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    Posts made by fry_p

    • RE: FOG Clients Stop Working

      @UWPVIOLATOR My colleague and I have a PS script that at least checks if the service is running. It exports the results into .csv file. It can at least give you an idea of how many and which ones need fixed. (I sanitized this a bit, so put in your own stuff where needed)

      ForEach ($Computer in (Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=XXXXXXXXXXX,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=COM")) {
      $ComputerName = $Computer.Name
      If (Test-Connection $ComputerName -Count 1 -Quiet) {
          $FogService = Get-Service -Name FogService -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
              If ($FogService) { Write-Output "FOG is running on $ComputerName" | Out-File C:\Scripts\FOG.csv -Append}
              Else {Write-Output "FOG is not running on $ComputerName" | Out-File C:\Scripts\FOG.csv -Append }}
      Else {Write-Output "$ComputerName is Offline" | Out-File C:\Scripts\FOG.csv -Append}
      }
      

      From there, I am pretty sure you can just add affected PC’s to a group in Active Directory and map a GPO to run the following batch script (Note I sanitized a bit, so insert your own stuff where needed):

      msiexec /q /x "PATH TO FOG CLIENT MSI"
      msiexec /i "PATH TO FOG CLIENT MSI" /quiet USETRAY="0" HTTPS="0" WEBADDRESS="FOGSERVERIP" WEBROOT="/fog" ROOTLOG="1"
      
      net start FOGService
      
      posted in FOG Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Mounting issue after FOG update

      @LittleTux

      How i can pass this post on Solved ?

      Done. Glad it worked

      posted in FOG Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Database maintenance script?

      @Tom-Elliott I am willing in a heartbeat. The problem right now may be my “history” of the old trunk builds causing some headaches in the past. I have some convincing to do for my boss, but having solid things that are fixed/improved helps the case. I am also probably going to need to take a medical leave soon and want to have FOG be stable while I’m gone. I will look at the features 1.6 and see if I can’t earn that tester badge again :D

      posted in Bug Reports
      fry_p
    • RE: Database maintenance script?

      @Sebastian-Roth said in Database maintenance script?:

      @fry_p Sorry it took such a long time to answer. Almost forgot about this topic. I finally got to fix this issue - see on github.

      That’s sick! I will have to update soon. I see this is on dev-branch, so I can try to convince my boss to update when I am in. Thanks for sticking with it!

      posted in Bug Reports
      fry_p
    • RE: Load Balancing and FOG

      @george1421 I have not had time to do this because of some medical issues keeping me from work. Hopefully it is all sorted out soon and I can test this!

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • RE: Load Balancing and FOG

      @george1421 Here are my results:

      Spun up one FOG Image server and FOG client server, both connect to db on Image server.

      Uploaded/deployed image no problem to two laptops.

      Installed client and pinned client server as the address in the installation on both laptops (changed checkin time to 30s for testing purposes).

      Both clients authenticated successfully. Deployed simple MSI snapin from client server to both laptops. Clients checked in no problem and pulled the files from the imaging server, and ran them without trouble.

      I am starting to think this proof of concept is a success. Is there anything else I should try with this test environment I have set up?

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • RE: Load Balancing and FOG

      @george1421 I have had bits of time here and there to do pieces of this. I will make a big reply when all of what you suggested is tested, but so far so good. Two servers talking to the same DB. Just need to get clients on the two test laptops talking to the client server. Just ran out of time yesterday. Will be doing this in the AM today.

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • RE: Load Balancing and FOG

      @george1421 I had time to spin up two new fog servers in my test area, one for imaging and one for client interaction. The client interaction one is set to connect to the DB of the imaging one. I also imported the certs from my production machine to both.

      Unfortunately I ran out of time before I could actually test anything. Holding pattern until Monday I suppose.

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • RE: Load Balancing and FOG

      @george1421 I couldn’t resist… I remoted in and took a quick look. It seems to be roughly 1500 hosts. I am starting to realize that this situation may be more about me wanting to try this than actual necessity.

      That being said, in the past, I did have to extend time between client checkins because of it absolutely consuming my fog server’s resources.

      In your opinion, is 1500 hosts enough to justify this? I still want to do this regardless as I have caught the improvement bug already, but I would like to hear what you think.

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • RE: Load Balancing and FOG

      @george1421 I will look tomorrow as I am off today. I know it is in the 1000’s. I like your layout there though. This seems quite doable.

