ggRock User Manual

User Manual Guide

This article outlines the purpose of all other sections of the ggRock User Manual.

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About ggRock - Table of Contents

This article serves as a table of contents for introductory to simplify navigation of these sections.

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Installation - Table of Contents

This article serves as a table of contents for all Installation-related articles to simplify navigation of these sections.

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Administration - Table of Contents

This article serves as a table of contents for all Administration-related articles to simplify navigation of these sections.

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Troubleshooting - Table of Contents

This article serves as a table of contents for all Administration-related articles to simplify navigation of these sections.

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How ggRock works

This article describes basic of ggRock diskless boot system, it's core concepts and absolute basics for beginners

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ggRock FAQ

This FAQ document is provided to try and address several common questions about ggRock.

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ggRock Licensing

This article describes general licensing information as well as license restrictions within ggRock

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Hardware Requirements and Hardware FAQ

This article helps the users make a right choice when it comes to hardware

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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ggRock Hardware Recommendations

Contains recommendations for use of ggRock, as well of the type of hardware for usage with PXE/iSCSI (diskless) boot servers.

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ggRock Hardware Specifications

This document contains only the essential server specifications for centers to use ggRock.

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ggRock Installation

This master articles describes the entire process of the ggRock installation from start to finish, including special cases

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Prepare Debian 10 OS Installation Media

This article describes the procedure for burning/writing a recommended Debian OS Netinstall ISO image to a USB Flash Drive.

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Install the Debian 10 OS on Your Server

This article describes the procedure for installing the recommended Debian 10 OS Netinstall ISO image.

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Appendix I: Multiple Server Network Interfaces

This article describes alternate steps for network configuration if your server has multiple Network Interface Cards installed.

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Appendix II: Debian OS Installation to a Software RAID Array

This article describes alternate steps for disk configuration if you elect to install the Debian OS to a software-based RAID1 Array.

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Appendix III: Install the GRUB Boot Loader

This article describes necessary steps for installing and configuring the GRUB boot loader to a software-based RAID1 array.

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Install Debian OS (Deprecated)

This article helps guide the user through the first step of the installation - Debian (Linux) OS

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Remote Access Configuration (Static IP)

This article explains how to set up a Static IP address for remote access to the server

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Debian OS Installation special case, step 11 - Install Debian to a RAID array (Deprecated)

This article helps guide the user through installation of Debian (Linux) OS on a RAID array

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Debian OS Installation special case, step 5 - Configure network (Deprecated)

This article expands on nuances of network configuration during Debian (Linux) OS installation

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Install the ggRock Server Application

This article describes necessary steps for installing the ggRock application for the first time.

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First-time Setup and Accessing the ggRock Server Application

This article describes necessary steps for accessing the ggRock Server Application (ggRock Web UI) for the first time.

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Configure the ggRock Array

This article describes necessary steps for first-time ggRock Array setup and configuration.

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Configure Client Machines for Network/Diskless (PXE) Boot

This article describes necessary steps for first-time system BIOS configuration for Network/Diskless (PXE) boot.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Create, Configure, and Test ggRock Images

This article describes necessary steps for first-time ggRock Image setup and configuration.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Install ggRock (Deprecated)

This article helps guide the user through the second step of the installation - installing ggRock application package

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Configure ggRock (Deprecated)

This article explains how to configure basic aspects of ggRock: Configure Array, import and set up Images and get Machines to boot

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Epic Games Launcher - Multiple System Images

This article describes steps necessary to mitigate extra administrative work when using the Epic Games Launcher with Multiple System Images.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Updating Games, Apps, or Other Software with ggRock (from a ggRock VM)

This article describes the general procedure for updating games, apps, or other software when using ggRock, using a ggRock VM.

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Updating Games, Apps, or Other Software with ggRock (from a Physical Machine)

This article describes the general procedure for updating games, apps, or other software when using ggRock, using a physical machine.

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Recommended Game Launcher Configuration

This article describes recommended game launcher configuration when installing to your games drive.

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ggRock Games Recommended Configuration

This article describes recommended configuration of games when installing them to your Games drive.

