Multicast won't start

[Pascal Gazaille]

Hey guys,
I’m trying multicast and nothing will work. All the laptops are stuck on the partclone screen and nothing start.

Setup :
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Running Version 1.3.0-RC-7
SVN Revision: 5946

any idea?

[Pascal Gazaille]

[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (1382) /images/PriSec64 image file found.
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (1382) 11 client(s) found or to receive.
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task sending on base port: 65276
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | CMD: cat /images/PriSec64/d1p1.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 11 --max-wait 600 --portbase 65276 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/PriSec64/d1p2.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 11 --max-wait 10 --portbase 65276 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task has started.
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (773) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | Task (773) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:05 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | Task (776) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | Task (776) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:06 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | Task (775) cg1 is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | Task (775) cg1 failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task is no longer running.
[08-08-16 3:45:16 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task has been cancelled.
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | Task (773) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | Task (773) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | Task (776) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | Task (776) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:17 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:27 pm] | Task (775) cg1 is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:27 pm] | Task (775) cg1 failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:27 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:27 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:27 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (1382) /images/PriSec64 image file found.
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (1382) 11 client(s) found or to receive.
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task sending on base port: 65276
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | CMD: cat /images/PriSec64/d1p1.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 11 --max-wait 600 --portbase 65276 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/PriSec64/d1p2.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 11 --max-wait 10 --portbase 65276 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task has started.
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (773) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (773) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (776) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | Task (776) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:28 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:29 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:29 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:29 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | Task (775) cg1 is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | Task (775) cg1 failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task is no longer running.
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | Task (1382) Multi-Cast Task has been cancelled.
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | Task (773) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | Task (773) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:39 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] | Task (776) YannickF is new!
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] | Task (776) YannickF failed to start!
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] | * Don't panic, check all your settings!
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] | even if the interface is incorrect the task won't start.
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] | If all else fails run the following command and see what it says:
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] | 
[08-08-16 3:45:40 pm] Task (%s) %s has been cleaned.```

[Tom Elliott]

A little weird to ask, but can you clean out the fog services and fog html files?

Run:

rm -rf /opt/fog/service
rm -rf /var/www/html/fog /var/www/fog

Then rerun the installer, does the same issue still happen?

[Pascal Gazaille]

@Tom-Elliott Tried what you said and still the same problem, still on the partclone screen and nothing happens…

[Pascal Gazaille]

@Pascal-Gazaille Update : My first test was with one laptop on a multicast job, it took nearly 30 minutes on the partclone screen before the task began.

Tried another multicast this time with 10 laptops, still waiting for the task to begin after 1 hour…

[Wayne Workman]

@Pascal-Gazaille Look at this setting:
Web Interface -> FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings -> Multicast Settings -> FOG_UDPCAST_MAXWAIT

What’s it set to? FYI this is the amount of time in minutes that FOS (fog operating system) will wait for all members of the session to join before leaving unjoined ones behind and going ahead with the multicast. This wait-time is used for every partition processed. I recommend 4 minutes. Mess with that, see if you get different results.

[Pascal Gazaille]

@Wayne-Workman Hi, I’ve changed the setting fog_udpcast_maxwait to 4, tried to multicast 4 laptops and nothing after 30 min.

[Wayne Workman]

@Pascal-Gazaille Can you clear the DB of non-essential multicast data, and then restart the FOGMulticastManager, and try again? Instructions in the link below.

https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Troubleshoot_Downloading_-_Multicast#Clear_DB_of_non-essential_multicast_data

[BedCruncher]

@Wayne-Workman
This just occured to me, but it seems exactly like the problem that I was having before with the custom rules that I had in my server. This is something that you had suggested that I do and it very well could solve the issue that is happening here…
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7245/multicast-issues-on-centos-7/51

[Wayne Workman]

@BedCruncher But that thread was never resolved, it appears. Turning off the firewall completely - didn’t help you, so it’s not firewall related. Have you tried the MySQL commands and restarted the multicast service yet?

[Towndrunk]

I’m going to continue to watch this thread because I’m having the exact same issue. I have tried all of the same steps listed in this thread with no change.

[Wayne Workman]

@Towndrunk Problems are often specific to people. With multicast there’s not “an answer”. We need your details if you need our help.

[Towndrunk]

@Wayne-Workman I wasn’t sure if I should start a new thread, or post in this one. I didn’t want to have to many issues going on in one thread.

[Towndrunk]

I have went to Image Management> Multicast Image> and created a Multicast with the information I wanted. I only used two computers as a test, but it failed. I also created a group and added the computers that I wanted to multicast from there, however I get the same indication that Pascal received. It stops on the screen he indicated in his screenshot.

I have restarted the service with no changes. Every time I go and look at the tasks, it shows that the task is in progress even though nothing is happening.

