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    • PDQP
      PDQ
      last edited by

      Hello Fog Community! For those interested, this Thursday (Feb 23) we’ll be doing a live webcast on how to manage your FOG Images with PDQ Deploy and PDQ Inventory

      Show (Questions & Chat):
      live.pdq.com

      Sign up for notification:
      www.adminarsenal.com/webcast/

      Watch on Youtube:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxwUC-fOJU

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      • x23piracyX
        x23piracy
        last edited by Wayne Workman

        πŸ˜„ Sounds great how do you guys want to manage fog images in a better way as it is? Little details please?
        FYI i am a paying PDQ Deploy Customer πŸ˜‰ Lovely tool.

        What i found so far:

        http://bobhenderson.org/fog-zero-touch-imaging-with-pdq-deploy/
        http://bobhenderson.org/pdq-deploy-fog-imaging-happiness-take-2/

        Regards X23

        Mod edited

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        • Wayne WorkmanW
          Wayne Workman
          last edited by Wayne Workman

          I think it’ll be great.

          Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!
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          • x23piracyX
            x23piracy @Wayne Workman
            last edited by x23piracy

            @Wayne-Workman but the only reason for me for this is because their software pieces are really great πŸ˜‰ and i really like that they offer the free mode of the the product even when i am pdq deploy pro user.

            Cool for guys who cannot make the yearly invest.

            β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–ˆβ•‘β–Œβ”‚β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–Œβ–ˆ

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            • Tom ElliottT
              Tom Elliott
              last edited by

              For anybody wanting to get in on this.

              They are about to go live now.

              Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

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              • george1421G
                george1421 Moderator
                last edited by george1421

                @PDQ If there were FOG specific questions posted in chat or asked where you deferred to the FOG Project, if you could repost them here. We will answer them where we can (maybe better idea another clean thread). This was a very lively session that touched on a lot of things.

                Thank you for taking the time to set this up and give a great overview of how the best of FOG and the best of PDQ Deploy can work together.

                Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                • x23piracyX
                  x23piracy
                  last edited by x23piracy

                  to complete this:

                  https://www.adminarsenal.com/blog/automating-software-installs-for-imaged-computers/
                  https://www.adminarsenal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/pdq-deploy-start-deployment.txt

                  
                  <#
                  .SYNOPSIS
                  Start a PDQ Deploy Deployment on a target machine
                  
                  .DESCRIPTION
                  Trigger a PDQ Deploy deployment to start locally or on a remote machine with PDQ Deploy installed
                  
                  .EXAMPLE
                  Start-Deployment -PackageName "Example Package" -Targets "Wolverine"
                  
                  .EXAMPLE
                  Start-Deployment -ScheduleName "Example Schedule" -Targets "Wolverine"
                  
                  .EXAMPLE
                  Start-Deployment -ScheduleID 123 -Targets "Wolverine"
                  
                  .PARAMETER DeployComputerName
                  The machine with PDQ Deploy installed. This defaults to the local machine
                  
                  .PARAMETER PackageName
                  The names of packages on DeployMachine that you wish to use
                  
                  .PARAMETER ScheduleName
                  The names of schedules on DeployMachine that you wish to use
                  
                  .PARAMETER ScheduleID
                  The schedule IDs on DeployMachine that you wish to use
                  
                  .PARAMETER Targets
                  A list of targets that you wish to deploy a package or schedule to. Leave blank if you wish to target the local machine.
                  #>
                  [cmdletbinding(
                      SupportsShouldProcess = $True
                  )]
                  Param(
                  
                      [String]$DeployComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
                  
                      [Parameter (ParameterSetName = "Package")]
                      [string]$PackageName,
                  
                      [Parameter (ParameterSetName = "Package")]
                      [String[]]$Targets = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
                  
                      [Parameter (ParameterSetName = "Schedule")]
                      [string]$ScheduleName,
                  
                      [Parameter (ParameterSetName = "ScheduleID")]
                      [Int]$ScheduleID
                  
                  )
                  
                  Process {
                      
                      # Add parameters to a hashtable to easily push into invoke-command as an argument
                      $MyParameters = @{
                          DeployComputerName = $DeployComputerName
                          PackageName        = $PackageName
                          Targets            = $Targets
                          ScheduleName       = $ScheduleName
                          ScheduleID         = $ScheduleID
                          DeploymentType     = $PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName
                      }
                  
