I have been working on getting our new ghost server set up using GSS 3.0 HF3, and have run into difficulty distributing our image using multicast.
When I distribute the image without the multicast option selected on the options screen for a task, the image deploys to the desired machines with no problem...but it seems that this puts more load on the server than need be so I would like to get the multicast working.
If I select either of the multicast options (session or peer-to-peer) the computers restart into automation, but then exit out of the ghost client after a minute or so and reboot back into windows. The computer displays the DAgent Service window, but it never opens ghost64.exe to attempt to connect to the cast session.
I thought this might be related to a new switch we had recently installed, so I manually set up a ghostcast session and joined each machine to it manually through a ghost boot usb. The ghostcast worked as intended and imaged the machines on the cast. So it shouldnt be a problem with our network setup blocking multicast or anything like that. It must be a configuration problem on either the server or client, but I am not sure what to look for at this point.
Any thoughts or ideas on my problem, or has anyone else run into something similar?