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • RE: Load Balancing and FOG

      @george1421 I definitely did mean one database. I don’t quite know why i said cluster! I am in the use-case creation stage so this may not even take off, but I will wait for @Wayne-Workman to chime in since it seems at one time he has done this. The post I was referring to was his post in this: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12993/use-an-external-database

      I am really willing to experiment here if it gets off the ground.

      I realize Wayne’s visits are fewer now that he is in a different setting and I am willing to be super patient.

      EDIT: @astrugatch I will explore this too but is that a free solution?

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • Load Balancing and FOG

      I wanted to make a post about my theoretical foray into possibly setting up load balancing for both HTTP and DB connections for my fog setup due to the number of clients (and to play around too!). This is all inspired by an old post by @Wayne-Workman who I hope can help me if he has time. I am in the research phase right now but basically here are my thoughts:

      A cluster of 3 fog servers tied together by HAProxy for both Http connections and a Galera MariaDB cluster.

      I am reading up on the viability of this solution. Anyone else have any thoughts?

      posted in General
      fry_p
    • RE: Computers stuck on PXE boot

      @Sunks I use this method to clean out tasks and other odd database junk:
      https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_MySQL#Database_Maintenance_Commands

      I really only do the first batch of cleanup commands in this link, deemed the safe ones to perform.

      posted in FOG Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired

      @rinfog said in Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired:

      Yes the machine boots into Windows fine as long as the Ethernet cable is connected.
      SATA operation is set to AHCI.

      If you boot into the machine with it hard wired, does Event Viewer show anything out of the ordinary for previous failed wireless boots?

      posted in General Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired

      @rinfog said in Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired:

      The machine already joined the domain and installed all snapins (while connected via Ethernet).
      We did use sysprep on the image prior to capture.

      Ah, so this is not the first boot after imaging… Very strange. May I ask what SATA operation you have enabled for the client? We always recommend AHCI and not RAID ON. You should be able to verify this setting in the bios somewhere.

      posted in General Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired

      @rinfog said in Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired:

      FOG Server = 1.5.7
      FOG Client = Smart Installer 0.11.16
      FOG Server Linux distro = CentOS 7
      I am not trying to PXE boot over wifi, this is indeed post-imaging the client.

      Thanks for the information. I also just saw in the OP that you are getting a black cursor when manually booting into Windows without it being hardwired. May I ask if you are attempting to join a domain at all with the FOG client or another method? Do you sysprep the image as well prior to capture?

      posted in General Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Running Fog and other machines in virtualized environment, but cannot make capture work

      @davemccracken no harm no foul man. I am learning linux facts every day and I have been a FOG user for about 6-7 years. Many a time I find myself googling how the heck to do something still. Far from a master here.

      posted in FOG Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Image deployed to laptop but hangs at Exiting PXE boot when not hardwired

      @rinfog I hope you do not speak of trying to PXE Boot off of WIFI. This is not supported in my mind.

      What I think you mean is without a hardwired Ethernet Cable, the PC will not boot? My first thought is that something is funky with the boot order. Please clarify a few things:

      FOG Server version and FOG Client Version
      FOG Server Linux distribution
      If you are indeed talking about PXE over wifi
      If you are instead speaking of booting post-imaging the client

      posted in General Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Installation error while the "setting up fogproject user"

      @dot @Mark-krikunov I do not believe that if the proper syntax and permissions are used, there should not be a need to delete the fogproject service account. In fact, I myself would highly advise against that. Just think if somehow this didn’t fix the upgrade issue, then you would be left with a paperweight of a FOG Server.

      Please try @Sebastian-Roth 's suggestion. If you are still having trouble after that, please let us know.

      posted in FOG Problems
      fry_p
    • RE: Host Status is Unknow

      @Mark-krikunov said in Host Status is Unknow:

      @Tom-Elliott I am aware of that, but it something just annoyed and drilled my eyes every time i looked at host list, so i just wanted that to be fixed. And i just made some holes in firewall so just waiting for some results to pop on screen.

      The hosts status is not perfect. But I want to mirror Tom’s comments by saying that the few developers that work on FOG focus currently on the fundamentals of imaging. I love these other features (and their quirks) but please understand that with the developers doing this on their own time, they must triage priorities.

      posted in FOG Problems
      fry_p
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