[MacTUG] A deploystudio question

[Steve Hellyer]

Not enough details to really say. I think this is a terminology thing cause you lost me a bit.

> One question, when it rebuilds

When "it" rebuilds.  What is rebuilding?   Should not be any "rebuilding" as part of an image deployment.

So... you netboot your final perfect machine into deploystudio and you create the master this way. One of the workflows in DeployStudio is to create a master image from a client. It will grab the content of your drive and upload to your server, compress it, and then place it in your HFS folder.

This is the master you want to use as part of a new workflow to image.  You shouldn't have to update boot caches.  Makes me think you not creating master properly and this is so important ESPECIALLY if you plan on binding to a directory.

Is this the method you making your master images to put on the server?

Are you adding any package(s) install as an addition step after the client image is laid down on the client? This might cause a rebuild.

Steve

PS... Planning to have a 4 hour hands on seminar late in January in Waterloo/Guelph (Location TBD). Hope to be able provide more hands on tips with this.
Sorry it could not be sooner. :(



On 2009-12-18, at 11:54 AM, Donald Duff-McCracken wrote:

> So my first deploystudio lab rebuild is going great! Steve & Ed, as you both said it is a great product.
> 
> One question, when it rebuilds and starts the restart process the “updating boot cache” message appears. (I can’t remember the exact syntax but you likely know the one.) However, On about 5-10% of the machines, after it is rebuilt it hangs during the restart.
> 
> A forced reboot via the power button seems to fix things. Am I likely looking at problems with this ‘slap on the side of the head’ approach? If it does not automatically restart after the message appears about the boot cache, should I rebuild the troublemaker(s)?

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