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I decided to solve this problem a different way. I created a snap in that launches a VBscript that I found and modified to run updates on the image when deployed. WindowsUpdates_1.2.vbs This script runs updates and installs them, as long as they are not hidden. It will continue to run and install updates until it runs a check and finds none left.

I still have a practice of downloading the images to a machine and updating them every 2-3 months to avoid 100’s of updates over time. But this works really well to make sure they get updated every time they are deployed.

This also has the added benefit of being able to be run anytime you want to force updates to a particular system. It does not reboot automatically, but Windows updates prompts for reboot if needed.

@PageTown d you run chmod as sudo?

sudo chmod -R 777 /media/BFD/images

@JJ-Fullmer I started digging a little further and found my scripts that I used for that and started to remember a few things. I had mixed results with the scheduled task also it worked sometimes, but not always and so I had to come up with a different solution and what I did was created a runonce entry in the reg and an auto login, then rebooted the machine. At the end of the script that ran I logged back off automatically, this is how I was able to consistently get the program to run. I eventually found a different solution for the program I was using and no longer had to use this. Hopefully you can make use of it though

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /v LWSoftware /t REG_SZ /d \\10.1.90.2\software$\Software_install.bat /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DefaultDomainName /t REG_SZ /d .
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DefaultUsername /t REG_SZ /d Thecontrollerofall
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DefaultPassword /t REG_SZ /d supersecret
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d 1
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoLogonCount /t REG_SZ /d 1

Just in case you were wondering this was my scheduled task script, that as I said I got it to work on a couple machines, but very unreliable

C:\Windows\system32>schtasks /create /tn "FOG install" /tr "\\10.1.90.2\software$\Software_Install.bat" /sc once /st 12:00 /f
C:\Windows\system32>schtasks /run /tn "fog install"
C:\Windows\system32>schtasks /delete /tn "fog install"

@x23piracy said in Storage Node with Multiple HDD's (no Raid) possible?:

Hi,

in normal i would take Raid but this Computer can only do Software Raid an Ubuntu 14.04.4 doesnt like it, Raid10 unpossible get a lot of error trying to install and Raid 1 with only 2 of the 4 disks has problem installing grub because the softraid is using a virtual device mapper thing.

3 Years Ago with Ubuntu 12 i could manage that problem after reading a lot of stuff.

I need a real raid or sas controller for this i think.

Regards X23

Or the other choice could be, if you have a fifth drive and ability to hook it up to your MB, is install Ubuntu to the fifth drive (even if it is small 40+gb) and then raid the 4x1tb as the /images partition in the system. This would allow you to do the raid, and separate the OS from the storage. I recommend this setup when possible. If you ever need to blow away the OS you won’t lose your images.

@PageTown You don’t want to use NTFS on an NFS share. It is best if you reformat the drive to Ext4 and then go back through the steps outlined by @Wayne-Workman

@Wayne-Workman What the OP is asking for is to avoid using the WebGUI for this.

@falko If you just do a quick registration from the PXE menu it will update the inventory and not over write the host. But you will need to set the quick reg option to show for reg hosts.

@Wayne-Workman said in Storage Node with Multiple HDD's (no Raid) possible?:

I’d also recommend sticking the OS on RAID 1, in addition to the RAID 10 for images.

I would recommend that but the OP mentioned he was having issues with RAID setting up RAID to boot from. So I was addressing the possible solutions to avoid RAID. Otherwise getting a hardware RAID card would solve the issue all together.

@ITSolutions this is true, but is the storage combined?

No the storage shows as 2 different nodes, when you create an image definition you tell it what group, either backup or default.

@treyw00 Are the vlans accessible to each other? If you can ping the FOG server from the other VLAN you should be okay with them on separate vlans. I am assuming that 10.65.224.104 is the FOG server IP? It shouldn’t contact the DHCP server, it is looking for the FOG server in order to get the PXE files and boot.

