Host-Management and Multicast
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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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What do you mean just workarounds?
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How is making them a group not practical? WakeOnLan works too.
I’m lost
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Inventory IS taken on EVERY tasking whether upload or downlod.
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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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[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 incapableSo 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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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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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.
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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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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.
