On 05/04/2011 09:42 AM, Chun Tat David Chu wrote:
Hi Hugh, We have many machines that we will be building, so we are hoping to automate the process of monitoring the status of the OS. Spawning a script and monitoring 'install.log' is an option. Another thought would be monitoring the anaconda.log. I notice the log prints the following.... anaconda.log:21:22:31 INFO : moving (1) to step partitionobjinit anaconda.log:21:22:32 INFO : moving (1) to step autopartitionexecute anaconda.log:21:22:32 INFO : moving (1) to step partitiondone anaconda.log:21:22:32 INFO : moving (1) to step bootloadersetup anaconda.log:21:22:32 INFO : moving (1) to step networkdevicecheck anaconda.log:21:22:32 INFO : moving (1) to step reposetup anaconda.log:21:22:34 INFO : moving (1) to step basepkgsel anaconda.log:21:22:35 INFO : moving (1) to step postselection anaconda.log:21:22:44 INFO : moving (1) to step install anaconda.log:21:22:44 INFO : moving (1) to step enablefilesystems anaconda.log:21:23:48 INFO : moving (1) to step migratefilesystems anaconda.log:21:23:48 INFO : moving (1) to step setuptime anaconda.log:21:23:49 INFO : moving (1) to step preinstallconfig anaconda.log:21:23:49 INFO : moving (1) to step installpackages anaconda.log:21:25:57 INFO : moving (1) to step postinstallconfig anaconda.log:21:25:57 INFO : moving (1) to step writeconfig anaconda.log:21:25:57 INFO : moving (1) to step firstboot anaconda.log:21:25:57 INFO : moving (1) to step instbootloader anaconda.log:21:25:59 INFO : moving (1) to step writeksconfig anaconda.log:21:25:59 INFO : moving (1) to step writeregkey anaconda.log:21:25:59 INFO : moving (1) to step setfilecon anaconda.log:21:25:59 INFO : moving (1) to step copylogs It looks like if I monitor these steps then I might be able to get a better estimate of the installation progress. What do you think? Any thought? Thanks, David
How fine grained do you want the reporting to be? How long are your loads taking? From the steps above, you are doing a quick load and the system takes about 3-4 minutes before it's done. If all of your systems are going to be completed that quickly, then something in %post that does an "I'm done" would be sufficient.
Our systems take about 1-2 hours to load (lots of packages and then a number of customizations). The bulk of our load time is spent in the package loading stage. So, you could poll anaconda.log for when it starts to install packages. Then switch to the install.log to track how far along in the package installation you are. Then switch back to anaconda.log for the final bits.
Ultimately, we don't need a progress meter for the loads. So the "I'm done" is sufficient for us. If it seems like it is taking too long or I need to watch a load carefully, I ssh in and check on it.
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