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    FOG "Reattempting to update database...Failed", broken after update

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      Sab
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      We have a rather complex issue with FOG, we are a team of people who were using this solution, but it wasnt us who built it.

      our setup is the next: we have a laptop running as fog server, and a virtual machine on a NAS as a storage node. We have both Legacy and UEFI computers in the building.

      The whole issue began at updating the FOG Server (1.5.10.1593)(DefaultMember FOG Version), the computers were unable to capture or deploy after that. Its really weird, the same computer was okay with deploying, which wasnt okay with it at yesterday (We didnt change anything.)

      The errors are mostly: “Reattempting to update database…Failed”
      "Unable to locate image store (/bin/fog.download)
      “ServerName” was not set, we tried to set it to the FOG servers ip but the GUI basically died
      Then we have refind too, which because of, some computers are unable to boot currently. The storage node is version 1.5.9(nodes, FOG Version)

      What we tried already: DHCP settings, in windows server, thats where they get DHCP
      -changing option 67 to different values, to check compatibility
      -checking logs, trying to solve them

      We will try to answer ASAP to every suggestion, thanks.

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        george1421 Moderator @Sab
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        @Sab First I would have to say both fog server and fog storage node have to be on the same version. The fog storage node doesn’t have its own database, it uses the fog server’s database. There could be schema changes in the database between 1.5.10 and 1.5.9.

        Unless you change the storage group around, its not possible to capture to a storage node (in the default configuration). Only the master node in a storage group captures the image, then it replicates the captured image to all storage nodes. Both the master node and storage node can deploy images.

        If I had to guess, I would think that in the storage group the nas fog server is not defined as the master node. If I think I understand what you did to configure this setup.

        On the fog error screen it should print out the kernel parameters sent to the FOS imaging engine. There should be a filed marked storage or storage_ip, that will point to the fog server it will try to get the image from. Make sure that is correct for your configuration.

        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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