Ok. After realizing that the SC1425s cannot do virtualization, I have since moved on to installing FOG on its own server and Server 2008 with AD on a separate SC1425 (they’re cheap and I have a few of them laying around).

I am currently in the image-building process and using this guide [url]http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/2224-create-a-master-windows-7-image[/url] .

I plan on using the T5730s as the thin clients and am currently using another machine to build the image. Once this image is done and “sucked up” to the FOG server, all I should have to do is set the T5730s to PXE and they will suck down the image?

Nothing is running on the server (VirtualBox is installed, but no VMs).

I can have downtime everyday between 3-5pm

Right now, we are just running about 50 desktops with no DC and the router providing DHCP.

The server I am trying to build is a Dell SC1425 with 2x Dual-Core and 2x 1TB Hard Drives in RAID1 running Ubuntu Server 12.04 64-Bit. It has a total of 16GB of RAM.

We just purchase about 40 HP T5730 to swap out the old desktops. The plan is to create a Windows Domain with FOG doing what it does best.

As of right now, nothing is setup other than the Ubuntu host OS. We do not have any other machines that could be installed with Server 2008, which brought me to the idea of installing as a VM.

Greetings,

I am not the most tech savvy person (our IT professional was let go because of budget).

Anyways, we are trying to setup Fog. Currently, we have an Ubuntu Server as the host OS. What we are trying to do is install FOG as a Virtual Machine and Server 2008 as a Virtual Machine on the host machine. Currently, our router is providing DHCP.

Some questions I have initially:

1. Which device should provide DHCP? The Server 2008? Should DHCP should be turned off on the router?

As of right now, the only machine up-and-running is the Ubuntu Server with virtualbox installed.

I apologize if this has been posted elsewhere. This project fell in my lap and trying to do the best I can. Thanks for the help.