@forte647 You can change the default selection under FOG Configuration>iPXE Menu Customization You can check the box on Multi join for Default Item. As for logging in as @Wayne-Workman pointed out you would have to try that, but you could just create a user with a simple login, such as:
Username: A
Password: A
This would make it simple to log in without any modification to the server.

Do you have a spare PC that you can wipe and setup as a FOG Storage node?

Yes and yes, but I would recommend updating the images to Partclone right a way also. To give you a how to a couple of questions though:

1. Are your images and FOG on the same drive or separate drives?
2. What OS are you using Ubuntu, Cent, Red hat?
3. Are you wanting to keep your database from your current FOG server or just the images?

What version of WinPE are you using, this could make a big difference with the drivers?
Are you pinging the IP or server name?
What do you get when you run an IPCONFIG /all?

You indicate that you are using the latest version of FOG are you using 1.2 or the trunk “1.3”?

@Wayne-Workman You want to be careful using wireless as a determination for laptops. All of our new desktops have wireless built in also. They are the micro PC’s from Dell, the 3020M’s.

@FlowLive I guess the only question I am seeing is that you are asking how to determine if the machine is a laptop or desktop. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use a script as the snap in that will check if it is a laptop and if so run the installer from a share some where. If it is a desktop then no installer is run.

Natively there is no way to have FOG determine if the machine is a laptop. But if you know what machines are laptops as you add them, you can have machines belong to multiple groups, add all laptops to a Laptop group and apply only those 3 snapins with no other setting in that particular group. Not automatic, but does work.

I quite often use scripts instead of actual files for snap ins, mostly due to old limitations of snapins back in the .32 days, so I guess it is just an old habit.

@herrpommesfrite I know there has been a few updates with the client and I think one since 6677 that you are on, can you try updating to the latest as of now it looks like 7114. Also you might want to double check your settings in FOG.

• Make sure that the domain name is correct no spaces in front or behind the name “domain.com”
• Usename, for the new client doesn’t like the “domain\username” set up, should be just “username”
• The password needs to be entered in the FOG_AD_DEFAULT_PASSWORD field, best to clear the Legacy field just for sake of not needing it. There is no encrypting the password before entering it like in the old client setup. So enter the password in plain text and it will encrypt on save.
• For Testing purposes I would remove all OU settings, just to be sure that it isn’t an issue with a setting.

According to Microsoft and the error that you receive it is pointing toward a permissions issue with the account.

I know some of those steps seem simple but I have had many times I banged my head against a wall to solve a typo I made that I overlooked a million times.

Oh and a question I forgot to ask, what OS are you using, win7, 10, 8?

For your second issue to access your local storage, you don’t need to use FOGCrypt. The password is plain text in the webgui. The only thing to use FOGCrypt for is the legacy client. So try changing the storage node password to the plain text of your new password.

For the NFS part, did you make sure the password for the share is your new password for the FOG account that you changed? Also are you running the commands over SSH using the FOG account or another account? In the steps on that article the only account getting access is the FOG account, so if you are using best practice and not doing things under the FOG account with SSH that could give you the permissions error. Try running all SSH under the FOG account and see if that works for you.

@arnaudrigole Let’s see if @Wolfbane8653 can help as he wrote the steps and probably is more versed than I in this method.

But to help him out can you give us a little more information:
What OS is FOG on, Debian, Ubuntu, Cent, Red Hat?
What version of FOG are you using (1.2 or Trunk, if trunk what version does it say in the cloud on the management page)?
What version of windows is the NFS share coming from Win 7, Win 2008, 2012?
What version of Filezilla are you using?

It’ll make it easier to narrow down possible version issues with this information.

One quick question also is can you access the NFS share from any other machines?

@Quazz ah, yes you are right. I didn’t think about that, enterprise only. And not installed by default. But the FTP test should work from Windows. I would try connecting to the FTP share from the CentOS that should give you an indication as to if the server with NFS is accessible.