Converting all known systems to Unknowns

We offer only baremetal OSD using boot key. So we blindly target all known and unknown systems (~90k systems) even while knowing most majority of imaging works on unknown systems ( new employee etc) with small percentage aimed at re-image of known systems.
Everytime an OSD admin makes a task sequence change, we go through the policy storm across infrastructure bringing MPs down to its knees.
So my question is what is the easiest way to make all known systems as unknown systems (ofcourse without deleting 80k records)
I am seriously considering changing stored procedure to return MP query as imaging machine is a unknown system. I know this is unsupported etc etc. But this greatly reduces the risk of policy storm whenever new TS is advertised to all systems. Can anyone
share some insight on this ? Is there a better way to handle this scenario given the way we use OSD? We do have process guidance to not to do TS changes during business hours etc. But all these are soft controls. I am looking for more technical solution to
prevent targeting to known systems yet provide them option to re-image.

you may try to select task sequence to run on specified platform which is not present in the enviornment from the advanced tab of the properties.
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We have refreshed an ECC system, and during the post steps in BI, we were running into issues.
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One in particular was causing several problems, and terminating the conversion.
0FC_CI_01. It is still hanging on to the old logical system. BDLS terminates with the following information:
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Eventually, through a series of trials, we discovered we could assign non-active sourcesystem/logical system combinations to the objects. As a result, we deleted the source systems entirely, ran BDLS to the ECCCLNTYYY, then recreated the sources.
This finally worked. What I need now is a root cause. Why would BI refuse to change the logical system of an object to an active one, but have no problem with an inactive?

Mike,
After running BDLS, you need to replicate the source system in BW, change the contents of the target host and fields for all R/3 and Data Mart(note 184754). Update the target BW system name in table T000 using SM30. Change logical system name in all BW tables using BDLS (note 325525)
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[http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/805eefcd-5428-2d10-c0ab-dc27a95b2c81?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true]
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From what I understand after reading this article in the wiki LVM is an underlying layer below the partitions that you usually work with. Basically a structure on the HDD on top of which you have your partitions and file systems.
Now, before asking my – hopefully not embarrassingly stupid – question, I should probably describe my situation:
I have two HDDs here, one of which is currently in use. Both are the same model and could be used interchangeable, they contain different data though.
· The first one, currently in use, contains /boot and three encrypted (via dm_crypt) partitions which each contain one file system (2* ext4, 1* reiserfs)
· The second one, currently lying around and only being mounted occasionally, contains one big ntfs partition encrypted with TrueCrypt
I have never worked with LVM but I would like to at least broaden my knowledge with experience so I can – when I set up my next system some time – make better informed decisions. Ideally I would "convert" my current system into something that's better to use and needs less different solutions patched together than it does now.
What I would like to have is a system with both hard drives (probably more added later) to be ready after boot with my current partitions (/boot, /, /var and /home) mounted while the second, currently only sporadically used HDD, is "integrated" in /home. And all of that (except /boot of course) should remain encrypted.
I know that I have to format the NTFS drive and as it should be part of /home – which currently is an encrypted (via dm_crypt) ext4 partition – it probably needs to be ext4. I expect it to be problematic to have a Logical Volume spread across one dm_crypt-encrypted drive and one TrueCrypted though I am not entirely clear on whether the encryption would be on top of the LVM volumes or vice versa. Anyway I assume I have to decrypt the TrueCrypt drive and encrypt it again with dm_crypt. Unless that would be dumb and you suggest something different?
The second drive (NTFS wrapped in TrueCrypt) can be completely wiped if necessary (most probably the easiest approach).
Apart from "Is that possible and/or a good idea or would you suggest not to switch to LVM and do something different (integrate the second drive in my dm_crypted system maybe?)?" my question is: "How would I tackle this problem; what would be the starting point and how could I make sure I don't accidentally erase all the data on /boot, /, /var and /home as I would like to keep my current system?"
I hope it's somehow understandable what I'm trying to do, if not please do ask.
Last edited by venehan_snakes (2011-08-30 14:52:29)

I get the impression you want to do this without backing up your data - if that is the case, you are certifiably crazy and should seek help immediately.
Bet let's assume you're not crazy, and have backed up everything. The next step is to go to the LVM section of the wiki's LUKS page, and implement one of the solutions there.