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Using a single ggRock Game Image with Multiple System Images

This article describes how to configure one game image to be used with multiple system images.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Configuring Recommended Windows Power Settings

This article explains necessary steps to configure power settings in Windows to support optimal performance and machine usage.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Alienware Command Center Installation

This article describes common steps necessary to install Alienware Command Center.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Extend a Volume to Fill an Expanded Drive

This article details the steps necessary to extend an existing partition on a drive to fill newly-added space.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Disabling Defragmentation

This article describes steps necessary to disable defragmentation in Windows.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Disabling Windows Updates

It is necessary to disable Windows Updates to prevent feature updates and other Windows-related updates from interrupting your center.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Update Windows System Image using Seamless Boot

This article describes necessary processes for installing the latest security updates or feature updates in a ggRock System Image.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Update Windows System Image using ggRock Image Creation Tool (Deprecated)

This article details the process updating Windows System Image for ggRock, including Windows 2004 and Windows 20H2+ (2020+)

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Adding a New Machine Type to a ggRock Image using the ggRock Seamless Boot Procedure

This article details processes for adding a new PC/motherboard type to an existing ggRock system image using ggRock Seamless Boot.

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Adding a New Machine Type to a ggRock Image using the ggRock Image Creation Tool (Deprecated)

This article details processes for adding a new PC/motherboard type to an existing ggRock system image using the ggRock Image Creation Tool.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Creating a System Image Using the ggRock Seamless Boot Process

This article describes the enhanced and simplified procedure of creating a system image using the ggRock Seamless Boot Process.

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Creating a System Image Using the ggRock Image Creation Tool (Deprecated)

This article details the (deprecated) process for creating a system image using the ggRock Image creation tool.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Machine Screen Resolution and Refresh Rate Settings

This article describes how to set the screen resolution and refresh rate of a ggRock Machine which has ggLeap installed.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Unable to install Microsoft Store apps when Windows Updates are disabled

This article describes how to go about installing updates for Microsoft Store apps when Windows Updates have been disabled.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Optimizing Network Card Settings

Network card is initialized at 100Mbps speed rather than 1Gbps speed.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Unable to change screen resolution in a VM

Installing the virtio Graphics Driver

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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How to Enable or Disable Windows Auto-Login

This article describes necessary steps to enable or disable the automatic login process for a user account in Windows.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Adding a New Machine Type to a ggRock Image using the ggRock IC Tool (Legacy Process)

This article details processes for adding a new PC/motherboard type to an existing ggRock system image.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Set Machine Hardware Name from ggRock

This article describes how the user can set the name for the Machines using ggRock and ggLeap

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Setting Up Windows

This article serves as a landing page for several Windows-related administration tasks.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Installing or Updating the ggLeap Client on a ggRock Machine

This article describes steps necessary to install or update the ggLeap client on a ggRock Machine.

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How to Install ggLeap to ggRock Machine

This article describes steps necessary to install the ggLeap client to a ggRock Machine.

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ggLeap Startup Commands with Diskless Boot

This article aims to explain the process of configuring ggLeap startup commands when using a diskless boot solution

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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How to Access the Debian ggRock Server Console

This article describes how to access the console of your Debian server running ggRock.

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How to check the status of the ggRock Service

This article describes steps necessary to check the status of the ggRock server application using systemctl.

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View the ggRock Server Log

This article describes steps necessary to view the log for the ggRock Server Application using journalctl.

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How to Check ggRock Server NIC Speed

This article describes steps necessary to check the NIC speed of your ggRock Server using the ifconfig command.

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ggRock Server NIC Teaming / Bonding / Link Aggregation

This article describes recommendations for bonding configuration between ggRock Server and Network Switches.

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Cannot perform a remote backup to a Debian target server due to disabled root SSH access

Unlocking SSH Under Root on Debian OS Target Server Via Terminal for Remote Backup

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Access Debian Control Panel

This article describes how to access Debian Control Panel and specifically Terminal section for simple CLI access

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Changing ggRock Network Card

This article describes steps necessary to change the network card installed in your Debian OS ggRock Server.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Set up persistent logging

This articles helps the user to set up persistent logging in Linux, ensuring that the logs are saved over server restarts and shutdowns

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Set up remote SSH access as root

This articles describes how the user can set their server to allow remote root connections over SSH

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Changing the Owner of a ggRock Server

This article describes steps necessary to change the owner user of a ggRock server (this is the user that can perform offline actions).

