FOG 1.6 is great, but I ultimately had to roll back to version 1.5.10 because I ran into an issue I couldn’t resolve, and the deadline for deploying a large batch of computers is fast approaching.
All my images are stored on a Synology NAS. On the older version, I had multiple storage groupe and nodes configured on the multiple Synology NAS, and everything (capture/deploy) worked fast without any issues.
In version 1.6, however, I’m hitting a roadblock. It seems there is a check during task creation that verifies if the primary storage node (in storage group) is online. Since it’s a Synology NAS, this check naturally fails, and FOG won’t allow me to create any capture tasks. I also tried mounting a share directly inside the /image, but it wasn’t fast at all (capture/deploy).
I tried the sanboot, and it really helped—it works well, especially on some HP machines.
I kept version 1.6 in a VM for testing purposes. Maybe a feature to disable the online node check will be added in the future—or perhaps it’s already there and I didn’t find it—or maybe direct NAS support will be introduced eventually.
