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You can get it manually from MySQL through CLI.

mysql
use fog
select sID, sName from snapins;

@abos_systemax said:

@Tom-Elliott We are one of them people…(we setup the LVM with everything on one partition) Mostly because I do not know any best practices in terms of this setup.
Does FOG has a ‘best practice’ in terms of disk layout and setup? As said, we are still busy with the initial implementation and everything tackled in this phase is a job done.

the CentOS 7, Fedora 21, and Fedora 23 tutorials in the Wiki outline a partitioning scheme.

Putting everything on one partition will only cause disaster in the future if the drive fills up, and it will suck severely.

You use the same image for multiple hardware? Why does it say “Windows couldn’t complete the installation”? What’s installing? Is the image sysprepped?

We have more complete documentation for CentOS 7 than we do for Ubuntu 16 - that’s fully my fault, I have been putting off creating an article detailing steps for Ubuntu 16…

But, you can still use it, it’s not hard. Use FOG Trunk. Follow this guide to get fog trunk:
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Upgrade_to_trunk

Then, substitute the appropriate commands in there with ones found in here:
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7131/fog-on-ubuntu-16-04-php7/26

Alternatively,
It’s not too late to just use CentOS 7. I have a full article on every step here, pay close attention to the HDD partitioning section, there’s even a video to guide you.
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=CentOS_7

@Sebastian-Roth said:

Hmmm, not sure if this might still be an issue in FOG trunk. I guess we don’t test interface other than eth0 very often. Do you mean, even telling the installer to use eth1 (for example) will set eth0 in storage management interface setting??

It’s fixed in fog trunk. And he’s talking about the interface that is stored in the DB for the default storage node that gets created at install.

Yes, just disable it in service before taking the image.

Here’s a post that shows how, This particular person was experiencing a particular problem in this post, but these issues have since been resolved in the current FOG Client. What he says about enabling the service is still valid.

@boeleke @Psycholiquid said in Rename fails but adds client to domain.:

Ok using SVN 3702 with Client 0.9.0 I am getting the following happening:

I create the image in Audit mode
Install all software and updates Install FOG Service software 0.9.0

In the SetupComplete.bat I have the following commands

sc config FOGService start= auto
net start FOGService

Set windows to OOBE and reboot uploading image to FOG server.

Once complete I push the image out to one of the hosts I have setup in FOG right now. IT runs through the whole image setup and completes to the Desktop.

From there is joins the domain without trying to rename the computer at all. This create a problem as there will be multiple computers all trying to join the domain under the same name causing a trust issue in the process.

Here is the log from the computer I just did. Keep in mind this one is constantly rebooting due to it trying to change the name after it has already joined the domain:

fog.log

Source: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/5490/rename-fails-but-adds-client-to-domain/27

@jkepple2003 I asked you to search the forums and wiki. If you had done that you would have found these:
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7131/fog-on-ubuntu-16-04-php7/26
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ubuntu_16.04

@abulhol said:

If this is fixed in FOG 1.3, that’s fine, but please also add this troubleshoot to https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshoot_FTP#Images_stuck_in_.2Fimages.2Fdev

Added.
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Troubleshoot_FTP#Interface

@x23piracy Sometimes, when your unattend.xml (and any other processes) during post-deployment are happening, the fog client will interrupt the process with a host rename and reboot. This is why we recommend to disable it. Setting it to delayed start could be a solution for you, but you’d sort of be playing with fire, especially on slower machines where the delay isn’t long enough to allow post-deployment processes to happen.

Maybe someone else has an idea.

There is now a “FOG Hangouts” group here on the forums. It’s open for all to join. Being in this group will mean getting email notifications about future FOG Hangouts.

https://forums.fogproject.org/groups/fog-hangouts
Anybody interested in hangouts should join the group!

haha Tom beat me to it by seconds.

@Arrowhead-IT I removed the copy self line so that doesn’t run, as I’m just running the script from the c:\ drive.

I want all users to use the same profile defaults, so I don’t need more than one.

I named the group “default” when prompted, and then in the deployment script I just hard coded “default” where it normally grabs the group arguments.

We have tutorials on setting up FOG trunk on CentOS 7, guides you step by step. FOG Trunk works on Optiplex 7040 - at my work we imaged over 1k 7040s this summer in about 1.5 weeks - among other imaging tasks for other models.

The learning curve - there is one. But I feel there’s a learning curve too with WDS - and WDS isn’t as functional or fast - and Microsoft does not have nowhere near as good of support as FOG has - and that’s the honest truth.

For building the server, I recommend following this:
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=CentOS_7

For help with uploading your first image, follow this:
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Booting_into_FOG_and_Uploading_your_first_Image

I would recommend using the new fog client to allow automatic domain joining, among other things it can do.

Our wiki is just bursting with information - You’ll find about everything you would ever need in there. Of course you are more than welcome to create a thread about any problems you have - no matter how simple the question is. Generally, you’ll get a reply pretty fast (like now).

@inafog9 https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Upgrade_to_trunk

I’d recommend the Git or SVN methods. If you have trouble with the written instructions, there are videos in there too at the bottom.

Ok, update.

For whatever reason, the profile didn’t apply for one account, but trying another and it DID apply!

Weird…

If you want the computers named for you and joined to the Domain for you, you must register.

Registration is one time per computer, and saves many hours of work in the future.

I can’t imagine managing all the computers at work without all of fogs features.

To put things in perspective - with Ghost, which has no auto naming, no domain joining, no automated post imaging processes, it took a team of 2 to 3 technicians to image and post - configure 30 computers in a lab. Keep in mind they are all in one room, not spread out. And we used multicast too. 3 to 4 hours.

With all that fog offers, it now takes one technician a few minutes to start it, they then go off and do something else, and come back to a completely ready to use lab - in 8 minutes total with multicast or 45 minutes with unicast.

1 person at work recently imaged 350 computers in a day - didn’t put physical hands on a single one of them. He played YouTube on his phone and some time later - done in total. You will never be able to do what he did without registration.

Imagine a virus hits all your computers. If you didn’t register - how long is it going to take you to image everything and post-configure? For me because all my computers are registered (500 at one site, 1200 at another) it’ll take me before lunch and I won’t leave my desk.

@Sebastian-Roth said:

Had a long and winding chat session and turns out that he cannot disable DHCP on the router (Asus RT-N53) because he does not have login creds to it.

It should have a reset button on the back, if you hold it in long enough while the device is powered on, the device should restart with all defaults loaded. Then, it’s a matter of using Google to find the default credentials.

@Arrowhead-IT said in Cortana/Windows Search breaks in default profile:

Did the profile that didn’t get created perhaps already have a user folder?

Totally possible.

there are some group policies in Computer Config → Admin Templates → System → Logon to implicitly stop the sign-in animation/getting started welcome screen.

I’ll look into that.

So it isn’t a 100% flawless system.

Still planning on doing a re-write… I’m just still wrapping my head around Win10 profiles and trying different things still.

@Joe-Gill said in FOG Multicast Issues / AD Join Issue:

I might have 1 or 2 or 8 hosts out of a multicast session that do this. I haven’t had one session go perfect where every single host is successful from the beginning.
Is their any particular reason this occurs?

Bad patch cables, bad drops, bad ports on the switch, loose connections. The simple things commonly cause this.

@falko Can you resolve github’s IP from your fog server? Also, you can get links to the FOG Client releases here: https://github.com/FOGProject/fog-client/releases so you can see if you can manually download them.