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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How to Convert your Array from RAID0-RAID10 and RAID10-RAID0

This article details steps necessary to convert from a RAID0 Array configuration to a RAID10 redundant configuration and back again.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Automated Snapshot and Writeback Removal

This article details the settings and usage of the automated snapshot and writeback removal facility within ggRock.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Administration

General administration guide

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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ggRock Web UI Overview

A visual guide to the new and improved ggRock Web UI

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Machines

A visual guide to the Machines tab and all of its features

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Virtual Machines

Creating and Using Virtual Machines

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Array

Addition, Removal, and Configuration of disks, management of arrays

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Array RAID Types

A guide to various configurable RAID array types

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Images

A visual and thorough guide to the Images tab.

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Portal

This article describes the "Portal" tab within the ggRock Web UI, which provides access to a mechanism to submit product ideas.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Settings

A visual and thorough guide to all settings available in ggRock

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Updates

This article describes the "Updates" tab within the ggRock Web UI.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Updating ggRock from the Command Line

This article describes the necessary steps to update ggRock from the command line.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Server Stats

This article describes the "Stats" tab within the ggRock Web UI.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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How Writebacks and Snapshots work

This article describes basic of ggRock diskless boot system, specifically how Writebacks and Snapshots are used to manage the Image changes

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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ggRock Security

This article is intended to outline main security concerns that we believe should be taken into consideration when planning the integration

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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ggRock Server and Application Ports

This article describes the ports required for functionality of the ggRock application and Debian server OS administration.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Separating System Image from Games Images in ggRock

Description of a request to hold system and game images on separate drives or arrays

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Image Creation Tool Manual (Deprecated)

A thorough guide to the (now deprecated) ggRock Image Creation Tool

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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ggRock Virtual Machines Administration manual

This article aims to help users set up their ggRock Virtual Machines (VMs) as well as manage and operate them

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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ggRock User Login Questions

Common questions centering around ggRock Login

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Stats (Grafana) Manual

This article aims at explaining different ways ggRock Stats (Grafana) can be utilized to monitor and troubleshoot existing issues

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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PXE Boot Across Subnets

This article details a request to configure ggRock Machine Boot in a more advanced scenario with multiple network segments/VLANs/Subnets.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Machines missing from Machines tab after Linux Kernel Update - HTTP 5xx Server Error No More network devices

This article details linux administration tasks necessary if a Linux kernel update results in an inability for ggRock to function.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock VM boot stuck on "Booting from SAN device 0x80"

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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How to update network configuration using the ggRock Image Creation Tool

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "Filename: http://xxxxxxxx... [connecting]

This article describes a scenario in which client PCs fail to boot due to an incorrect IP address.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Machine Boot stuck on "Could not boot image: Error 0x3d222083"

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ggRock Client Machine Blue Screen - "inaccessible boot device"

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "Start PXE over IPv4"

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "Nothing to boot: No such file or directory"

ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "Nothing to boot: No such file or directory"

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Machine Secure Boot Violation when booting with a UEFI BIOS

Secure Boot Violation Invalid signature detected. Check Secure Boot Policy in Setup Reset/Clear Cryptographic Keys Disable Secure Boot

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "No more network devices"

Connection timed out (http://ipxe.org/4c126092) No more network devices

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "Could not locate boot server."

Could not locate boot server

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "No boot filename received."

No boot filename received

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "proxyDHCP offers were received. No DHCP offers were received."

proxyDHCP offers were received. No DHCP offers were received.

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received."

No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received.

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "Media test failed, check cable."

