Cash Register Loading - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

16 Troubleshooting
branch server. It uses rsync to let the branch servers fetch only the files that
need to be updated.
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Enough space should be configured to keep at least two 'generations' of
image files, to make sure that there is a valid image available at all times.
The way it is called by default, rsync will update existing files, create new files
and even delete files that do not exist in the original download directory on
the administration server.
Symptoms
An error message that may be encountered is 'rsync: error writing 4
unbuffered bytes - exiting: Broken Pipe'. This normally means that
the branch server does not have enough disk space left to fetch all the images.
Enough space is necessary both for the 'staging' area in /opt/SLES/POS/rsync
and the 'service area' in /tftpboot.
Hints
Make sure that posldap2crconfig.pl --dumpall is executed after new
images have been distributed, especially after old images have been
deleted.
Make sure that there is enough space for new images even before old
images have been deleted, otherwise delete old images before uploading
new ones.

16.2.2 Cash Register Loading

The process of registering new cash registers and updating the configura-
tion information will work without administrator intervention normally, but is
complex internally. Care must be taken to have a valid image configuration at
all times – in LDAP, the image versions must be entered and made active (see
Section 7.4 on page
with the right file name (imagename-version) and with the right permissions
(world-readable).
Further information about the dependences between LDAP entries, BS tftpboot
directory and the POS image names illustrates Figure
Symptoms
The error message 'No Imageversion is available' from posleases2ldap.pl
or posldap2crconfig.pl means that no valid image file for the active versions
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The SUSE partitioning recommendation is described in section
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95 for details), the image files must be made available
3.6 on page 39.
5.2.1 on page 61.