I’m using the instructions here:
[url]http://www.bauer-power.net/2011/09/how-to-deploy-fog-service-client-from.html[/url]
Then you can push it out any way you want, gpo, script, or just have an installer that doesn’t ask for anything when you run it.
I have used the feature in the past without issues, it just seems once we pushed out SP1 to win 7 we started to see this issue.
The rebooting instead of logout doesn’t bother me, but the fact that it does not register activty does.
I put in a bug at:
[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/auto-log-out-restarting-even-during-activity.1136/[/url]
I have:
forcerestart=0
I know the default behavior is for it to restart in order to log out. But this is happening even if i am sitting typing an email.
It seems with Windows 7 with SP1 the auto log out feature of the FOG service is restarting machines even if activity has occurred during the proposed time out.
I set the timeout for log out to 5 minutes and went about surfing around the web, and it would still shut down with mouse and keyboard inputs even up to the point where it started shutting the machine down.
The entry in the log reads:
8/11/2012 10:31 PM FOG::AutoLogOut restarting computer due to inactivity
Event Viewer reads:
The process C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (ECH) has initiated the restart of computer ECH on behalf of user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM for the following reason: No title for this reason could be found
Reason Code: 0x80070015
Blackout gave me some more information to go on, i’m currently looking into the source of the printer manager.(no promises)
I think it has to do with the prinui commands used for a network printer install which I think it does by an per machine enumerated install.
afmrick I don’t think you understand what this is doing. it is loggingout/restarting the machines when a user is logged on working. So if you set the timoue for 5 minutes, when 5 minutes has passed, it is rebooting no matter what is going on.
Just got hit with this issue on a couple new HP’s for a lab. Hoping I can work through it by disabling [SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#333333]UEFI[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#333333]EDIT: I was able to skip all my problems with UEFI by physically moving the sata port the dvd drive was plugged into on the motherboard, then booting to the legacy atapi option. That allowed me to skip the whole GPT issue.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
You will probably need use something like wireshark and look for the packets to see how far they are getting.
it uses UDP port 9 i believe so you may have to allow that to go in your router also.
Also you may want to remember that allowing ip-directed broadcast has the ability to flood your network with broadcast across sub nets unless you put something in place to mitigate that.
Shows here as well under windows 7 Chrome 20.0.1132
You aren’t running any extensions like no script or are you?
Issue solved.
It was a driver issue. The standard ubuntu driver was not working the way it should.
The driver is located here:
[url]http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netxtremeii.php[/url]
For the Broadcom card listed above you want the bnx2 and it is a simple make install to get it working. Hope this helps someone else.
Put me on the right track for checking the driver.
So i haven been working to get multicast working on our FOG server.
The network is configured correctly as I have a basic VM loaded with FOG and it is able to multicast fine.
Fresh install of FOG on Ubuntu 10.04 on our physical host, ubuntu updated.
Physical host is a dell 2950 server with Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit E thernet (rev 12)
All passwords are defaulted for testing purposes.
Logs Below.
[CODE]Multicast LOG:
[05-24-12 11:51:12 am] * Starting FOG Multicast Manager Service
[05-24-12 11:51:17 am] * [05-24-12 11:51:17 am] Checking for new tasks every 10 seconds.
[05-24-12 11:51:17 am] * [05-24-12 11:51:17 am] Starting service loop.
[05-24-12 11:51:17 am] | [05-24-12 11:51:17 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:51:27 am] | [05-24-12 11:51:27 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:51:37 am] | [05-24-12 11:51:37 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:51:47 am] | [05-24-12 11:51:47 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:51:57 am] | [05-24-12 11:51:57 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:52:07 am] | [05-24-12 11:52:07 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:52:17 am] | [05-24-12 11:52:17 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] * [05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] I am the group manager.
[05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] | [05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] Task (1) 111 is new!
[05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] | [05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] Task (1) 111 image file found.
[05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] | [05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] Task (1) 111 2 clients found.
[05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] | [05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] Task (1) 111 sending on base port: 63100
[05-24-12 12:18:19 pm] CMD: gunzip -c “/images/745test” | /usr/local/sbin/udp-sender --min-receivers 2 --portbase 63100 --interface eth0 --half-duplex --ttl 32 --nokbd
[05-24-12 12:18:24 pm] | [05-24-12 12:18:24 pm] Task (1) 111 has started.
