Thinkcentre M57p wont register

[dwayneS]

Good day.

I have 60 Lenovo Thinkcentre m57p (6073-A14) machines that were recently procured. I’m trying to register the machines but the get to the point where it says it preparing to register but it fails and the error goes of the screen too fast.

Has anyone tried adding this brand machines and have the same issue?

[Juan Antonio]

FOG version??o_O

[dwayneS]

Currently running .32

[Juan Antonio]

It is very old, you should try to update your server to a newer version. I had the same problem with new computers in the network and solve it by updating to version 1.1.1 of FOG.;)

[dwayneS]

Thanx for the advice Juan. I came in this morning and ran the upgrade which went through smoothly. I did realize though why i may have had issues with the new computer and it might have happened to any machine i would have tried to edit. I realized when doing the upgrade the script showed me the server information which should IP and DNS settings that were no longer being used. I had recently done reconfiguration of the network and change the IP scope. I found this article [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Change_FOG_Server_IP_Address[/url] which stated things to change after an IP address change on the server. So maybe i has having the issue registering because the registration process would have been looking for the old IP address.

I think i’m almost done now. I do how ever need to change the IP address in the pxe boot file. I just tried to boot a machine via pxe and it showed that it was looking for the old ip address. I tried opening undionly.kpxe with gedit but the file does not open properly. How else can i change the IP?

[dwayneS]

Ok i did some more digging and found this post that gave me the solution to edit IP in pxe settings. I file i needed to edit was
[QUOTE]/tftpboot/default.ipxe[/QUOTE]

Source: [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fog-pxe-boot-error.10848/[/url]

I’m gonna now try to register a machine in the lab and upload the image. This will be my first windows 7 image so wish me luck

[Juan Antonio]

You can chage de FOG IP from fog configuration, fog setting, general setting,

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[Juan Antonio]

What type of facility used for initial configuration of FOG?

[dwayneS]

I had to change the IP in these 3 places via fog web interface
[LIST]
[LIST]
[]General Setting: [B]FOG_WOL_HOST[/B]
[]TFTP Server: [B]FOG_TFTP_HOST, FOG_PXE_IMAGE_DNSADDRESS[/B]
[*]WEB Server: [B]FOG_WEB_HOST[/B]
[/LIST]
[/LIST]
After that i had to change the IP in the [B][I][SIZE=12px]/tftpboot/default.ipxe [/SIZE][/I][/B][SIZE=12px]file [/SIZE]
I don’t quite get you last question.

[Juan Antonio]

Your FOG works as DHCP server or is integrated into another network ??

[dwayneS]

Oh ok. Yes its integrated into network. Clients get IP from my Server 08 DC

[Juan Antonio]

Has FOG server static IP?
Did you set up in the DHCP server to redirect PXE requests to the IP of FOG? (Server 08 DC)

[dwayneS]

Yes all of that was done and was working OK from day 1. After making the changes I mentioned above all was well. I only have 2 issues now.

1. a section of my unattended file seems to not work. There is a command to enable the administrator account but that not working. I need to revisit.
2. The computer is not being joined to the domain via fog client service. When I check the log file I get an unknown error 2202.

[Juan Antonio]

Error 2202: from what I’ve read refers to the user name or group name parameter is invalid, you should check server settings.

What do you mean? about “a section of my unattended file seems to not work”

[Juan Antonio]

[URL=‘http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/error-2202-user-name-or-groupname-parameter-invalid’]See this link[/URL]

[dwayneS]

Yes i had seen something like that. I need to check how server 2008 accepts the domain user credentials for user name.

I have a command in the unattend file that should enable the Administrator account. By default sysprep disables the Administrator account. So i need to revisit that section of my file

[Juan Antonio]

You can show unattended xml sysprep?

[dwayneS]

Here is my unattend.xml. After imaging the machine the Administrator account was still disabled and fog service still could not add machine to domain.

[CODE]<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?>
<unattend xmlns=“urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend”>
<settings pass=“generalize”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP” processorArchitecture=“amd64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass=“specialize”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Deployment” processorArchitecture=“amd64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<RunSynchronous>
<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action=“add”>
<Order>1</Order>
<Path>c:\windows\system32\net user administrator /activate:yes</Path>
</RunSynchronousCommand>
</RunSynchronous>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer” processorArchitecture=“wow64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<Home_Page>http://www.jamaicacollege.org</Home_Page>
<BlockPopups>yes</BlockPopups>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup” processorArchitecture=“amd64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<ComputerName></ComputerName>
<UserAccounts>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action=“add”>
<Password>
<Value>password</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<Description>Local Administrator</Description>
<DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName>
<Name>Administrator</Name>
<Group>Administrators</Group>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>password</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
</UserAccounts>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass=“oobeSystem”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Deployment” processorArchitecture=“amd64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<Reseal>
<Mode>OOBE</Mode>
</Reseal>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup” processorArchitecture=“amd64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
</OOBE>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass=“windowsPE”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE” processorArchitecture=“amd64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Setup” processorArchitecture=“amd64” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<Disk>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition>
<!-- Create the system partition–>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
<Size>100</Size>
</CreatePartition>
<!-- Create the Windows partition and fill the rest of the hard disk -->
<CreatePartition>
<Order>2</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
<Extend>true</Extend>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<!-- Modify the system partition–>
<ModifyPartition>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>System</Label>
</ModifyPartition>
<!-- Modify the Windows partition -->
<ModifyPartition>
<Order>2</Order>
<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Windows</Label>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
</Disk>
</component>
<UserData>
<ProductKey>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<Key>xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx</Key>
</ProductKey>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
<FullName>Jamaica College</FullName>
<Organization>Jamaica College</Organization>
</UserData>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source=“catalog:d:/sources/install_Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL.clg” xmlns:cpi=“urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi” />
</unattend>[/CODE]

[Juan Antonio]

It seems to be correct, do not know what can be the problem.

[Juan Antonio]

dof You set up the domain in FOG?

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