i schedule tasks directly into the database. it never works from the web ui.
WOL only works with me if the computers we shut down via windows shutdown. If they have been powered down by pulling the cord or holding the power button down for 3 seconds, WOL doesnt work for me.
make sure your dhcp server is correctly configured to point to fogserver and the vlan is tagged on the switch…
These past two weeks we have been doing the same… sending down current win7 images, completing windows and other updates, sending them back and deploying across the fleet. there are no issues, so I dont think its any windows update.
Computers we are using are i5 Lenovo desktops.
Do the DELL’s have those secret 8mb partitions etc?
I guess my first questions would be:
I had a similar issue with domain joining. Look on the client pc that is trying to join and check the fog log in the root c folder. Can you see a message about joining the domain?
If so there may be two issues:
Those two above sorted that issue for me.
why not just create a new password and alter the database and fog config with the new hash?
Dude… That’s a top idea…
Please let me know if you have any success…
I too have heavily modified fog to do extra stuff, if only there was a way to combine all these customizations…
I could not install on F16 or F17, i had to go back to F15 to install FOG… even if you get over the php-php-gettext by modifying the installation process, there are depreciated PHP functions which error out … it got in to the too hard basket so I just formatted teh computer and installed F15 with FOG 0.32.
Adam
There is way to do this. I found the answer on this very forum. You essentially modify the PHP code to include the link to the “deploy single snapin” found in the host section. I forget the exact file to modify, but search in this forum, you will find it…
you can do this youself… all you need is VBScript with the MySQL ODBC connector…
Simply “fake” the task into the fog database if the vbscript conditions are met (ie. valid ad user).
I know for some other projects where I needed AD to controll the level of access someone had, I used a field that wasnt in use like title or zip code and used a numbering system 1 to 10 which denoted access levels.
Please feel free to credit me in your VBScripts once its all up and running… 
Dude… sounds like the host is not registered with FOG. but at the sime time, looks like it is.
Have you tried to remove the host and re-add it?
Or… jump into the database and see what is happening?
hey chad-bisd - that will work…
I guess because of the lack of documentation in the wiki combined with some assumptions on my part, I didnt think to leave both connections active until the second MAC registered.
This does work and snapins do deploy to the wirelss client after you have added the pended MAC.
So I guess simple wiki update would save some troubles.
Thanks for your input.
[quote=“BryceZ, post: 4640, member: 2”]Have you added the wireless MAC addresses as additional MAC’s on the host’s page? I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that the additional MAC feature was built to address this issue.[/quote]
Hey BryceZ
That feature is in 0.32, however, I believe there is a problem when it comes to its execution.
From looking at the source code, it appears that the FOG agent on the host machien, after discovering that it is not associated with the server (because of a different MAC) polls the host for all MACs with “IPEndabled” = True.
Microsoft describes IPEnabled as being the status of the TCP/IP being bound to a NIC.
In windows XP, the binding persists to the physical NIC even though the network cable is unplugged. however, in windows 7, once the network cable is unplugged, the binding is released and IPEndabled = FALSE, therefore, FOG Service on host shows “exiting because only 1 mac found” or words to that effect, so it assumes that it has not been registered with the host.
The fix would be to associate the task with the host name rather than the host MAC.
I think I will be writing a script to modify the mysql database and update wired mac with wireless mac on boot up, then reverse the process on shut down.
Should I be placing this post in the bugs forum?
Can anyone replicate?
[quote=“chad-bisd, post: 4646, member: 18”]I think microsoft gives away a free version of it’s .net compiler, like Visual Studio Express or something?[/quote]
I think I might have a solution, for those intersted, if you run into the same problem…
MAC Spoofing (ie, make the wireless NIC pretend it is the ethernet NIC) IS NOT an option… windows 7 does not allow a wireless MAC address starting with anything other than 02, 04, 06 … so thats out the window.
Recompiling FOG Service or fog tray, for me, is not an option - Sadly… i don’t think i could be bothered learning C# or contending with re-compiling source code. been there… done that… it wasnt a pretty picture.
Forcing IPEnabled to stay true for non connected NIC in Windows 7 is not possible (although i believe XP maintains the TCP/IP binding on the ethernet card even after a cable is unplugged)… so thats out the window too.
The solution presented itself after half a pack of smokes (i wish i could give it up) and 3 cans of Red Bull…
I will create a .vbs file which executes on the host machien on boot up (sent from the DC), grab the ethernet nic MAC and the wireless MAC, then, through MySQL ODBC connection, will UPDATE every MAC address entry which it matches with the ethernet MAC for the wireless MAC. The file will then delete itself.