[05-24-12 12:18:34 pm] * [05-24-12 12:18:34 pm] Checking if I am the group manager.
[05-24-12 12:18:34 pm] * [05-24-12 12:18:34 pm] I am the group manager.
[05-24-12 12:18:44 pm] * [05-24-12 12:18:44 pm] Checking if I am the group
[05-24-12 12:23:45 pm] | [05-24-12 12:23:45 pm] Task (1) 111 is no longer running.
[05-24-12 12:23:45 pm] | [05-24-12 12:23:45 pm] Task (1) 111 will not be cleaned yet (5 min delay).
[05-24-12 12:23:55 pm] * [05-24-12 12:23:55 pm] Checking if I am the group manager.[/CODE]
[CODE]Scheduler
[05-24-12 11:51:12 am] * Starting FOG Task Scheduler Service
[05-24-12 11:51:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:51:12 am] Checking for new tasks every 60 seconds.
[05-24-12 11:51:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:51:12 am] Starting service loop.
[05-24-12 11:51:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:51:12 am] Looking for shared library information…
[05-24-12 11:51:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:51:12 am] shared library found.
[05-24-12 11:51:12 am] | [05-24-12 11:51:12 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:52:12 am] | [05-24-12 11:52:12 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:53:12 am] | [05-24-12 11:53:12 am] Failed to use database: fog
[05-24-12 11:54:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:54:12 am] Checking if I am the group manager.
[05-24-12 11:54:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:54:12 am] I am the group manager.
[05-24-12 11:54:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:54:12 am] No tasks found.
[05-24-12 11:55:12 am] * [05-24-12 11:55:12 am] Checking if I am the group manager.[/CODE]
The clients hang at the please wait screen, and the task is eventually cleaned.
I’m not sure what the “failed to use database” means, or if it means anything.
The fact I can send a mutlicast with a VM but not a physical box doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. same network, same switches, same clients.
Unicast works great and always has.
Any help is appreciate.
EDIT:
multicast.log.udpcast says:
tail -f multicast.log.udpcast.2
Timeout notAnswered=[0,1] notReady=[0,1] nrAns=0 nrRead=0 nrPart=2 avg=10000
Timeout notAnswered=[0,1] notReady=[0,1] nrAns=0 nrRead=0 nrPart=2 avg=10000
Timeout notAnswered=[0,1] notReady=[0,1] nrAns=0 nrRead=0 nrPart=2 avg=10000
Timeout notAnswered=[0,1] notReady=[0,1] nrAns=0 nrRead=0 nrPart=2 avg=10000
Dropping client #0 because of timeout
Disconnecting #0 (IP)
Dropping client #1 because of timeout
Disconnecting #1 (IP)
I understand.
Just wanted to give this a bump so no one forgets about it.
It’s also best practice to defrag and perform a chkdsk before uploading your images if you aren’t already.
I have done this using an old dell laptop and a cheap netgear workgroup switch. You probably won’t be able to do any multicast or things like that, but for imaging a lab of machines, it works great.
I would not plug the fog server into the campus switch because you will have machines that pickup a dhcp address from your “mobile” fog box.
I would let the mobile box do everything, dhcp etc. plug the machines you want to image into the switch you bring with you pxe boot them and go to town.
When you look at active task, it tells you if the host was set to image through the mobile interface or auto registration.
It would be nice for this information to carry on into the imaging log. So that you could look at a specific day and see 4 machiens were imaged via mobile, 2 via auto registation and 10 were done via the management window.
It would be even better if the users that scheduled the task could be shown also.
[quote=“chad-bisd, post: 2520, member: 18”]I will start experimenting with FOG printers in Windows 7 Pro 32 bit using FOG 0.32.
My plan is to add printers to FOG server.
[LIST=1]
[]Record status of interactive services detection service
[]Assign printers to hosts
[]Verify printers on the host
[]Remove printers from host
[]Add same printers back to host
[]Report my findings.
[/LIST]
[/quote]
Have you had a chance to test this yet?
Just trying to get things documented over here now.
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I would disable the task reboot, and auto log out services globally in the FOG management under fog configuration. That should fix or narrow down the issue.