                      # This outputs a pwoershell.log to the root directory of the target machine
                      $MyParameters | Out-String | Out-File C:\powershell.log
                  
                      # Testing to see if PSRemoting is enabled
                      If (Test-WSMan -ComputerName $DeployComputerName) {
                              
                          Write-Verbose "Test-WSMan test passed on $DeployComputerName"
                  
                          # Added -Whatif capability to script
                          If ( $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($DeployComputerName, "Starting deployment with the following parameters:`n $($MyParameters | Out-String)") ) {
                              
                              # Connect to Deploy machine and attempts to start a deployment
                              Invoke-Command -ComputerName $DeployComputerName -ArgumentList ($MyParameters) -ScriptBlock {
                                  Param ($MyParameters)
                  
                                  # This outputs a powershell.log to the root directory of the deploy machine
                                  $MyParameters | Out-String | Out-File C:\powershell.log
                  
                                  # Build command string based on deployment type
                                  Switch ($MyParameters.DeploymentType) {
                  
                                      "Package" {
                  
                                          $PDQDeployCommand = "pdqdeploy deploy -package ""$($MyParameters.PackageName)"" -targets $($MyParameters.Targets)"
                                      
                                      }
                          
                                      "Schedule" {
                                      
                                          $DB = "$env:ProgramData\Admin Arsenal\PDQ Deploy\Database.db"
                                          $SQL = "SELECT ScheduleID FROM Schedules WHERE Name = '$($MyParameters.ScheduleName)' COLLATE NOCASE;"
                                          $ScheduleID = $SQL | sqlite3.exe $db
                                          $PDQDeployCommand = "pdqdeploy StartSchedule -ScheduleId $ScheduleID"
                                      
                                      }
                  
                                      "ScheduleID" {
                                      
                                          $PDQDeployCommand = "pdqdeploy StartSchedule -ScheduleId $($MyParameters.ScheduleID)"
                                      
                                      }
                                  }                    
                  
                                  # Append the actual command that will be run to powershell.log
                                  "Invoke-command: $PDQDeployCommand" | Out-File C:\powershell.log -Append
                  
                                  # Create and invoke scriptblock
                                  $PDQDeployCommand = [ScriptBlock]::Create($PDQDeployCommand)
                                  $PDQDeployCommand.Invoke()
                  
                              } 
                          }
                      }
                  }
                  

                  the webcast contains a lot of questions regarding to fog that couldn’t been answered by the two scotch loving guys. 😜

                  Regards X23

                  β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–ˆβ•‘β–Œβ”‚β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–Œβ–ˆ

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                  • x23piracyX
                    x23piracy
                    last edited by

                    Here are the questions from the webcast… the more or less regarding to FOG 😜

                    1. How can you image using FOG on Windows 10? Also can you use FOG with Intel Gen 6 Processors? -OCSD A.

                    2. FOG is one of my favorite tools, but we purchased quite a few Lenovo M78 desktops in the past few years that will not boot with FOG’s iPXE. Is there a workaround to use on just these desktops or a way to push out bios updates safely? -Chris R.

                    3. What do you guys at PDQ use FOG for? What could we do if we incorparated FOG with our current PDQ use? -Zach M.

                    4. When you create a baseline, are those updated to the latest updates as they come out? If not is there away to make sure your baselines are always updated? -Paul K.

                    5. Are there significant advantages to FOG over MDT for an evironment that does not have remote assets that are not VPN’d in? -Zach M.

                    6. Can you create an image on FOG using an SSD? -OCSD A.

                    7. Our HP desktops can boot via PXE, but our dell vostro 260’s are no longer working. I was abte to create the image, but now they are no longer working. Any ideas? -Paul K.

                    8. Does fog allow offline imaging via usb key? -jorlando d.

                    9. How does FOG and PDQ handle windows updates? -Ryan M.

                    10. I haven’t worked with Snapins much but after I Image with Fog is there a way ti set the OOBE answers (i.e. user that will be using this computer, etc), using the snapin feature for when I image Windows 10? -C P.

