[fog] Multicast from storage node not working

[bart21]

Hi

 

We have had our fog server working really well for a year, i upgraded to 0,30 when it came out.

 

We have just started deploying windows 7, our fog server is nearly full of our xp images, which we want to keep for a while incase we need to roll back for any reason, so we are storing the 7 images on a storage node.

 

The fog server will multicast fine, however when i try to multicast an image that is on the storage node i get this error in the multicast.log on the fog server and clients sit on please wait.

[05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] * [05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] Checking if I am the group manager.

[05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] * [05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] I am the group manager.

[05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] | [05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] Task (19) DT is new!

[05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] | [05-11-11 2:05:06 pm] Task (19) DT failed to execute, image file not found!

 

Anyone got any ideas?

thanks

nick

[cpjitservices]

Is the right UPN Suffix correct for the storage node and image file ??

 

IE - \\stroage-node\images\win7

 

Rather than set to local destinations ?

[bart21]

Yes upn suffix is as above.

 

The storage node can deploy an image normally, but try multicasting the same image you get the above error.

[Chad]

Is the node the "Master" for your storage group? According to the forums, multicasting always takes place from the master node

 

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[bart21]

yes it is the master (only) node in that storage group.

[bart21]

anyone got any ideas on this? really need to get this sorted now.

[Chad]

Someone on the FOG forums reported that multicasting was broken with 0.30: Link

 

Rather than reverting to 0.29, you should be able to substitute the init.gz from 0.29 into your /tftpboot/fog/images folder. I use a similar setup after experiencing a number of problems with 0.30, and the speed and other issues I was seeing went away. I don't use multicasting though so can't say for sure if it will fix the problem you're seeing.