On shut down, the process is reversed - just in case we want to plug into local LAN again… ofcourse, turning off the automatic host mac registration feature in FOG is a must.
If anyone is interested, let me know and I can put the scripts up.
its 1:00am here so im not sure if my plan has any flaws in it just yet… i cant think of any, but if you can see issues with what I am proposing, then please let me know… and who knows… perhaps this could be a programmed feature in the next fog agent release to solve the wirelss vs wired MAC address conundrum (not sure if I spelled that correctly)…
Hi Guys
I was wondering if anyone of you could possible recompile the Fog Service for me. It sounds like a weird request, but I believe it will solve many issues for me when it comes to wireless devices post imaging.
AbstractFOGService.cs on line 405 tests for “IPEndabled” to locate MAC addresses on the computer.
I would like to simply change “IPEnabled” to “DHCPEnabled”
If anyone can do this for me that would be fantastic and would solve all my issues.
Right now, fog checks for tasks to run based on all MAC Addresses found in the system. It does this by making a call to getmacaddress which sounds noble enough, however, this function only looks for mac addresses which have a current connection. So… if you’ve imaged your laptop, once you go wireless you wont be able to send snap-in’s to it… correct?
unless you allow it to pick up the non connected mac address of the LAN interface which would have DHCP enabled (in my case it will anyway) thereby allowing snap-ins scheduled for the LAN interface to deploy on the wireless interface.
PLEASE HELP ME.
ok… a little update…
MOD_Snapinclient.cs shows:
"while (blGo)
{
// process every mac address on the machine
// to make sure we get all intended snapins
"
So, if I turn off [B]FOG_SERVICE_HOSTREGISTER_ENABLED[/B]
I still should be able to send snap ins to hosts on a wireless active MAC with a non-active original LAN MAC used to register the host in the first place.
OR
are only active or live NIC’s being used for processing?
Please help me out FOG GURU’s
Hi Guys
Need urgent help with this one…
I have fog 0.32 implemented and we are about to image 100+ lap tops. Obviously they will be wired to the switch through the LAN for imaging, however, with FOG agent installed, once they go wireless, how will I be able to send them snap-ins etc without having to connect them back to the switch via LAN?
the wiki says nothing other than “this content is not complete”.
I have thought about MAC spoofing the LAN address to the wireless, this is a whole can of worms… I have even though about manually changing the mysql database entries post imaging of the LAN Mac’s to the Wireless MAC’s.
I know other imaging solutions handle this by looking for computer name rather than MAC address.
PLEASE HELP…
Hi guys, not sure if you can help me… i hope you can.
I have fog 0.32 all set up and humming away, certain snap-ins asccociated with certain hosts etc. However, I would like fog to deploy 1 particular snap-in to all hosts on the system automatically at 10:00pm every day right after it has deployed the “wake on lan” task to every host in the database.
From my reading, I believe this cannot be done unless this particular snap-in was the only snap-in bound to the hosts…
Is there another way around this? I remember some time ago, a modification could be made to the PHP code that allowed a “send single snap-in to group” option… does that still work?
My only other alternative is to create a cron job in Fedora with a PHP scrip that will manually populate the Fog database to set an active task for all hosts…
Any input would be appreciated.
hey ssx4life
Nice tutorial.
one step further is to modify the FOG php code (forget the php file name) but where it displays individual hosts (with that ping function) you can add a “<a href='http://”.$HostIP.“:5500 target=‘_blank’>Remote to this host</a>” and you will get integrated VNC capability directly from the fog dashboard.
i used tight vnc for the host machien, and tiger VNC on my admin computer (i think it was tiger… its the one that has JAVA applet capability to load remote desktop sessions in the browser).
If you remember the php file that I am referencing above, id be more than happy to upload it…
I have started a personal crusade to bridge the divide between Zen Works and FOG. From the various questions I have asked a particular I.T Admin, I can ascertain the following:
BUT
It has some ‘big ticket’ items which is the reasons this particular admin moved away from fog (which I installed to get them out of a pinch when they had 350 hosts to image ASAP). Those items are;
SO FAR
Just because I am a spiteful pr*ck - I have taken an acer aspire 5735z laptop (the kind that Moses had when he downloaded the ten commandments) with fedora 15 and Fog 0.32. Fog was setup and ready to image / deploy in side 5 hours, within 3 days, I could accomplish 1., 2., and 3. from the above list out of the fog interface by making some changes to the php and the database.
I am way out of my depth when it comes to 4 and 5 above.
I seriously consider FOG to be a much better product than Zen. Can ANYONE explain to me what point 4 is above? and where would one start for point 5?