When I look at the logs, it looks like things worked as they should from what I can tell. Please see the attached.

It wouldn’t let me attached the .txt file, so I’ll post the log here.

Ubuntu 14.04
Running Version 1.3.0-RC-7
SVN Revision: 5946

[08-10-16 4:07:36 pm] 
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[08-10-16 4:20:02 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:20:12 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:20:22 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:20:32 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:20:42 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:20:52 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:21:02 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:21:12 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:21:22 pm] | Task (11) keith is new!
[08-10-16 4:21:22 pm] | Task (11) keith has been cleaned.
[08-10-16 4:21:22 pm] | Task (11) /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop image file found.
[08-10-16 4:21:22 pm] | Task (11) 2 client(s) found or to receive.
[08-10-16 4:21:22 pm] | Task (11) keith sending on base port: 61432
[08-10-16 4:21:22 pm] | CMD: cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p1.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 2 --max-wait 240 --mcast-data-address 10.15.31.20 --portbase 61432 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p2.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 2 --max-wait 10 --mcast-data-address 10.15.31.20 --portbase 61432 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p3.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 2 --max-wait 10 --mcast-data-address 10.15.31.20 --portbase 61432 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p4.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 2 --max-wait 10 --mcast-data-address 10.15.31.20 --portbase 61432 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p5.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 2 --max-wait 10 --mcast-data-address 10.15.31.20 --portbase 61432 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;
[08-10-16 4:21:22 pm] | Task (11) keith has started.
[08-10-16 4:21:32 pm] | Task (11) keith is already running PID 21154
[08-10-16 4:21:42 pm] | Task (11) keith is already running PID 21154
[08-10-16 4:21:52 pm] | Task (11) keith is already running PID 21154
[08-10-16 4:22:02 pm] | Task (11) keith is already running PID 21154
[08-10-16 4:22:12 pm] | 1 task to be cleaned
[08-10-16 4:22:12 pm] | Cleaning 1 task(s) removed from FOG Database.
[08-10-16 4:22:12 pm] | Cleaning Task (11) keith
[08-10-16 4:22:12 pm] | Task (11) keith has been completed.
[08-10-16 4:22:12 pm] * No tasks found!
[08-10-16 4:22:22 pm] * No tasks found!

[Wayne Workman]

@Towndrunk said in Multicast won't start:

10.15.31.20

What does that address belong to?

[Towndrunk]

@Wayne-Workman that is the IP address of the FOG Server.

[Wayne Workman]

@Towndrunk Well, that’s where it’s trying to send the multicast data to, and that will never, ever work.

Go here:
Web Interface -> FOG Configuration -> FOG Settings -> Multicast Settings -> FOG_MULTICAST_ADDRESS

And set that to 0 then restart the FOGMulticastManager and try again.

[Towndrunk]

@Wayne-Workman I believe that is where it was by default, and it wasn’t working. A co-worker made the change and it still wasn’t working, but he never put it back. I’ll put it back now and try again as soon as the update is done.

[Towndrunk]

I went in to Image Management> Multicast Image and created a multicast with the following settings. I added one to the multicast and it was found and sat at the same screen, then added the second and it did the same. This is the same indication I have got in the past, however the log says that it is running.

Session: multi
Client Count: 2
Timeout (minutes): 4
Select Image: The Image

[08-11-16 8:42:53 am] * No tasks found!
[08-11-16 8:43:03 am] * No tasks found!
[08-11-16 8:43:13 am] | Task (15) multi is new!
[08-11-16 8:43:13 am] | Task (15) multi has been cleaned.
[08-11-16 8:43:13 am] | Task (15) /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop image file found.
[08-11-16 8:43:13 am] | Task (15) 1 client(s) found or to receive.
[08-11-16 8:43:13 am] | Task (15) multi sending on base port: 61194
[08-11-16 8:43:13 am] | CMD: cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p1.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 1 --max-wait 240 --portbase 61194 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p2.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 1 --max-wait 10 --portbase 61194 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p3.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 1 --max-wait 10 --portbase 61194 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p4.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 1 --max-wait 10 --portbase 61194 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;cat /images/Windows10DefaultLaptop/d1p5.img | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --interface eth0 --min-receivers 1 --max-wait 10 --portbase 61194 --full-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd --nopointopoint;
[08-11-16 8:43:13 am] | Task (15) multi has started.
[08-11-16 8:43:23 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:43:33 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:43:43 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:43:53 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:44:03 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:44:13 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:44:23 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:44:33 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:44:43 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:44:53 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:45:03 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:45:13 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:45:23 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:45:33 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:45:43 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:45:53 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:46:03 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:46:13 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:46:23 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:46:33 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115
[08-11-16 8:46:43 am] | Task (15) multi is already running PID 27115

[Wayne Workman]

@Towndrunk The multicast address is now completely missing from the command, did you set it to 0 or blank?