Posts made by Kylejb007

Chad,

Will give those instructions a try. Could you tell me how to create a dummy file to test with? I thought I saw you post something in another thread about Linux being able to create a gibberish file with a size limit…

Thanks!

Currently both are connected to the same 3com 10/100mb switch. Our network uses no VLans. Dhcp is supplied by our windows server.

Chad,

Thank you for your Reply on Christmas Eve… Im stick at the Office waiting for a package trying to figure this out…

I tried your FTP Suggestions and something to note:

On Storage Node:
I was able to successfully FTP to its own IP Address (10.75.200.4) with ID:fog/Pass: fcebfb (password it assigned)
I was able to FTP to Master Server (10.75.200.5) with fog and f0g (what I setup as the Main Login on the server), however about 50% of the time it would say connection time out… With that being said when I did get FTP’d in, I Changed Dir to /images, I created a Dir named Test (it did it), but then when I wanted to see all the DIrectories Listed, the connection timed out again.

On the Master Server:
I was able to successfully FTP to its own IP Address (10.75.200.5) with fog/f0g
I was able to successfully FTP to Storage Node (10.75.200.4) with fog/fcebfb (password that was assigned with NO connect issues)
I was able to Create a Directory and get a list of directories.

I’ve also followed these two Links to try and fix it myself today:

[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/unable-to-replicate-image-on-storage-node.615/[/url]
[URL=‘http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Password_Central#FTP_Connection_from_Storage_Node_to_Master_FOG_Server’][U][COLOR=#000080]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Password_Central#FTP_Connection_from_Storage_Node_to_Master_FOG_Server[/COLOR][/U][/URL]

and Today I rebuilt the Fog Storage Node from Stratch and same error (this time I didnt use fog as the main login so the install script gave me a user ID and password), so I am inclined to believe it is an Issue with the Main Fog Server and some way I have the passwords Setup or messed up. I am running Fog .32 on Ubuntu Ver. 11.10. Maybe TFTP Settings producing these errors?

Any Advice would be great… I have recieved 116 PCs that will need to be imaged in about 2 weeks and would hate to have to try and Single Cast each of them with this 2 Disc Main server, it would be cruel and unusual punishment. My Storage Node is a DL380 G5 with 8 Discs in Raid configuration so it would spank them out in no time.

Thank you in advance.

It can run 10.07 also… Basically you can do all the Updates that Ubuntu Offers you EXCEPT for the Version 12 LTS one… It will say “Upgrade too Newest Release or something at the top of Update Manager” and you just say Dont want Upgrade.

Someelse would probably give a better answer but Im pretty sure Ubuntu has to be running version 10.11. Version 12+ is not currently supported yet, there are tweaks to kinda get it working but not as flawless as it would be in 10.11.

But from what I’ve read, thats most likely your problem.

Hey All,

I’ve searched and read many of the Articles on the Forums and Internet related to my problem.
I think I’ve changed files too many times and I guess im not sure what Config File I need to look at and change or correct at this point.

Essentially at first I was unable to locate the “password” for the storage node because the screen didnt pop it up… Eventually I found an article that told me where it was and I put it in and didnt work… I had already changed Values in that Config File, I changed Files in the opt/fog/services/etc/config.php file, I changed the MYSQL in the Web GUI Config Settings…

At this point my Primary Machine still images and works but it is unable to communicate to the Storage Node with the following Logs: I realize the Failed Login notice, but I have no clue if this is on the Storage Node End, GUI End, MYSQL End or what!

[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] Finding group members.
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] Found: 1 other member(s).
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am]
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] Getting my image root.
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] My Root: /images
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am]
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] Starting Sync.
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] Syncing: Fog Storage G5
[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] SubProcess -> Removing old file `5000XP’

[12-18-12 11:02:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:22 am] SubProcess -> Transferring file `5000XP’

[12-18-12 11:02:56 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:56 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Fatal error: max-retries exceeded

[12-18-12 11:02:56 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:56 am] SubProcess -> Transferring file `ElemGX240’

[12-18-12 11:02:59 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:59 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Login failed: 530 Login incorrect.

[12-18-12 11:02:59 am] * [12-18-12 11:02:59 am] SubProcess -> Transferring file `HSMCGX260’

[12-18-12 11:03:03 am] * [12-18-12 11:03:03 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Login failed: 530 Login incorrect.

