T
his writes the RPM contents into usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and /usr/src/redhat/SPECS.

Prepare the kernel sources using the commands:

# cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
# rpmbuild -bp --target $(arch) kernel.spec

The kernel source tree will be located in the /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel- directory. It is common practice to move the resulting linux- directory to the
/usr/src tree; while not strictly necessary, we suggest that you do this to match the generally-available documentation.

# cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel- /usr/src/
# mv linux- /usr/src/
# cd /usr/src
# ln -s ./linux- linux
# cd /usr/src/linux
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make mrproper

Copy your current config file:
#cp /boot/config- .config

Edit the Makefile and change the VERSION, PATHLEVEL, SUBLEVEL, EXTRAVERSION to match the one requiered for the cluster suite package. For example:
VERSION=2
PATCHLEVEL=6
SUBLEVEL=9
EXTRAVERSION=-22.EL

Configure the kernel options (Optional)
# make menuconfig

If you don't want to configure the kernel options just run:
# make oldconfig

Build the kernel and modules

make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install

Install the kernel
make install

reboot and ensure that you boot with the new kernel.

The first time this won't be easy.

[avik]

have executed the steps till # make mrproper
. in /boot i have list of kernel files including config-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL.

Where is the make file located ?

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

I'll use the lines from Ivan's reply:
# cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel- /usr/src/
# mv linux- /usr/src/
# cd /usr/src
# ln -s ./linux- linux
# cd /usr/src/linux
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make mrproper

According to this you should look for a MAKEFILE in /usr/src/linux.
while /usr/bin/make is an executable parses MAKEFILE.

BTW, to compile kernel 2.6 you need to run only these commands after editing MAKEFILE:

make all
make modules_install
make install

[avik]

[root@dbnode1 RPMS]# rpm -ivh *.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.EL is needed by cman-kernel-2.6.9-39.5.ia64
/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.EL is needed by dlm-kernel-2.6.9-37.7.ia64
[root@dbnode1 RPMS]# uname -a
Linux dbnode1 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL #1 SMP Thu Aug 17 17:39:33 EDT 2006 ia64 ia64 ia64 GNU/Linux
[root@dbnode1 RPMS]#

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

As you see there's a difference between 2.6.9-22.EL and 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL

To see just the version of installed kernel use: uname -r

Did you manage to install the required kernel?

[avik]

nope...I have downloaded the kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm and installed it and executed the steps mentioned by Ivan. but its not booting with 2.6.9-22.EL version

[avik]

[root@dbnode1 ~]# uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
[root@dbnode1 ~]#

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

Redo the whole process, but use the steps from my first reply. It should among others add the required boot entry (2.6.9-22) to your grub menu.
Let us know if it works.

[avik]

i dont have a linux kernel at /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel- to move unless i do an rpmbuild ?

[avik]

root@dbnode1 SPECS]# ls -lrt
total 168
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 148450 Sep 20 2005 kernel-2.6.spec
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 7030 Apr 13 23:21 drbd.spec
[root@dbnode1 SPECS]# pwd
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS
[root@dbnode1 SPECS]#

[avik]

[root@dbnode1 kernel-2.6.9]# ls -lrt
total 0
[root@dbnode1 kernel-2.6.9]# pwd
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9
[root@dbnode1 kernel-2.6.9]#

[avik]

This is what the error am getting now.

[root@dbnode1 linux]# make all
Makefile:461: .config: No such file or directory
CHK include/linux/version.h
UPD include/linux/version.h
SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-ia64
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/basic/split-include
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.h
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c
HOSTCC -fPIC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
HOSTLLD -shared scripts/kconfig/libkconfig.so
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/ia64/Kconfig
***
*** You have not yet configured your kernel!
***
*** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or
*** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").
***
make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** [include/linux/autoconf.h] Error 2
[root@dbnode1 linux]#

[avik]

i hv run the make oldconfig and then make all

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

run make clean.

I suggest you to copy the config-2.6.9... file from /boot to /usr/src/linux as .config and to execute make oldconfig.

then retry the make all.

[avik]

I have the below error in the second node now.
out put of "make all"

LD init/built-in.o
LD .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x2aa22): In function `__exit_signal':
kernel/signal.c:410: undefined reference to `exit_thread_group_keys'
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
[root@dbnode2 linux]#
[root@dbnode2 linux]#

[root@dbnode2 linux]# make modules_install
INSTALL arch/ia64/kernel/mca_recovery.ko
cp: cannot stat `arch/ia64/kernel/mca_recovery.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [arch/ia64/kernel/mca_recovery.ko] Error 1
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 2
[root@dbnode2 linux]#