[quote=“Inbroker, post: 1020, member: 398”]
Don’t know why but my mind has stuck in the idea that the /images folder was some kind of a magical folder required by Fog. I just pointed the image directory to the NFS share and it worked fine.
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So what EXACTLY did you put in there besides /images?
You said you put in the image directory on the share? how? 192.168.1.xx:/images ???
This may be the answer everyone is seeking.
Edit - UPDATE: If you scroll down in this topic, you will get my tutorial. Alternatively, I have created a howto on Spiceworks.
[url]http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/32826-fog-server-nas-setup-tutorial[/url]
Ding Ding! I second that motion… if I can ever figure it out, I will make a tutorial.
I have the same setup, just a larger device. (Iomega Storcenter PX6-300D --18TB)
There is currently 3 separate threads with the exact same question.
on my machine (fresh install of ubuntu 10) fog is user 1001.
I made sure the user fog had the same ID and pass on my NAS. (no success)
Although it looks good on paper, it still does not work… I am seeing an Permission Denied unable to mount /images/dev .
At this point, I am trying to figure out why permission denied and how to overcome it. I have created a user named fog on my NAS device with the same auto generated password created by fog during the setup. Perhaps I will try to change the password in ubuntu and my NAS device to see if that is part of my issue. (assuming that there is an issue with the users password or perhaps the user ID is different across the devices… not sure if that matters, but theres only one way to find out.)
can you specify more detail?
Where is DNS on your network? is it a domain server? is DNS on this fog server? [B]IS DNS and DHCP on the same server?[/B]
Also, please verify that you only have 1 DNS server on your network. (may have installed it with fog and now you have two… that happend to me once.)
please provide more detail and we can try to help you further. also what does an NSLookup command show you?
once your hosts are in your Fog inventory, you can simply click edit for the host you want to change, then change the hostname right there in your FOG web-admin page.
Simplified:
Log in to Fog -server with your web browser…
Click on Host Management
Click Edit for the host you wish to change
Change Hostname.
Now, this will automatically rename and reboot the system (if the fog client has hostname changer enabled.-- see screenshot)
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Can anyone confirm the user that fog is mounting the NFS share with? is it fog? [B]Permission Denied.[/B]
the clue is pretty clear:
[B]Fatal Error: Failed to mount NFS Volume.[/B]
Then when I setup my /etc/exports and run exportfs -a I get an error of
[B]/images does not support NFS Export.[/B]
So, far we have the facts:
A: Permission Denied
B: Failed to mount NFS Volume
Does not support NFS Export
still searching for a solution… am also about to try a few other things, will share if anything comes from it.
try [B]ls -al [/B] it will show all details and hidden files
Sudo – means superuser ‘DO’. As in “run as administrator”.
not sure what you mean by “command is useless if I don’t know whats in directories”.
try the [B]ls[/B] command. (as in [B]l[/B]i[B]s[/B]t)
You must be new to linux commands… Take things one step at a time and you will be familiar in no time.
VI - a really basic text editor.
How to edit text?
use arrow keys to move up,down,left,right…
when you get to where you want to make a change, press the insert key on the keyboard. this will put you in INSERT mode. This will allow you to delete, backspace and change text to your desire.
When you are all done, just press escape. This will escape INSERT mode.
You can move the cursor somewhere else now and edit it (by hitting INSERT again).
All done? well to save your file you need to NOT be in insert mode, and press : (yes a colon. so you will have to hold shift and press the : key)
now you will see the colon appear at the bottom of your screen.
:
now what? Type in one of the following to perform an action.
w = write
q = quit
! = force
so to save and exit you have to type this
:wq!
Hope this proves useful.
EDIT: from Zardans suggestion – Nano is for GUI… which is not always available. VI is always available.
Ditto:
I have seen this issue everywhere, some claim a solution… but no solution has worked for me yet.
[B]What:[/B] 192.168.1.63:/images/dev/ failed, reason given by the server. No such file or directory
mount: mounting 192.168.1.63:/images/dev/ on /images failed: Bad file descriptor
Fatal Error: Failed to mount the NFS Volume
Background: I have a NFS server which I mounted within the fog-server… Its mapped to the “/images” directory.
I also added another mountpoint for “/images/dev” (after it failed).
[B]Mntcheck?[/B] Yes, I added the file to both the /fogimages and /fogimages/dev (.mntcheck)
I checked the user and group settings as well… I compared them to the default /images and /images/dev.
They are all root root (owner and group) and permissions are 777 for both.
Now, Like I said, I mounted the NFS locations and that part works… In terminal I can goto /fogimages/ and see the files on the NFS Share.
