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Corrective action
Cause/Symptom
Perform the appropriate action:
ESXi 5.0 installation fails with fatal error: 6
(Buffer too small)
The default timeout value of 5400 seconds in the
WaitforOSRamDisk
operation might be inadequate for
the installation.
1.
Open the /opt/repository/taskchain/
ESXiInstallation.xml
file in a text editor.
2.
Locate the WaitforOsRamDisk operation and change
the value from its default of 5400 to a larger value to
allow time for all the ESXi modules to load.
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xsi:type="xs:string">5400
3.
Save the file.
4.
Retry the installation.
Verify that the DHCP server is operating properly and
configure for arbitrary MAC addresses. Add a pool stanza
ESX 4.x installations using PXE fail; unable to immediately
obtain a dynamic address for this interface console message
When installing an ESX 4.x OS using PXE, the installation
fails with the following console message:
like the following to the subnet stanza in the DHCP
configuration file:
pool {
range 172.0.0.250 172.0.0.254;
Unable to immediately obtain a dynamic
address for this interface.
option option-140 "172.0.0.150";
ESX 4.x uses a generated MAC address for the installation
service console.
next-server 172.0.0.150;
filename "pxelinux.bin";
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
The ESX 4.x installation was unable to obtain an IP address
from the DHCP server for the generated MAC address. For
option routers 172.0.0.150;
default-lease-time 900;
a successful installation using PXE, the DHCP server must
max-lease-time 900;
}
be configured to assign at least a limited number of IP
addresses to arbitrary MAC addresses.
Be sure to use appropriate values for the IP address ranges,
IP address of the CMS for the option-140 and
next-server
, subnet-mask, and routers settings.
An ESX 4.x installation failure can also happen if the
number of IP addresses available for arbitrary MAC
addresses is exhausted.
On the DHCP server, error messages like the following
indicate that the DHCP server is not configured to
accommodate a randomly-generated virtual machine MAC
address.
date time example-cms dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from MAC_address
via eth0: network 172.0.0/24: no free leases
The number of IP addresses available for arbitrary MAC
addresses affects the number of simultaneous ESX 4.x
installations that can be done.
Perform the following procedure:
Incorrect host name after virtual media installation of 32-bit
Xen on SLES 11 SP1
An attempt to establish an SSH connection to the host name
(of a managed system with multiple NICs) results in an
error message like the following:
1.
Run YaST on the installed system.
# yast2
A window appears.
2.
Select Network Devices.
The authenticity of host 'ariel (IP
address)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is ....
3.
Select Network Settings.
The next tab is Hostname.
4.
Correct the host name.
5.
Click OK.
6.
Exit YaST.
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