Media test failed check cable

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on Windows loading icon (spinning dots)

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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck on "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key"

Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key BIOS Configuration ggRock Server Check

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Powering on all Machines in the center only results in a few being turned on

This article aims to help users understand why powering up their entire center through ggRock does not always result in all PCs turning on

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Empty UI but PCs boot, console displays "Failed to add dependency on libvirtd, ignoring: Unknown error -22"

systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/ggrock.service:3: Failed to add dependency on libvirtd, ignoring Unknown error -22

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Client Machine boot stuck, Array Full

This article details processes for clearing space in an array that is full in order to restore ggRock functions.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Powering on all Machines in the center only results in a few being turned on

Powering on multiple systems

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Cannot install .NET Framework 3.5

This article describes a scenario in which .NET Framework 3.5 can't be installed due to Windows Updates being disabled (which is required).

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Machine Displays "Activation Required" - How to Activate Windows

This article describes an issue where Windows prompts for Activation, which, which may be visible over the ggLeap (or other application) UI.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Troubleshooting

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Cannot access ggRock Web UI, This site can't be reached

This article describes a workaround and a solution to an issue which might prevent access to the ggRock Web UI.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Cannot boot one system, unable to delete from ggRock Web UI

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Cannot delete old snapshots to free up space (Internal Server Error)

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Cannot log into the ggRock Web UI

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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When using a RAID 5 Array, space is not displayed appropriately in the ggRock Web UI Array Tab

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Server Unreachable, ZFS crashing, ggrock-linux-configurator not updating IP

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Can't apply writeback "Keeping writeback for an old snapshot is not allowed"

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Web UI Inaccessible, ggRock Client Machines will not boot (Advanced)

This article describes a scenario where the root filesystem is full, resulting in Web UI inaccessibility and failure to boot Machines.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock indicates a VM is running when it is not, cannot control VM, internal server error

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Unable to locate target IQN errors in ggRock log

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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After a new installation of ggRock, unable to change password or log in due to being returned to the initial login screen (0.1.853 ONLY)

Change password screen appears briefly when logging in the first time on a new ggRock install, however the password cannot be changed.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock License Inactive - Expired

License Inactive - Expired appears in the ggRock Web UI. PCs will not PXE boot to ggRock successfully.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Slow machines and freezes - Network Cable Issue

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Booting Many ggRock Machines at Once Results in a large portion of the PCs not loading data on boot (files missing on System and Games drives)

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Machines consume twice the IP addresses. Double provisioning of IP addresses for ggRock

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Client Machine has either minor hardware differences, or has the same hardware but requires re-installing drivers to function

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Client Machine Blue Screen "IO1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED"

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Network Driver and RAM Issues

This article describes a scenario which resulted in ggRock Machine hangs, blue screens, and general instability.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Client Machine Used to Build Image - Cannot Boot to System Image

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Realtek 9.1.410.2015 Driver Renders Windows 10 20H2 Installation Unusable

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock System Image Windows Driver Installation (Missing Device Drivers)

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Client Machine Black Screen with Mouse Cursor Only

A black screen with only a mouse cursor is displayed

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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BIOS Update Troubleshooting

BIOS Update results in failure to boot to ggRock

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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NIC stuck on 10/100 speed

This article aims to help users resolve any issues with server or client NICs being stuck on using 10/100 Mb instead off full 1Gb and above

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Detected Hardware Unit Hang

This article aims to help users troubleshoot Detected Hardware Unit Hang errors that usually lead to heavy performance impact on client PCs

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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Esportal AntiCheat Causes Systems Freezes and Slowness

This article describes a (yet-unresolved) issue which corresponds to the installation of the Esportal software on a ggRock-managed Machine.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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ggRock Machines Have Incorrect Drive Letter for Games Image

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Call of Duty: Warzone accounts shadowban using ggRock

This article is created with the goal to help users experiencing their center CoD:Warzone accounts being shadowbanned troubleshoot the cause

Written by Mikhail Neverov
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ggRock Client Machine Boot Loop With ggLeap Message "Restarting machine because an application update or other critical settings have been changed"

Boot Loop With ggLeap Message "Restarting machine because an application update or other critical settings have been changed"

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Trust Factor Issues - ggLeap Client

This article describes issues related to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and ggLeap statistics gathering.

Written by Jacob Pitcher
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