Unable to Configure the First OSD Server

TheCookieMonster · October 23, 2018, 12:32pm

Good Morning Guys,

I have been reading thru the documentation for OSD and I have not been able to configure the darn thing. Someone said it was going to be super easy.

I downloaded the OSD configuration manual I have read about 3 times Chapter 1 and 2 which is the configuration.
I when I was at some POT the guy mentioned that I should be able to pick the machine that will be the server. and deploy the plugin… all I see is that nothing is relevant to any system.
Do I need to copy the Task and blow away the relevance?
I would appreciate greatly some direction.

michele.t · October 23, 2018, 12:39pm

Hi
Bare Metal OSD server must be installed on a Windows relay. Do you have any of them in your environment?

TheCookieMonster · October 23, 2018, 12:47pm

Thank you Michele, Yes, we do have Windows relays.
So, where would I go to install the the bare metal OSD server.
When I checked, everything looks grayed it as you see. am I missing something :-/

michele.t · October 23, 2018, 12:58pm

If you open the “Health check” dashboard in OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging site, do you see any warning or error?

michele.t · October 23, 2018, 1:08pm

Is relay service running? Otherwise you won’t see machine as relevant

TheCookieMonster · October 23, 2018, 1:08pm

Yes, I see this.

michele.t · October 23, 2018, 1:12pm

It seems you did not subscribe the BigFix server to the “OS Deployment and Bare Metal imaging” site, as per first warning. Then you should activate the 3 analysis currently disabled.
Hence you can retry

I hope this helps

groesslf · October 23, 2018, 3:22pm

Hi

i do have the same problem, analysis are activated.

michele.t · October 23, 2018, 3:53pm

Hi Groesslf,
did you subscribe BigFix server to OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging site?

groesslf · October 23, 2018, 4:11pm

hi yes i subscibed all pc’s.
it is a fresh installation

TheCookieMonster · October 23, 2018, 4:22pm

If Im understanding correctly. you need to make sure first that you have Relays subscribe to this site.

Then you should be able to activate the Analyses (globally I suppose)
the SSL Encryption Analysis for OS deployment
Reimage Failure Information
Bare Metal Target Information

and then you should be able to see the relays in the Setup section under (Manage Bare Metal Servers)

groesslf · October 23, 2018, 4:26pm

i know this, can you tell me the relevance for the setup section.
i have done all the things, i is not my first installation… could i be a issue with windows server 2016 (i dont think so)

groesslf · October 23, 2018, 4:31pm

here a screenshot of the analysis

michele.t · October 24, 2018, 1:00pm

@TheCookieMonster: yes, you have to subscribe computers to the “OS Deployment and Bare Metal imaging” site
@groesslf: Windows Server 2016 should be supported as Bare Metal server machine. Relevance requires besrelay service is up and running

TheCookieMonster · October 24, 2018, 1:05pm

Thank you Michele, I dont have any systems subscribe since my Job Title is officially “Desktop Support” however, Im the main admin for all desktops using BigFix in the company. I have to jump thru hoops to get things done. Even if its for desktops. I will advice after I jumpt thru this hoop of what I understood I have to do:

Subscribe all computers (Desktops and Relays)
Enable globally the Analysis
I should be able to install the bare metal Server in a relay

JasonWalker · October 24, 2018, 2:19pm

The Analysis can be enabled globally or locally, works either way (for the operators who have it activated).

If I recall correctly, the action that is generated by the dashboard to install the bare metal server also checks whether there are pending restarts on the relay, so make sure the relay is not in a ‘pending restart’ state or reboot it ahead of time.

groesslf · October 24, 2018, 5:46pm

ok i got it to work, i think there is an issue with 9.5.10
i have installed agent and relay 9.5.8 and now it is working

michele.t · October 26, 2018, 7:22am

@groesslf
Hi, what you wrote sounds interesting…have you ever tried to open a case against BigFix to have official investigation from IBM support?

Thanks

StPearson · October 26, 2018, 12:41pm

Glad you got it working.

Would be nice to know what the root of the issue was. Could be something in the javascript in the dashboard is causing a problem. I haven’t played with it recently so I don’t know for sure, but I have seen this kind of issue with dashboards at times in the past. Ended up having to open a case with IBM to get it fixed.

I’ve thought about doing a BigFix OSD tutorial a few times because I don’t know that there is an “easy to follow” guide out there, and for someone new to either BigFix or OSD (and MDT) in general, it can be a little overwhelming. If I can ever find the time, I may try to do that one day. Good luck getting the rest of your OSD environment up and running!

michele.t · October 29, 2018, 9:34am

@Groesslf,
we figured out that it is a bug; we will fix it in next site update. If you want to open an official case against BigFix OSD, feel free.

Regards