im about to install clonezilla server on ubuntu server 22.04 or can i get away installing it on 24.04
also am i right in thinking clonezilla server is a DRBL server as after installing DRBL on the server i see no mention of installing clonezilla after on the server
do i enable DMA mode on the OS disk or my RAID disk where i want to put/save all the images i want to capture/deploy ie sda or sda1 or the RAID disk ie md1
i have only one NIC on this server, can i just get away with having one ip address or do i need an alias address aswell
sorry i dont understand how it installs clonezilla lite server on a server, or doesnt it, ie i always need that usb plugged in a server to host clonezilla lite server and also atm i have clonezilla saving images to a samba share, i imagine this will change to the images being saved on the clonezilla lite server ie sdb1?
Last edit: robina80 2025-05-06
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sorry im confused, instead of inserting a clonezilla usb in the client i want to instead host a clonezilla pxe server so clients pxe into and either save or restore an image usinga samba server for the image repository
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instead of using clonezilla lite server to multicast ie to spit the restore image to multiple computers at the same time can i start clonezilla lite server like a pxe boot server ie when i want to save/restore an image to a computer i just press F12 ie "network boot" into the clonezilla lite server from the client and either save or restore the image
i dont really want to use multicast as i dont plan to deploy to many computers at the same time
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hi all,
im about to install clonezilla server on ubuntu server 22.04 or can i get away installing it on 24.04
also am i right in thinking clonezilla server is a DRBL server as after installing DRBL on the server i see no mention of installing clonezilla after on the server
from this page
https://drbl.org/installation/01-prepare-server.php
do i enable DMA mode on the OS disk or my RAID disk where i want to put/save all the images i want to capture/deploy ie sda or sda1 or the RAID disk ie md1
i have only one NIC on this server, can i just get away with having one ip address or do i need an alias address aswell
this page
https://drbl.org/installation/03-setup-client.php
do i need to do this as already said my server has one NIC and i got a MS Domain controller to hand out DHCP leases and i just add option 66 67
one more thing does clonezilla server support "secure boot" when its enabled
thanks,
rob
Last edit: robina80 2025-04-24
I would suggest you try this one first:
https://clonezilla.org//fine-print-live-doc.php?path=clonezilla-live/doc/11_lite_server
It's much easier to get a good start.
Steven
hi steven, sorry for the delay in replying
sorry i dont understand how it installs clonezilla lite server on a server, or doesnt it, ie i always need that usb plugged in a server to host clonezilla lite server and also atm i have clonezilla saving images to a samba share, i imagine this will change to the images being saved on the clonezilla lite server ie sdb1?
Last edit: robina80 2025-05-06
ok so basically instead of pressing
"device-image"
i select "lite-server"
and then "start clonezilla lite live server"
what stage do i stop at as i said i already got a saved image on my smb share
how would i deploy the image to a computer on the network
Did you check this?
https://clonezilla.org//fine-print-live-doc.php?path=clonezilla-live/doc/11_lite_server
For the images, you have to mount the storage device as your image repository:
https://clonezilla.org//clonezilla-live/doc/11_lite_server/images/ocs-07-1-img-repo.png
Steven
Hi Steven,
sorry im confused, instead of inserting a clonezilla usb in the client i want to instead host a clonezilla pxe server so clients pxe into and either save or restore an image usinga samba server for the image repository
In that case, if you use Clonezilla lite server, something you have to do more.
After starting Clonezilla restoring job, you have to edit PXE config file, i.e.,
/tftpboot/nbi_img/grub/grub.cfg
/tftpboot/nbi_img/pxelinux.cfg/default
and add boot parameter "ocs_prerun" to mount your Samba server, or "ocs_repository".
For more info, please check
https://clonezilla.org//fine-print-live-doc.php?path=./clonezilla-live/doc/99_Misc/00_live-boot-parameters.doc#00_live-boot-parameters.doc
We will think about how to improve this to make it's easier.
thanks Steven,
instead of using clonezilla lite server to multicast ie to spit the restore image to multiple computers at the same time can i start clonezilla lite server like a pxe boot server ie when i want to save/restore an image to a computer i just press F12 ie "network boot" into the clonezilla lite server from the client and either save or restore the image
i dont really want to use multicast as i dont plan to deploy to many computers at the same time
Sure, it's easier if it's not massive deployment.