[VCL-246] READY flag check for VMware and xCAT is being thrown off by other processes running on machines

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Assignee: Andrew Kurth
• Reporter: Andrew Kurth
• Created: 06/Oct/09 16:36
• Updated: 06/Oct/09 18:33
• Resolved: 06/Oct/09 16:48

Description

While an image is being loaded, the provisioning modules loop while waiting for "<computer name> is READY" in /var/log/messages. The computer being loaded writes this to it's event log (Windows), which is redirected to /var/log/messages on the management node.

It's possible for other processes which automatically start up to also write to the event log with the word "ready":

Oct 6 11:09:32 vi1-39 mssql$sqlexpress[info] 26048 Server local
connection provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\SQLLocal\SQLEXPRESS ].

This is throwing off the READY flag check because the regex isn't tight enough. The actual string the regex needs to check for is:
<computer name> is READY.