                    11. Are there any network card driver issues using FOG imaging? -Rod C.

                    12. Do you create a Windows 7 image with full updates or are you updating with Rollup packages? -Chris W.

                    13. Can I use existing SCCM images with FOG or do I need to create all new images? -Doug K.

                    Regards X23

                    β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–ˆβ•‘β–Œβ”‚β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–Œβ–ˆ

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                    • PDQP
                      PDQ @george1421
                      last edited by

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                      • x23piracyX
                        x23piracy
                        last edited by

                        What was in this deleted post from PDQ?

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                        • PDQP
                          PDQ @x23piracy
                          last edited by PDQ

                          @x23piracy I was responding to george about starting a new thread with the questions, but then I noticed that you had already posted them

                          We now have timestamps posted on the video for easy access to the answers

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                          • george1421G
                            george1421 Moderator @PDQ
                            last edited by george1421

                            @PDQ I think moving it to a new β€œclean” thread is a good idea. I’ll take care of that a bit later. I’ll move the questions and then we can answer them in one location. Thanks for adding the time codes too. That will make referencing the exact spot a bit easier.

                            Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                            • x23piracyX
                              x23piracy @george1421
                              last edited by x23piracy

                              @george1421 answering that questions only makes sense if we have the connection to the askers.
                              Also i am wondering about some questions, why we have not seen this kind of questions before? Maybe they didn’t find the forum or it’s the gap between registering an account, formulating a question and wait for the answer πŸ˜‰

                              Regards X23

                              β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–ˆβ•‘β–Œβ”‚β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–Œβ–ˆ

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                              • x23piracyX
                                x23piracy @PDQ
                                last edited by x23piracy

                                @PDQ i love your employers, drinking at work πŸ˜„ are you even allowed to smoke? Do you have jobs to offer?.. just joking πŸ˜‰

                                β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–ˆβ•‘β–Œβ”‚β•‘β–Œβ•‘β–Œβ–ˆ

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                                • george1421G
                                  george1421 Moderator @x23piracy
                                  last edited by

                                  @x23piracy said in Webcast: Imaging with FOG, Managing with PDQ:

                                  Do you have jobs to offer?.. just joking πŸ˜‰

                                  If you β€œwatched” the video, they are looking for a sys admin. So yes they do.

                                  Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                                  • T
                                    Troye Johnson
                                    last edited by

                                    @PDQ & @george1421 Hi guys I have a question how did you guys pass the PDQ background user credentials from fog. Did you change the fog service user to match that user?

                                    Fog Server information

                                    Cent OS 7
                                    Running Version 1.5.2

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                                    • george1421G
                                      george1421 Moderator @Troye Johnson
                                      last edited by

                                      @Troye-Johnson I think that part needs to be answered by the PDQ guys. I can tell you by default the FOG client runs as the SYSTEM account.

                                      I could see its possible that if the fog service account was changed to run as a domain user account and that domain user account had local admin rights (on the target computer) as well as rights to reach out to the PDQ Deploy server, and listed as a console user in PDQ Deploy that would work and still keep everything secure and functional.

                                      Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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                                        Troye Johnson @george1421
                                        last edited by

                                        @george1421 I did try this and it worked, but also in the webcast I heard them say β€œdid you remove your password from the script” my boss thinks they have a way to run the script as any user from from the fog console. @PDQ can you explain how that process works?

                                        Fog Server information

                                        Cent OS 7
                                        Running Version 1.5.2

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                                        • J
                                          Joe Schmitt Senior Developer
                                          last edited by Joe Schmitt

                                          @george1421 the FOG client should never be set to run a domain user. The client’s security model relies on the assumption of running as SYSTEM/root. In addition if the client runs a domain user then it will not be able to rename, join, or leave a domain. Since when the client needs to temporary leave remove a machine from the domain, the client would loose all privileges.

                                          Ultimately the client may or may not work as non-SYSTEM users, but its not something we recommend or will officially support.

                                          Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

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                                            Bob Henderson @x23piracy
                                            last edited by

                                            @x23piracy said in Webcast: Imaging with FOG, Managing with PDQ:

                                            πŸ˜„ Sounds great how do you guys want to manage fog images in a better way as it is? Little details please?
                                            FYI i am a paying PDQ Deploy Customer πŸ˜‰ Lovely tool.

                                            What i found so far:

                                            http://bobhenderson.org/fog-zero-touch-imaging-with-pdq-deploy/
                                            http://bobhenderson.org/pdq-deploy-fog-imaging-happiness-take-2/

                                            Regards X23

                                            Mod edited

                                            ha, holy crap, that’s me!

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