Deep Freeze Enterprise User Guide - Faronics

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Using Deep Freeze Configuration Administrator
Creating Workstation Install Program and Workstation Seed
Deep Freeze Enterprise User Guide
To create customized Deep Freeze installation program files with all of the options that were
configured in the previous sections, click the Create button in the Configuration Administrator
toolbar and select Create Workstation Install Program.
The default file name for this program is DFWks.exe. We recommend that you
keep the default name, but in larger deployments you may want to suffix it with
information related to it's configuration such as: DFwks_10gbThawSpace.exe or
DFWks_NoMaintenance.exe or DFwks_Wed-5pmUpdates.exe to assist in
organization and identification of the installer functions. The same
recommendation applies for Deep Freeze Configuration files (.rdx) as well.
This file can then be used to install Deep Freeze on computers using:
• Attended Install (install based on user input)
• Silent Install system — install that does not inform user of progress or provide messages
during installation). For more information on the Silent Install command, refer to Silent
Install or Uninstall, page 85.
• Target Install — Through the Deep Freeze Enterprise Console for workstations that already
contain a Seed or previous version of Deep Freeze that has been created with the same
Customization Code.
To create a Workstation Seed, click the Create button in the Configuration Administrator toolbar
and select Create Workstation Seed. The Workstation Seed is a lightweight program that allows
administrators to remotely install and control computers from the Enterprise Console. The
Workstation Seed can be installed as part of a master image and then deployed via imaging
software. All computers on the LAN with the Workstation Seed installed are displayed in the
Enterprise Console. The default file name for this program is DFWksSeed.exe.
All files are saved to Deep Freeze Enterprise/Install Programs folder by default. A different
location can be chosen and the file name can be changed if required. It is recommended that a
naming convention is used if you are creating multiple customized installation files.
DFwks.exe, DFwksseed.exe, and depfrz.rdx files can be created and deployed
interchangeably to any Deep Freeze computer that uses the same Customization
Code. The Deep Freeze Seed can be used as a template/place holder to ensure
your basic elements such as passwords, Network Configuration or standardized
workstation tasks are all consistent. The seed will not utilize any of the
configuration settings but will hold them in the file. To use the file as a template
simply open the DFwksseed.exe file using the Configuration Adminstrator and
make any required changes. Then, to create workstation installation click Create>
Create Workstation Installation File.