[12-18-12 11:03:03 am] * [12-18-12 11:03:03 am] SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `COW5102W7’

[12-18-12 11:03:03 am] * [12-18-12 11:03:03 am] SubProcess -> Making directory `COW5102W7’

[12-18-12 11:03:36 am] * [12-18-12 11:03:36 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Access failed: 550 Failed to change directory. (/images/COW5102W7)

[12-18-12 11:03:36 am] * [12-18-12 11:03:36 am] SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `ELMCDC7800W7’

[12-18-12 11:03:36 am] * [12-18-12 11:03:36 am] SubProcess -> Removing old file `ELMCDC7800W7/d1p2.img’

[12-18-12 11:03:36 am] * [12-18-12 11:03:36 am] SubProcess -> Transferring file `ELMCDC7800W7/d1p2.img’

[12-18-12 11:04:10 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:10 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Fatal error: max-retries exceeded

[12-18-12 11:04:13 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:13 am] SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `HS6005LabV4W7’

[12-18-12 11:04:15 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:15 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Login failed: 530 Login incorrect.

[12-18-12 11:04:15 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:15 am] SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `HSMCDC7800W7’

[12-18-12 11:04:19 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:19 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Login failed: 530 Login incorrect.

[12-18-12 11:04:19 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:19 am] SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `Teacher6005V3W7’

[12-18-12 11:04:22 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:22 am] SubProcess -> mirror: Login failed: 530 Login incorrect.

[12-18-12 11:04:35 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:35 am] SubProcess ->
[12-18-12 11:04:35 am] * [12-18-12 11:04:35 am] SubProcess -> Complete

In my case whenever I have a problem I try a different Kernel. I was using not the Kernel that came with Fog but the one after it. (just before 3.3.3 (3.2.4). I updated to 3.3.3 and that resolved my issue.

Thanks Matt for Redirecting us here, The person that started the thread put it in Developers and I didnt realise it wasnt Technical Support (Used the search feature for once).

Chad, See this Thread: [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/deploy-stops-at-just-over-a-hundred-mb.967/#post-4770[/url]
It has a Video of exactly the issue I am having and what it sounds like Matt and Joseph are having… Except mine doesnt seem like its TOO fast, it just instantly stops for me at 65.20MB. It starts at a Normal Speed for our Network of 1.4GB per Minute then BAM, it stops.

Also per reading a different thread, I am able to Put that single host into a Group and do a Multicast to it… REALLY strange…

I am running:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric

Fog .32, and the kernel that came with the .32 Installer.

I took some advice from another thread that went Un-answered. I am able to Put that same single machine into a Group and I can multicast the image to it…

Anyone have any ideas?

I am actually experiancing this same problem at another Site… Slightly Different, I am trying to Deploy Windows 7 on Hardware that I have imaged before… It Processes the First Partition as normal, Starts Partition #2 and Literally stops at 65.20 MB or at 2-4 seconds…

I havent touched my fog server in about a month but I used it to Multicast all my labs. now im trying to Unicast my Classrooms and the same as above happens…

Ive changed Patch Coords/Switch Port and also reset the switches… Anyone else have a fix for this?

Chad and Raff,

That Did it!!! The intial results have been really impressive. Today we imaged our high School (Classrooms), which is approx. 80 machines… Normally we use to use Novell Zenworks to image them and it would take practically 1 whole day to image (at least 4-6 hours) and we would come in the next day and join them to the domain. Well im pleased to say that we started this morning at 9am, and completed the last computer (we dont have the fog service setup yet) we joined the last computer to the domain at 3:30PM. All of the machines loaded up fine with no Kernel downloading slow, and the Storage Node happily pumped images out to 10 machines at a time with everyone taking roughly 25-30 minutes to complete each. We even had to re-queue a couple computers due to Sysprep failing to process the unattend file, I assume this happens due to a network glitch pushing it to it or hardware glitch on the end station, usually a second image to it and it works rarely have I had to do it a thrid time, I end up switching patch cords and that fixes it.

Do I dare increase the amount of machines imaging at one time or I do have another decomissioned G5 I could use if I wanted… This is our largest building so the others shouldnt have any issues at all with time, I just figured for planning in the future to do 20 at a time would speed things up tremendously.

Definitly thanks for the advice, best product around!

