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Further steps if using only VMWare

If you are using standalone VMWare servers (i.e. ones that VCL did not deploy using xCAT), you first need to add the VMWare servers; then, you need to add the virtual machines. You can either add them individually (Adding Individual VMWare Servers/Virtual Machines), or if they have sequential hostnames and IP addresses, you can add them all at once (Adding Multiple VMWare Servers/Virtual Machines).

Once you have added at least one computer, you can get to the "Add Single Computer" page by going to Manage Computers->Edit Computer Information and clicking Add. You can get to the "Add Multiple Computers" page by doing the same thing but checking the "Add Multiple" checkbox.

Adding Individual VMWare Servers

  1. click "Manage Computers"
  2. select the "Add Single Computer" radio button
  3. click Submit
  4. fill in
  5. Hostname
  6. IP Address
  7. State - vmhostinuse - double check this because you will not be able to change it later
  8. owner (admin@Local)
  9. RAM
  10. Proc Speed
  11. Network Speed
  12. Type - blade
  13. Provisioning Engine - xCAT 2.x Provisioning
  14. click the checkbox under "allcomputers"
  15. click Confirm Computer
  16. click Submit
  17. select a VM Host Profile to use with this host - you can edit the VM Host Profile later if needed
  18. click Add Computer (don't worry about the fact that the computer you just added isn't listed after clicking Submit)

Adding Individual Virtual Machines

VM computers cannot be added individually at the current time because some required database properties such as the MAC address do not get populated.  Instead, use the steps described below to add multiple virtual machines.

Adding Multiple VMWare Servers

  1. click "Manage Computers"
  2. select the "Add Multiple Computers" radio button
  3. click Submit
  4. fill in
  5. Hostname - the hostnames of all the computers must have a numerical part that is sequential, use a % as a placeholder where that part would be
  6. Start value - the first number of the numerical part of the hostname
  7. End value - the last number of the numerical part of the hostname
  8. Start IP Address - if using static public addresses, the IP addresses must be sequential; enter the first address here; if using DHCP, just enter something like 1.1.1.1
  9. End IP address - the last IP address of the sequence; if using DHCP, you'll need to enter something that would work out to the last address relative to Start IP Address (i.e. if adding 3 computers, use 1.1.1.1 for start and 1.1.1.3 for end)
  10. State - vmhostinuse - double check this because you will not be able to change it later
  11. Owner - owner of the computer
  12. RAM
  13. Processor Speed
  14. Network Speed
  15. Type - blade
  16. Provisioning Engine - xCAT 2.x
  17. check allComputers
  18. click Confirm Computers
  19. click Submit
  20. select a VM Host Profile to use with these hosts - you can edit the VM Host Profile later if needed
  21. click Add Computers

Adding Multiple Virtual Machines

  1. click "Manage Computers"
  2. select the "Add Multiple Computers" radio button
  3. click Submit
  4. fill in
  5. Hostname - the hostnames of all the computers must have a numerical part that is sequential, use a % as a placeholder where that part would be
  6. Start value - the first number of the numerical part of the hostname
  7. End value - the last number of the numerical part of the hostname
  8. Start IP Address - if using static public addresses, the IP addresses must be sequential; enter the first address here; if using DHCP, just enter something like 1.1.1.1
  9. End IP address - the last IP address of the sequence; if using DHCP, you'll need to enter something that would work out to the last address relative to Start IP Address (i.e. if adding 3 computers, use 1.1.1.1 for start and 1.1.1.3 for end)
  10. Start private IP Address - similar to Start IP Address, but for the private side
  11. End private IP Address - similar to the End IP Address but for the private side
  12. Start MAC Address - if mac addresses are sequential, with the first one being the private MAC address for the first computer, the second one being the public MAC address for the first computer, the third one being the private MAC address of the second computer, etc, you can enter the first one here and then have the option of generating data to add to your dhcpd.conf file later in the process. Important: for VMware VMs, the MAC addresses you choose must be in the range 00:50:56:00:00:00 - 00:50:56:3F:FF:FF
  13. State - maintenance
  14. Owner - owner of the computer
  15. RAM
  16. Processor Speed
  17. Network Speed
  18. Type - virtualmachine
  19. Provisioning Engine - VMware
  20. check "All VM Computers" and newvmimages
  21. click Confirm Computers
  22. click Submit
  23. If you filled in the private address fields and the Start MAC Address, you can now enter the private IP address of the management node that will be handling these virtual machines to generate information to add to your dhcpd.conf file.