I did follow this guide [URL=‘http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image_Upload:_Error_Checking_Mount’]Image Upload: error Checking Mount from the wiki. [/URL]
Obviosly it looks like it cannot access or write to the /images/[B]dev[/B] directory.
any suggestions? I think I have tried everything.
I am interested to hear how it works out for you… I might do something similar.
I have a Solution… as simple as it sounded, it was even simpler.
From my initial idea, I just mounted the NFS share and pointed it to my /images directory.
Exact command I used:
[I] sudo mount -o soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 192.168.1.244:/mnt/pools/A/A0/WorkstationImages /images[/I]
my NAS device is .244 and the directory I wished to mount was /mnt/pools/A/A0/WorkstationImages
then the /images at the end is where I wish to point to…
and it worked. So, now when I login to the FOG web management I see all disk space under “Disk Information”. (the server previously only had 28GB… now it shows 12TB) – see screenshot
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@SSX4Life --Thank you for this video… It made it soooo EASY.
Cheers!
@Darren here is my entry for TRK:
[CODE]LABEL Trinity Rescue Kit
MENU MASTER PASSWD password
kernel fog/trinity/memdisk
append iso initrd=fog/trinity/trinity.iso raw
MENU LABEL Trinity Rescue Kit
TEXT HELP
Extensive collection of tools for fixing errors.
ENDTEXT
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Unfortunately, I get an error because it is still searching for the CD-Rom. Perhaps I just have an older version of TRK… I will update this post after I try a newer release. (My TRK is at least a year old now)
EDIT:
Although it is XFS… I found an option in the settings that allowed me to enable NFS.
Woo Hoo!.. Next, I will attempt to follow the[URL=‘http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=FOGUserGuide#Separate_NFS_Server’] Seperate NFS Server[/URL] tutorial that I found in the wiki/ user guide.
It also supports FTP,TFTP and other common protocols. I may also look into the TFTP as an option.
I would like to hear from others with similar situations.
Thanks
EDIT: See Last post for solution
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Hello,
[S]I am wondering if its been done. And if there is a best practice for doing this sort of thing.[/S]
I have searched the wiki and the forums, and decided to seek help from the community.
We have 12TB of storage on our network(NAS). My goal is to store all images on the NAS for safekeeping.
Is it possible by default to do this?
I thought long and hard about this, and I came up with a few ideas that may get the job done.
1: create a symlink: This will allow linux to think its saving it on its own hard drive, but will actually save to network.
2: setup a cron tab with bash script to just transfer the files (save and deploy from server -but then must re-locate images prior to deploying. )
3: Attach NAS to Server via USB(not sure if it will work, but theres a chance.)
More Details: Running fog on Dell Poweredge 2850 with ubuntu-server(no gui).
Please share your thoughts and opinions on this matter and hopefully find a solution.
Update: After following your suggestion, I got a step farther.
It was able to detect the hard disks in PXE. I got passed my error.
[S]But now there is another error,[/S]
[S]Error now says : *unable to move /images/dev/000c29769fc5 to images/2k3[/S]
This worked for me, the above issue was not encountered when I ran it on a real server. (Only the VM gave the error)
Thanks Bryce for the assistance… and thanks to everyone who helped FOG become the most awesome tool ever![S][/S]
heres is my error. (See Attachement)[IMG]http://networkmedium.com/fogerror.JPG[/IMG]
Apparently Windows (Other) is incorrect setting.
Any suggestions?
Also, is it required that you fill in all fields in the for the Host: Like Host Kernel and Host Kernel Arguments?
I was unsure and left those blank.
I will try again with each setting until I get it correct.
Will post my results.
Thank you for your speedy response, I will give that a go and let you know how it works out.
[quote=“BryceZ, post: 511, member: 2”]What do you mean by “not able to successfully pull an image”? At what point did the failure occur?[/quote]
I installed FOG service on Windows server… I want to make a backup of this servers hard drive. Therefore I want to pull an image.
It happens after I PXE boot the Windows Server, It looks like it is about to start, then the error.
The error I get was basically informing me that the selected Image type is incorrect.
So which image type do I choose for Windows Server 2003?
I can get more details, but not at the moment, but I can only take servers offline after hours.
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EDIT: Answered
[B]To Make an Image backup of a Windows Server 2003 Machine, you must select All Disks- Multiple Partitions and on the host page set it to Windows (Other).[/B]
Original Message:
I was not able to successfully pull an image from our Windows servers.
Perhaps I am confused an not sure which option to select.
I tried single partition (XP) with no luck,
Then I tried Multiple Partitions on single disk (that makes more sense)
Also, is it required to take the extra step like for Windows 7 machines?
Please help me understand what option will work for me.
Extra details: Dell Poweredge 2950 with Windows Server 2003.