The DL 380 G5 has a Raid 5 of 8x 72GB, 15k RPM SAS drives. (verified it just now)
Both Machines have 4GB of ram/

I went into my Fog Setup and I set my Main Fog Server to

Max Clients: 1
and the Storage Node: 10

I will test this next week most likely is when we will go to the next building to start cleaning/imaging.

Raff,

Thanks for the information, so if I understand the “Master Node” setting, What Host I decided to make Master will handel all most imaging functions except Kernel Download ( does it also Include being the host for Multicast Sessions)? If so I may want to change it up, the DL 380 is racked and mounted and my Fog Server is the DC8000, it would be ideal for me to have my Rack Mounted server be the Main host that carrys the hosts (mysqL), and distributed the Kernel and make my DC8000 the Master Node? (That way I can still take the Node with me Onsite and Multicast, and then bang out the computers… Or at this point to remedy it, could I set my DC8000 to Image 0 Clients and make the Storage node take them all on? Would that work to for now?

I was going to say, if you made an Image with a computer that had 300GB and tried to put it on say a 299GB drive you would get that error if you Choose the Image Type of Multi-Partition (Non-Resizeable), if you choose the Multiparition, Resizeable, it would have worked fine.

New Install or Old? Could try updating the Kernel.

The Real question is what does Deploy Studio use in DHCP to boot or if anything?

FOG needs option 66 and 67, which in a short explanation when a PXE Client boot and Contacts DHCP, it provides the PXE Clients that the TFT server address is and what boot file… If the MACs also use PXE, they will Get this information and try to boot to FOG. If MAC uses a different technique, or still uses PXE then Separate VLANs would be the ideal solution.

or the other solution is what we did for a while (We have VoIP Phones that need Option 66), anytime we wanted FOG we changed the 66 to the FOG server, and filled in 67… When we were done imaging, we Removed Option 67, and changed Option 66 to our VoIP server.

So in your situation if you want to Image mac and it doesnt use the options, Delete 66/67… When you want to Image PCs, put them in. You may even be able to write a BAT File that does it automatically.

Good Evening All,

I have been using fog in my school district for about a year now, things have been great and most issues I have been able to locate on the forums and correct. However I have a couple of nit picky things that I would like to know more and learn how to correct in the future if I am able to with not much $$$.

Currently we have about 8 buildings, 6 of which are all fiber connected at 1GB (backbone), we have 10/100 to desktops, 1GB to servers. Our Switches mostly consist of 8 year old Procurve 2650s, and 5308xls. When we image Labs we have a standby 24x 100/1000 Switch for imaging labs with Multicast and it runs great, we plug in Fog, plug in as many cords as we can and we can blow a 30GB image out in under 8 minutes… For Classrooms, we do Unicast with a Queue and the first 2ish machines go good, and any other start slowing down… I will explain my server setup next.

We have a Fog Server and 1x Storage node. as I said, when we do Labs (30) or so in one room, we plug all them hard into our 1GB switch and it works GREAT…

Then we have a Fog Server SPECD as
(HP DC8000 Elite, 2GB Ram, 1x 600GB 10K velociraptor, Duo Core @ about 2.8Ghz)
and 1x Fog Storage Node, HP DL 380 G5, in a Raid 5 Setup with 36GB drives I think they are. Memory is 4GB with Xeon processors about 2.4-2.8ghz. We have the Unicast set to 3 and 3 on both servers to handle clients… The first two start great on Unicast around 15 minutes or so for 25GB image, the other 4 can take about 30-45 minutes and then they re-queue when spots are open. The main problem we see if when we have 3-4 going, the Kernel Download is ridiculously slow and Ive read on here some people can Unicast like 20 or so at a time when decent speeds. This mostly leads me to believe I have a bottle neck in one of 2 points.

Hard Drive (single drive and one storage node)
OR
1GB Nic choking on 100 Port (when we have it deployed in a building). At home base the server has 1GB connection but when we take it to a building to image labs, we let it sit in the building so it becomes 10/100 speed and image the building from with-in the building.

We don’t have anything VLANd which is something we are going to fix when we get new Networking Gear, and we will most likely end up with 10GB Backbone, and 1GB to all desktops in 1-2 years. So it could also be the Network causing slow Unicast, but I think im more inclined to think the NIC or Hard disc, and if so what would be the proper remedy? Get another NIC and Bond them? do I get another hard drive and Mirror them? do I Raid 5? What is everyone else doing and what has worked for you?

Thank you all for any advice,

Kyle