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Re: [Condor-users] DelayedAutostart RE: .master_address on Windows 7 ( 7.5.6)



Just as a follow up, I committed a mod yesterday for the .msi so it the
Registry entry should show up in 7.6.3. 

For details see: 
https://condor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=2318

Cheers,
Tim

On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 16:59 +0800, Greg.Hitchen@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> For roll your own installs like ours we need to add the DelayedAutostart
> item to the Condor service in an automatic way (i.e. other than manually
> using the gui interface).
> 
> We normally create the service manually ourselves anyway using:
> 
> sc create Condor_test binpath= "%PROGRAMFILES%\condor\bin\condor_master.exe" start= auto depend= dhcp
> 
> For the DelayedAutostart we need
> 
> sc create Condor_test binpath= "%PROGRAMFILES%\condor\bin\condor_master.exe" start= delayed-auto depend= dhcp
> 
> This works fine for Win7 but not for XP as XP knows nothing about this
> new delayed autostart option. However, all it does is add an extra registry item
> to the entry for the Condor service:
> 
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Condor
> DelayedAutostart REG_DWORD 0x00000001
> 
> So we can add this manually (on Win7 or XP machines) using either regedit
> to merge in a file, e.g.
> 
> regedit /s delayedautostart.reg
> 
> where delayedautostart.red contains:
> 
> _________________________________________________________________
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> 
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Condor]
> "DelayedAutostart"=dword:00000001
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> 
> Or the other way is to use reg.exe to write the value directly, e.g.
> 
> reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Condor" /v DelayedAutostart /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
> 
> Once in the registry this does not cause problems on XP even though
> it doesn't know/care about this parameter.
> 
> Hopefully this might be of use to others dealing with mixtures of
> Windows OS'es.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg.Hitchen@xxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 9:57 AM
> To: condor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ExternalEmail] Re: [Condor-users] .master_address on Windows 7 ( 7.5.6)
> 
> 
> We have always (for the past few years) configured the condor service
> as "depends on dhcp" but have recently started having the same issue
> as discussed below with Win7 and 7.6.1 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Timothy St. Clair
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 2:22 AM
> To: Condor-Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [Condor-users] .master_address on Windows 7 ( 7.5.6)
> 
> It is now:
> https://condor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=2318
> 
> I'll make sure it gets into 7.6.3.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tim
> 
> On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 11:07 -0700, Andrew Cunningham wrote:
> > Just to clarify.... you are saying the Condor installer for WIndows
> > (7) needs to be fixed to request a delayed start for the Condor
> > service. 
> > Is this in the list of known issues (to be fixed in a subsequent
> > release)?
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Wilding, Kevan A
> > <kwilding@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >         You are correct. Windows 7 has a delayed automatic start
> >         option which will fix this problem.
> >         
> >         Kevan
> >         
> >          
> >         
> >         From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >         [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew
> >         Cunningham
> >         Sent: 19 July 2011 16:44
> >         To: Condor-Users Mail List
> >         Subject: [Condor-users] .master_address on Windows 7 ( 7.5.6)
> >         
> >         
> >          
> >         
> >         Occasionally when a Windows 7 machine is restarted the condor
> >         master "thinks" its IP address  is 169.254.243.121 ( it should
> >         be 192.168.0.121)
> >         
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48
> >         ******************************************************
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** condor (CONDOR_MASTER) STARTING UP
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** C:\condor\bin\condor_master.exe
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** SubsystemInfo: name=MASTER type=MASTER(2)
> >         class=DAEMON(1)
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** Configuration: subsystem:MASTER
> >         local:<NONE> class:DAEMON
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** $CondorVersion: 7.5.6 Mar 13 2011
> >         BuildID: 319722 $
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** $CondorPlatform: x86_winnt_5.1-tst $
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** PID = 1232
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 ** Log last touched time unavailable (No
> >         such file or directory)
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48
> >         ******************************************************
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 Using config source: C:\condor\condor_config
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 Using local config sources: 
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48    C:\condor/condor_config.local
> >         07/18/11 16:46:48 DaemonCore: command socket at
> >         <169.254.243.121:49157>
> >         
> >         Restarting the condor service corrects the problem.
> >         
> >         All I can think is that the condor service is starting before
> >         the machine has had a chance to get its IP from the DHCP
> >         server.
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
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