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@Wayne-Workman

I see where to change to partimage – thanks.
However, that doesn’t appear to be the issue. The imaging process simply won’t start. This is true for both deploying and uploading an image. After several boot/information screens appear, the computer just reboots and the imaging/uploading process won’t begin.
Below I posted a few screenshots taken when trying to upload a test image to the FOG server. After these screenshots, the computer just restarts and boots to the hard drive.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

@Wayne-Workman

Thanks for the new server install instructions. The install was much easier than I thought. I copied my images over to the new server, and then manually created them with the correct settings. However, when I tried to image a machine, it failed. It said it was trying to use partclone.
In your instructions you said I needed to use partimage. I searched for instructions, and what I found seemed to suggest I needed to check the FOG_FORMAT_FLAG_IN_GUI in FOG general settings.
See this - https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/3522/just-to-be-clear-about-partimage/7
I tried to image after selecting that option, and it still said it was using partclone. I then deleted the image, and then recreated the image. I tried again, and it was still was using partclone.
Is there instructions on how to enable partimage? Also, will these old images work alongside the new images I will eventually need to create?
Thanks

–Moderator note: This topic was forked from here:
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/8970/decreasing-disk-space

@Wayne-Workman

OK - thank you. I didn’t know it was that easy. I will build a new server as you suggested. I will post an update when finished.

I used umount to remove the USB backup drive and then deleted some more old images from the FOG server. I freed up about 4GB of disk space. I then used the reboot command. After rebooting, I can’t access via the web interface or putty SSH. However, I can ping the machine. When I try accessing with putty, the error is “Network error, connection refused” Hopefully there is an easy solution to this???
Plan B:
I just learned that we already have a newer FOG server built with no images on it. It is FOG version 1.2 running on Ubuntu 14. This is a virtual machine running on VMWare. It was built about a year ago with the intention of replacing our current FOG server. Our current FOG server is a physical machine.
However, when I powered it on and accessed the web interface, I got prompted to run the database schema installer / updater. When I ran it, I got a long list of Database SQL errors.
Can this be fixed? If so, I was wondering if I can transfer our existing images to this server. I have them on an external USB hard drive. I realize we would probably lose our existing client database, but we can accept that.
Plan
If this schema error can’t be fixed, then I guess I am going to have to do a new FOG install and transfer the images. Could I just delete the current FOG install and reinstall on the same VMWare Ubuntu 14 server? I really don’t want to also have to build a new Ubuntu server unless it is absolutely necessary.
I know that is a lot – thanks for the help.

Here it is:

Thanks again.

@Wayne-Workman said in Decreasing Disk Space?:

du -h / | grep ‘[0-9.]+G’

Thanks again for the help. Here is the output in two screens.

This server is dedicated to only running our FOG application.

Hi,

Thanks for your help. Here is the output you requested. I will consider building a new server. However, I would like to try to get this repaired if possible. We need to image some new computers for our teaching staff as soon as possible.

Server

• FOG Version: .32
• OS: Ubuntu 12

Client

• Service Version:
• OS:

Description

I am having an issue with our school’s FOG server. Recently it seems like it is running out of disk space. At this point I can’t log into the web interface. I have been searching for an answer, but so far I haven’t found one.
Here is the output:


It is FOG version .32 and it is running on Ubuntu 12.
I deleted some unneeded images, and it freed up about 18GB of disk space. The next day the space was gone. I am not the person who originally set up this server. I don’t have a lot of experience with Linux or FOG. I would appreciate any suggestions or guidance that the forum members can provide.

Thanks