Easy access to ALL known & potential technicalproblems

Update on bug reports.
Forte support got back with me and told me that they are planning to put many
more bugs out there on their web site - so this may help. We'll see.
Regards,
Peggy Adrian
[email protected]
---------------------- Forwarded by Peggy Lynn Adrian/AM/LLY on 11/05/97 10:37
AM ---------------------------
"Crickmay, Leslie" <[email protected]> on 11/04/97 01:05:42 AM
Please respond to "Crickmay, Leslie" <[email protected]>
To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
cc:
Subject: Easy access to ALL known & potential technical problems
Dear Forte
I support the comments of Renato and Peggy (see below) completely.
I understand the sensitivity you may feel about making "bugs" known to
unfriendly parties, but we in South Africa are finding that transparancy
is the best route in the long haul, despite being open to unfair
criticism and the like.
Please make the Forte technical problems easily accessible to all and if
you want to go the final mile then give us a category of reporting for
problems that have not even yet been validated by you.....I believe you
will get a lot of help from your user community in validating many of
the problems, if only by confirmed experience.
Let us get the job done as a team! Long live Forte....
LES
================================================
Les Crickmay - MD Systems (PTY) Ltd
-----Original Message-----
From: Peggy Lynn Adrian [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 1997 11:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re[2]: Problem of lack of resources ?
Renato wrote:
Since this problem has already been reported, it would be nice to know
of a rerpository (viewable by all) of all bugs reported, turn-arounds
if any, and a statement by Forte on what they are doing about these
reported bugs. Does an up-to-date on-line repository exist?
...Renato
I want to WHOLEHEARTEDLY support what Renato is requesting. Forte has bug
lists/reports out on their web site but this doesn't list all known bugs (I
was told and I have experienced). It would be nice to be able to see the
"validated" (by Forte) list of bugs so we don't waste ours and Forte's time
in
reporting them and also to plan for workarounds that are available -
(workarounds should be listed too).
Peggy Adrian
Global Forte Support
Eli Lilly and Company
[email protected]
---------------------- Forwarded by Peggy Lynn Adrian/AM/LLY on 11/03/97
04:02
PM ---------------------------
Renato MiHaly <[email protected]> on 11/03/97 11:44:46 AM
Please respond to Renato MiHaly <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
Van Vuong <[email protected]>
cc:
Subject: Re[2]: Problem of lack of resources ?
Since this problem has already been reported, it would be nice to know
of a rerpository (viewable by all) of all bugs reported, turn-arounds
if any, and a statement by Forte on what they are doing about these
reported bugs. Does an up-to-date on-line repository exist?
...Renato
______________________________ Reply Separator
Subject: RE: Problem of lack of resources ?
Author: Van Vuong <[email protected]> at Unixgate
Date: 03/11/97 11:38 AM
This problem has been reported to Forte Tech Support. We were having
similar problems, developing on Windows 95 with 32 MB RAM. They have
told us that the problems will be addressed in 3.0.F
Van Vuong
Lead Technical Analyst
Office: 972.985.5289
VoiceNow: 972.330.0822
Internet: [email protected]
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From: Kamran Amin[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 1997 7:17 AM
To: '[email protected]'; 'Cristina Tomacelli'
Subject: RE: Problem of lack of resources ?
We are also having problems similar to what you have described. I have
not reported this to tech. support because it happens
infrequently. Most of our problems happen when we are trying to update,
integrate, and compile. Debug seems to be working fine.
The strange thing to me is that my PC has 64 meg and I am allocating 54
meg to Forte. I thing there are some internal problems with
3.0 working on 95. I never had this problems on NT. Hopefully the next
release will solve the problem.
Kamran Amin
Technical Leader, Software Engineering
[email protected]
203-459-7362 - CT, Trumbull
Oxford Health Plans
http://www.oxhp.com/
From: Cristina Tomacelli[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 1997 6:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Problem of lack of resources ?
Hi all,
we are developing using Forte' 3.0.E on Windows 95 and Windows NT client,
with 32 MB RAM. We are experiencing some strange behaviours. When we
update, integrate, compile or debug from the client Forte', the client pc
slows down terribly and frequently blocks at all. We can overcome the
problem for update, integrate and compile if we use FSCRIPT, but we have no
solution for the debugger.
It has happened that we clicked on the debugger button and after 20 minutes
it hadn't started yet ! (obviously we gave up). In this case specific, the
application was built in Express and it WASN'T very big !
If we try doing the same operations from a NT server with 128 MB RAM we
have no problems.
Is it a problem of resource lack ? What's the recommended platform /
configuration ? Perhaps NT client with 64 MB RAM ?
TIA
Regards
Cristina Tomacelli
Cristina Tomacelli - CSI Piemonte
Corso Unione Sovietica, 216 - 10134 TORINO - ITALY
E-mail address: [email protected]
Telephone Number: +39-11-3168847

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After running BDLS on our BW system to convert from logical system DV1220 to ED2CLNT220 we found that the source system assignments for our datasources are not getting converted. Specifically table RSISOSMAP which holds the mapping between the infosource and the OLTP system. We did check several of our ODS's and Info-cubes and the logical system were changed from DV1220 to ED2CLNT220.
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