@george1421

Thank you a lot. It worked. The backup PC works. There is also a connection to the AD (of course only if the Main-PC is offline).

@george1421

I thought about the situation again.
I got an idea… because I would like to solve my problem with FOG.

Before I create the image on PC A, I removed the PC out of the AD. Then I create the image & transfered this image back to PC-B and PC-A overnight. And at the FOG web interface I said „Join Domain after deploy“.

Please note: PC-B is only switched on while the image is being downloaded or PC A can no longer work (-> e.g. PC-crash).

In my tests, the transfer of the image worked without problems, only the connection to the AD was unavailable. Now it would be possible to make this connection manually. But in the event of an emergency, it would be a nuisance.

Do I need the FOG WindowsClient?

@george1421

Yes it is only 2 computers. PC-A as main and PC-B as backup. Both have the same hardware and are also registered on the FOG server.

Now my goal is: when PC B is switched on after successfully transferring the image from PC A. An Active Directory connection should also exist here. (Only if PC A is no available).

I also re-enacted this scenario. And to PC B I have set the option at the webinterface “join AD after Deploy”. Or do I not need this function if PC A is already in the AD and I took an Image from PC A??

Currently I always run into the problem, when I look into the Active Directory Computers-List there is only one computer (it is logical if PC-A is replaced by PC-B). But I cannot establish a connection to Active Directory with the PC-B.(-> which is an Image from PC-A)

Could it be that PC-B cannot establish a correct connection to the Active Directory? Or maybe the Active Directory notices that it is a different device and therefore PC-B can‘t join?

Sorry about my knowledge gaps.

Tobi

Hello community,

I have been dealing with the topic of FOG.
Just a little bit about me. I come from Germany and I don’t speak english perfectly. Therefore, I use Google-Translate for the translation. I hope everything I write comes clearly and understandably.

Now to my project: I would like to use the FOG service to bring up computers to the same. I have already installed the FOG server and have already uploaded my first Windows images and installed them on other identical PCs.

Now comes the part that moved me to register at the forum. And I am definitely not the first person who ask this question:
The image should be taken from a Windows 10 PC. This PC is a member of an Active Directory.
Now this image should be transferred to another PC, which should then also be a member of the Active Direcory (-> Backup PC).

So far I’ve already done some tests with the FOG settings for Active Directory.
My cloned PC, which also gets a different hostname during the cloning process, does not appear in the Active Directory and had no connection to the AD.
I have all the Active Directory data stored in the FOG web interface.

Is there a way to simply transfer a PC, that has an existing connection to the Active Directory, to another PC without performing sysprep or anything else?

What is the right approach to make that happen?

Thank you for your help

Tobi