Thanks for the reply @george1421 I was able to change the time on the FOG server (Ubuntu 18 LTS) using this website as a reference for the commands.
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/how-to-set-or-change-timezone-date-time-ubuntu
This updated the time on the GUI for the reports. I was not sure if I had to do it on the FOG storage servers but I did it on them (I have 2) as well just in case.
Thanks for the help.
I was looking for an option on the FOG GUI to change the time. I notice there is an option to change the time zone but no option to input the time. This would be great to make sure the image reports have the correct times.
Is there another area where I can change the time or possibly add an NTP server address?
Do I have to perform the same process to update the time on the storage nodes?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
That is the screen I got but then when all of the PCs that are in the group or listed on the client count were connected. The multicast started. I think you just need to make sure all of the clients are connected and PXE booted to FOG to join the Multicast session and start the deployment. Say for example you have a group of computers of let’s say 10 PCs and you start the multicast for them. This screen is what you will get when they are in the cue waiting for the rest to connect to the multicast on FOG. Once all 10 are connected, the image will start.
If you have 1 or 2 PCs in the CUE but not working then select the PCs and cancel the task. This will start the Multicast Task on the ones that did CUE up.
At least that’s what happens with me.
Hope this helps.
@george1421 Thanks for the reply when I do 1 capture and 1 deployment the average time for 60GB of data used on a 512 SSD is about 12 min for Capture and 16 min for deployment. The speed is usually around 3 to 5 GB/min. The issue is when I keep adding more. The more I add the more time it takes and the speed goes from GB to MB sometimes less than 100MB/min. @Tom-Elliott suggested I try deploying with multicast so I will give that a try and see if that makes it faster.
Thanks for the reply
@Sebastian-Roth said in How long should it take to deploy and image on average?:
connect one of your PCs
Thanks for the reply. This is how I am doing it:
once the image capture is complete, I then boot the client computers to PXE and on the PXE FOG menu I select deploy image type in the username and password and then select the image to deploy (is this the Unicast way?) I do this for all 12 PCs
If I am doing 1 PC it goes pretty quick like 16 min the issue is when I keep adding more. The estimated time increases and the rate goes down like a lot from 3 Gb into the 100Mb or less than that.
Is this normal? What should I look out for?
Thanks for the help
I just got back from MDT and due to some unforeseen circumstances I now have to use FOG again. Last time I used it was about 2003 2005 ish not sure but its been a while. I had to set up everything and kind of relearn FOG in a way since the GUI changed (currently using 1.5.9-RC2) a lot from when I started using it. I do remember it being really quick to deploy images to PCs so that’s why I thought about using it again.
What is happening is that it is taking very long to deploy my images. On the Old FOG, I remember deploying to 30pc would take about 45 min to a 1 hr or 1 1/2 hr for a 60GB image over a 1GB network with several HOPS.
Now for 12 PCs, it tasks about 4hrs with fewer HOPS
I don’t know what I am doing wrong with this new FOG setup. I notice in the forums that there is a new compression used but don’t quite understand the use of it. I did notice a table with the compression and decompression speeds but not sure if I am doing the process correctly.
I have tried capturing a new image (about 60GB) with Partclone Zstd 6 and 11 but all I get is a fast capture time (about 10 to 14 min I think maybe because its only one PC to capture) but when I deploy it takes about 4 hrs on average for 12 PCs. All the PCs are exactly the same all are connected to a cisco Gig network switch the FOG server has 2 storage nodes (total of 3 including the master FOG) set to the default of 10 connections/pcs all FOGs are Virtual on VMWare Vcenter on a Cisco Mini UCS system
What I am looking for is a faster deployment. I don’t mind the capture time since usually its only 1 PC. The decompression on the client systems should be okay since its mostly newer hardware PCs like SSDs and Multithreading CPUs with 4 to 8 GB ram on them.
Any suggestions or tips are very welcome.
Do not want to go back to MDT
Thanks in advance