Can't send inventory.. PLS HLP
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Fantastic… I will try this tomorrow, once I am back on-site!
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Just as an FYI the fog client is NOT required to boot the fog PXE menu.
The FOG client is an add on for your image and will allow FOG to register the freshly imaged machine with your AD network, and a few other nifty things.
Some of the options that the client allows you control of are as follows:
Auto Log Out - The Auto Log Out service module will log a user out of a workstation after x minutes of inactivity.
Client Updater - Client updater will keeps your FOG client up to date. (a.k.a. updates configurations when you change it on the GUI.)
Directory Cleaner - The Directory Cleaner module will clean out all files and directories within a parent directory during log off. This module can be useful if you have an application that uses cache that you don’t want to persist between users.
Display Manager - The Display Manager service module will reset a computers display to a fixed setting such as 1024 x 768 on user log in.
Green FOG - Green FOG is a service module that will shutdown / restart the client computers at a set time.
Hostname Changer - The hostname changer is a service module that rename the client’s hostname after imaging. This service also handles Microsoft Active Directory integration.
Host Registration - Host registration is a service module that will register unknown fog clients with the fog server.
Printer Manager - Printer Manager is a service module that will install, remove, and set the default printer on clients.
Snapin Client - The Snapin Service module is used to install snapin files to the client computers.
Task Reboot - The task reboot service will periodically query the fog service to determine is a the client has a task associated with it. If it does and no user is logged in, the host will restart.
User Cleanup - The User Cleanup module will clean out “stale” user account left over from services such as dynamic local user.
User Tracker - The user tracker module will watch for local login/logoff and log them to the fog database.I usually leave all of these options enabled on the client side and then disable those that I don’t need on the GUI.
When you log into your fog management site, the fifth icon from the end is the Fog Configuration page, this is where you can enable, disable, or change the settings your Fog client will use.
and of course, Welcome to FOG!!!
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Tom the system did reply with a Pass, Pass on the system compatibility test. What would you suggest next?
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I would recommend taking a look at your /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file. Make sure that the web= Parts are locating your system properly.
Meaning,
If your file shows the web lines as:
[code]XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/fog[/code]
Add a trailing slash so it looks like:
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I opened the prelinux.cfg/default file and found web=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/fog/ in three locations. Any other suggestions?
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Here is an image of the file.
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Are the HP-Z210 the only machines you have tried to boot? Do you have other machines?
I had some Tangent computers that flat out REFUSED to boot via pxe menu from FOG but always displayed my WDS server.
I had to contact Tangent for a BIOS update that allowed me to properly connect to my fog server.Do you have other units you can test with? It looks like your file is okay. At least it looks like mine does, the ip addresses are different of course, but the contents are the same.
I’d be interested to see if the pxe menu fails on any other make/model.
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Is this an upgraded system, or brand new install for 0.32?
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Brand new install… Ubuntu 12.4 lts with 0.32
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And you’re sure the database is accessible?
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Jaymes… No I do not have any machines currently I can test. I have 40 z210’s that need imaged and I am hoping to get this solution working. I have heard great things about FOG so I figured I would give it a try.
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Tom… How can I test that?
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I checked the /opt/fog/service/etc/config.php and noticed that the SQL username was blank… Should Root be added here?
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Yes, but your main file dealing with that needs to match:
/var/www/fog/commons/config.php
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Your host should be the FOG SERVER IP (not Localhost or 127.0.0.1)
The database should, typically, be called fog
The Username is usually root. If you have a different username, then use that, but typically it’s fog.
Did you set a password for the database? If you did, make sure that is correct as well.
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Tom
I found in the /var/www/fog/commons/config.php the MYSQL_Host was set to “localhost”. I changed the “localhost” to the IP address of the server and rebooting. I just want to confirm that is the correct change for the MYSQL_Host variable.Thanks
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It should be correct, but did you verify the database name, username, and password fields were all correct?
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Tom
After I changed the MYSQL_Host variable to the IP address it now when I try to PXE boot times out at the TFTP portion of the PXE boot… It pulls but doesn’t go past that stage.
Thanks
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then change the host part back to localhost for both the /opt/fog/service/etc/config.php and the /var/www/fog/commons/config.php
