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Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:36 am
by cwscribner
Hi all.
I have a brand new server running CentOS 5. Nagios says its a 32bit install but I didn't think a 32bit OS could see 16GB of RAM and 2 quad core CPUs....but anyway, the install log is attached.
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:07 pm
by mguthrie
Hmm, not sure where to start on that one. gcc didn't install among several other prereq's. I'm wondering if one of the repos was having a problem.
Also, I'm relatively certain that a 32 bit install can't utilize that much RAM...
Our tech who does most of the work with the installers will be in tomorrow, I'll have him take a look at this.
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:44 pm
by cwscribner
Yeah, I figured out the gcc thing and just did a manual install. Then the script got a bit further and hung up again because it didn't (or couldn't) create some folders and files. It was and is a huge mess and I need help as soon as possible. This is supposed to go into production asap.
I'm very confused myself on the RAM issue unless its a PAE kernel which I
think can recognize up to 16GB. Here's the output from uname -r
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Linux healthone.org 2.6.18-238.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 17:10:20 EST 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:48 am
by agriffin
You are using a PAE kernel which should be able to handle the extra RAM. Anyway, the problem is that yum is trying to install some conflicting packages, but instead just cancels the installation of a whole bunch of pre-requisites because it doesn't know how to resolve them. Can you try uninstalling mod_perl and running the install script again?
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:54 pm
by cwscribner
1) In your professional opinion, do you think there'd be a performance hit using the PAE kernel versus an actual 64bit kernel?
2) Followed your instructions and the install errored on the PNP portion. Log file attached.
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:13 pm
by agriffin
- In terms of RAM, I don't think there is a difference (actually, 32-bit is better from a memory standpoint). The CPU will take a performance hit by not running as 64-bit, but I don't think it's too significant.
- I'm sorry, I left off one important step. Can you delete the file /tmp/nagiosxi/prereqs.installed and try again?
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:30 pm
by cwscribner
Still failing at the PNP portion of the install.
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:25 pm
by agriffin
Okay, at least all of the prerequisites are installed now, though. Now try deleting /usr/local/nagios/etc/pnp and running the installation again (for some reason there is a file there and it's supposed to be a directory).
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:37 pm
by cwscribner
That fixed it! Finally got everything installed!
Re: Clean XI install failing repeatedly for several reasons
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:46 am
by mguthrie
Good deal, glad it's working for you!