Name

winstall - Begin installation on a noderange and display in wcons


Synopsis

winstall [-o|--osver] [-p|--profile] [-a|--arch] [noderange]


Description

winstall is a convience command that will change tables as requested for operating system version, profile, and architecture, call nodeset to modify the network boot configuration, and rpower to begin a boot cycle. It will then commence a wcons command to the noderange for monitoring.


Options

-o|--osver

Specifies which os version to install. If unspecified, the current table values are used.

-p|--profile

Specifies what profile should be used of the operating system. If not specified the tables are used as is.

-a|--arch

Specifies what architecture of the OS to install. Typically this is unneeded, but if provisioning betweer x86_64 and x86 frequently, this may be a useful flag.


Examples

winstall node1-node20

Install nodes 1 through 20, using configuration as is from tables.

winstall -o rhels5.1 -p compute node1-node20

Install nodes 1 through 20, forcing rhels5.1 and compute profile.


Author

Jarrod B Johnson <jbjohnso@us.ibm.com>


See Also

noderange(3), rinstall(8), wcons(1)