syncfiles return with 1 in one node and returned 0 in another node

[abhishek-sa1]

syncfiles return with 1 in one node and returned 0 in another node. Due to this node status updated as failed. By running updatenode -F it updated successfully in failed node.

After reprovisioning of OS in same node, syncfiles return with 0.

Is this issue due to any connectivity? Any insights on this?

[abhishek-sa1]

@samveen @Obihoernchen Can you share your comments

[samveen]

@abhishek-sa1 Only a log of the script run in the install log can give any insight of what the issue might have been. Without that, it is not possible to know what the issue might have been.

[abhishek-sa1]

@samveen
Logs mentioned in xcat.log:
Tue Jun 11 08:30:01 UTC 2024 [info]: xcat.deployment.postbootscript: postbootscript start..: syncfiles
Tue Jun 11 08:31:05 GMT 2024 [info]: xcat.deployment.postbootscript: postbootscript end...: syncfiles return with 1

[abhishek-sa1]

@samveen
log in cluster.log of management node:
Jun 11 08:30:51 xcat.deployment.postbootscript INFO postbootscript start..: syncfiles
Jun 11 08:30:51 xcat.deployment.postbootscript: INFO Performing syncfiles postscript
Jun 11 08:30:51 xcat.deployment.postbootscript: INFO syncfiles: the OS name = Linux
Jun 11 08:30:51 xcat[512436]: INFO xCAT: Allowing syncfiles from n1
Jun 11 08:30:51 xcat[512438]: INFO xCAT: Allowing syncfiles from n1
Jun 11 08:31:04 xcat[512485]: INFO xCAT: Allowing syncfiles from n1
Jun 11 08:31:04 xcat[512498]: INFO xCAT: Allowing syncfiles from n1
Jun 11 08:31:05 xcat.deployment.postbootscript: ERR syncfiles: Perform Syncing File action encountered error
Jun 11 08:31:05 xcat.deployment.postbootscript INFO postbootscript end...: syncfiles return with 1

[samveen]

As the initial error happened on the node during install time, please check the logs installer logs on the node. For yum based installers (RH/Centos/Rocky), the location is usually in /var/log/xcat/ . Looking at the ubuntu installer templates, the same location is also used for ubuntu installs for storing the installer logs.

[abhishek-sa1]

I have mentioned xcat.log above.