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.
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RE: Partimage for old images
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Partimage for old images
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?
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RE: Decreasing Disk Space?
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.
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RE: Decreasing Disk Space?
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.
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RE: Decreasing Disk Space?
@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.
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RE: Decreasing Disk Space?
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.
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Decreasing Disk Space?
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:![alt text]( image url)
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