Analysis of GSS 3.2 RU5 functionality with SMBv1 protocol disabled

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

Introduction

This document contains details about the analysis done for GSS 3.2 RU5 functionality when the SMB v1 protocol is disabled on the GSS server and client computers.
Environment Details
Following are the environment details on which analysis was conducted.

• GSS 3.2 RU5 Server: Installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 (All components installed on the same server)
• SQL Server: SQL ENT Server 2016
• GSS Clients: Windows 7 Enterprise and RHEL 7.1
• SMB v1 is OFF and SMB v2 is ON on the GSS server and on the client computers. To verfiy the SMBv1 status, use the following PowerShell command:
  • Get-SmbServerConfiguration
• Domain details: GSS server and clients computers in the domain and domain user context is used for analysis. 

Resolution

Observations

Sr.No.	Use case	Results with comments	Resolution/Workaround tried to execute failed use cases
1	GSS 3.2 main installation with Simple Install mode	Pass
2	GSS 3.2 main installation with Custom Install mode	Pass
3	Release Update upgrade (GSS 3.2 RU5) on top of for Simple and Custom	Pass
4	Launching of GSS Console	Pass
5	Lunching of PXE configuration utility	Pass
6	Execution of Wait task	Pass
7	Remote Agent Installation for Windows through GSS Console - Push method	Pass
8	Remote Agent Installation for Linux - Pull method	Pass
9	Lunching of Driver manager utility from GSS Console	Pass
10	BDC – Package import and configuration creation	Pass
11	Copy File task Local (Windows and Linux)  clients	Pass
12	Copy File task Remote on Windows and Linux  clients	Pass
13	Run Script task on Windows and Linux  clients	Pass
14	Power Control tasks on Windows and Linux clients	Pass
15	Get Inventory task on Windows and Linux  clients	Pass
16	Verification of Capture Personality task on windows	Pass
17	Verification of Distribute Personality task on windows	Pass
18	Verification of Create Image task in windows	Pass
19	Verification of Distribute Image task in Windows	Pass
20	Launching of Ghost Explorer, Ghost Cast server	Pass
21	Verification of Scripted OS Installation task	Pass
Linux Issue found: All jobs related to mount operation will fail i.e. Create Image, Deploy image.
22	Verification of Capture Image task on Linux.	FAIL Error: As shown in above screenshot , Fail to mount express share path.	Enabled SMBv1 through PowerShell command. Link Referred :    http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-smb1-windows
23	Verification of Distribute Image task on Linux.	FAIL Error: As shown in above screenshot, Fail to mount express share path.	Enabled SMBv1 through PowerShell command. Link Referred :    http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-smb1-windows

 

Conclusion:

• When SMB v1 is disabled and SMB v2 enabled on the GSS Server and clients, it is observed that the above listed tasks executed successfully and no issues were observed. 
• For Linux client, Create Image and Deploy Image tasks do not work in case SMBv1 Disabled on the GSS Server.