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    Wayne Workman
    last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 2:00 PM

    What version of FOG are you using?

    Notes on the current development version (r3096)…

    The current development version has better control over host-management, and a beautiful interface. It also has a very responsive filter for the host names.

    I have no problems with quickly adding clients to a group, creating a multicast task, and then just turning on the machines. WOL works also with this, if you’ve got that enabled in your CMOS config.

    The current development version does have a customizable boot menu. You can make the default boot item into a quick registration for any client that isn’t registered.

    And, I don’t think that exceeding the host count is a bug.

    I would highly recommend updating to the latest SVN.

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      Polii123
      last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 2:20 PM

      Thanks for your reply, i’m on 3081 right now so i will update to check the host management.

      But the rest of your solutions are just workarounds, i made this thread so i don0t have to use workaraounds anymore 😉

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        Tom Elliott
        last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 2:40 PM

        What do you mean just workarounds?

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        Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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          Tom Elliott
          last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 2:40 PM

          How is making them a group not practical? WakeOnLan works too.

          I’m lost

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          Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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            Tom Elliott
            last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 2:41 PM

            Inventory IS taken on EVERY tasking whether upload or downlod.

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              Polii123
              last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 2:56 PM

              Making a group is not practical because i don’t want to make a group for 5 pc and delete it after the image task.

              What i mean is, that it is possible to creat a download task and say that client 5, 3 and 9 should be in thtat task. No Group wich i have to make and delete. It isn’t a must have feature but would be nice 🙂

              I just checked the inventory on some hosts, and there are really some with inventory data. The ones i checked before i made this thread, were empty. So i made a download task but the inventory was not collected. Tried again and then it worked.
              Is there a known bug or am i incapable 😄

              So apprently i should have made some research befor posting three improvments because two are already there :oops: But Folders in the Host-Management still would be practical.

              BTW: Thanks for your work on FOG and the support your doing here on the forum, this is better than most companys i have to pay for any support 😉

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                Wayne Workman
                last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 3:16 PM

                [quote=“Polii123, post: 43568, member: 28818”]Making a group is not practical because i don’t want to make a group for 5 pc and delete it after the image task.

                What i mean is, that it is possible to creat a download task and say that client 5, 3 and 9 should be in thtat task. No Group wich i have to make and delete. It isn’t a must have feature but would be nice 🙂

                I just checked the inventory on some hosts, and there are really some with inventory data. The ones i checked before i made this thread, were empty. So i made a download task but the inventory was not collected. Tried again and then it worked.
                Is there a known bug or am i incapable 😄

                So apprently i should have made some research befor posting three improvments because two are already there :oops: But Folders in the Host-Management still would be practical.

                BTW: Thanks for your work on FOG and the support your doing here on the forum, this is better than most companys i have to pay for any support ;)[/quote]

                Normally, I image a Computer Lab or a class room altogether. Their in a group permanently.

                However, there are times when I need to image part of a group of machines at a time, such as a laptop cart with 30 laptops in it. In that case, I have a permanent “Temp Group” that I use for this. I put machines I’m currently working with into that group and make a multicast task. When I’m done, I’ll just delete those hosts from that group and add the next few. When done, Just delete the hosts from that group and leave the group alone.

                Our naming convention where I work includes the room numbers, so I find that adding particular related hosts (using the filter) to a particular group to be very fast.

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                  Polii123
                  last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 3:26 PM

                  Yeah thats the way we are doing it right now, but still it would be nice if it would be possible without groups

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                    Joseph Hales Testers
                    last edited by Mar 10, 2015, 4:03 PM

                    My two cents is that you may be more of an edge case then you think, this is the first time anyone has mentioned anything like this. The beauty is that depending on your skills you can customize things to an extensive degree.

                    RTFM

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                    • JunkhackerJ
                      Junkhacker Developer
                      last edited by Mar 11, 2015, 4:07 PM

                      regarding an easy way to find the hosts you want, the search function can do wonders for you. anything you put in the description is included in search, so you can put info in the description to help you find what you want. for example: lab 215, asset No 828401, beige box

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                        A Former User
                        last edited by Mar 29, 2015, 7:38 PM

                        I’d kill for something like this, although there are definitely workarounds that we use like the temporary group suggestion. It’s a pain in the ass, but I am guessing there is no way to do it without groups.

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