diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Goconserver.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Goconserver.pm
index 324d8e451..c5ed88fcb 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Goconserver.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Goconserver.pm
@@ -667,9 +667,7 @@ sub build_conf {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub start_service {
-    my $cmd = "service goconserver start";
-    xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, -1);
-    if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0) {
+    if (xCAT::Utils->startservice("goconserver") != 0) {
         xCAT::MsgUtils->message("S", "Could not start goconserver service.");
         return 1;
     }
@@ -694,9 +692,7 @@ sub start_service {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub stop_service {
-    my $cmd = "service goconserver stop";
-    xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, -1);
-    if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0) {
+    if (xCAT::Utils->stopservice("goconserver") != 0) {
         xCAT::MsgUtils->message("S", "Could not stop goconserver service.");
         return 1;
     }
@@ -721,9 +717,7 @@ sub stop_service {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub stop_conserver_service {
-    my $cmd = "service conserver stop";
-    xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, -1);
-    if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0) {
+    if (xCAT::Utils->stopservice("conserver") != 0) {
         xCAT::MsgUtils->message("S", "Could not stop conserver service.");
         return 1;
     }
@@ -747,9 +741,7 @@ sub stop_conserver_service {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub restart_service {
-    my $cmd = "service goconserver restart";
-    xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, -1);
-    if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0) {
+    if (xCAT::Utils->restartservice("goconserver") != 0) {
         xCAT::MsgUtils->message("S", "Could not restart goconserver service.");
         return 1;
     }
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.exlist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.exlist
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..f468ba7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.exlist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../rh/compute.rhels8.ppc64le.exlist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.pkglist
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..38195cc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../rh/compute.rhels8.ppc64le.pkglist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.postinstall b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.postinstall
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..011158f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma8.ppc64le.postinstall
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../rh/compute.rhels8.ppc64le.postinstall
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.exlist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.exlist
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..47be8bdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.exlist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../rh/compute.rhels9.ppc64le.exlist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.pkglist
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..1674eb9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../rh/compute.rhels9.ppc64le.pkglist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.postinstall b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.postinstall
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..1299428cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.ppc64le.postinstall
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../rh/compute.rhels9.ppc64le.postinstall
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels9.ppc64le.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels9.ppc64le.pkglist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..635bd5046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels9.ppc64le.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+@minimal-environment
+chrony
+kernel
+net-tools
+nfs-utils
+openssh-server
+rsync
+tar
+util-linux
+wget
+python3
+tar
+bzip2
+bc
+dracut
+dracut-network
+rsyslog
+hostname
+e2fsprogs
+ethtool
+parted
+openssl
+dhclient
+openssh-clients
+bash
+vim-minimal
+rpm
+iputils
+perl-interpreter
+
diff --git a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/commoncmd/retry_install.sh b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/commoncmd/retry_install.sh
index 7c90298ca..9f4c9e24e 100755
--- a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/commoncmd/retry_install.sh
+++ b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/commoncmd/retry_install.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ declare -i tryreinstall=1
 node=$1
 osimage=$2
 vmhost=`lsdef $node -i vmhost -c | cut -d '=' -f 2`
-times=3
-wait_for_provision=30 #Min to wait for node to provision
+times=2
+wait_for_provision=20 #Min to wait for node to provision
 check_status=10 #Sec to keep checking status
 iterations=$wait_for_provision*60/$check_status #Iterations to check for "booted" status