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Image Explorer Simplify management of your image files with Image Explorer. Working within a single screen gives you total control of the image files you can access. You can view image file contents, copy image files, copy partitions within files, restore individual program and data files from the image, or add password protection to image files. Image Explorer also provides description capabilities, so you can easily identify individual image files and partitions. Virtual Boot Environment a.k.a Virtual Floppy The Virtual Boot Environment (VBE) allows DOS programs to execute from the hard drive on Windows 9X, Me, NT, 2000 and XP platforms as though they were running from a boot floppy. The VBE can be sent to a particular system remotely, the system will boot into a temporary environment to run tasks such as capturing or restoring an image, and then boot the system back into the active operating system state. The benefits of this are there is no need to create bootable media and visit each system for new image deployment or updates. The Virtual Boot Environment operates by temporarily replacing the Master Boot Record (MBR) boot code on the primary hard drive. Upon rebooting the computer, the new boot code loads and runs the programs stored in the VBE image file. This VBE consists of a loader program, disk I/O redirector TSR program, and a non-compressed floppy boot image file. The boot image file is created from a 1.44 MB or 2.88 MB format bootable floppy. It contains both the bootable OS files, network drivers and the user application programs just as would exist on a bootable floppy disk. Upon booting, the VBE loader builds a RAM DRIVE in memory the size of the boot image file, copies the boot image file from the hard drive to memory and then loads and executes the boot sector within the boot image file. Under DOS, the A: drive is then used to reference the boot image file system just like when booting from a CD. The first physical floppy drive is accessed as drive letter B:. The Virtual Boot Environment image file is a raw sector-by-sector representation of a floppy file system in either a 1.44 MB or a 2.88 MB floppy disk format. It contains everything that would exist on a bootable floppy disk (boot sector, FATs, directories, and files). PowerCasting a.k.a. Multicast ImageCenter combines SmartSector imaging technology together with Ethernet or Token Ring multicasting to provide a fast and robust method for deploying workstations. PowerCasting sends the Symantec DeployCenter Library Image file to one or more PowerCast clients simultaneously. The image file is sent only once by the server to all the client computers, rather than separately to each client. This decreases network traffic by eliminating duplicate restore processes when preparing multiple workstations and when performing computer rollouts and migrations. The PowerCasting technology in conjunction with VBE is an ideal way to deploy multiple systems across your organization. You can include the Symantec DeployCenter Library imaging tools and scripts and appropriate network drivers as part of the VBE that allows multiple systems to pull an image from a central server. Because this task is performed remotely, it eliminates the need to visit the computer and boot using a floppy disk. For detailed instructions on using PowerCasting please refer to the whitepaper titled The Benefits of using ImageUltra Builder and Symantec DeployCenter Library. Unicasting The Unicast feature lets you create and restore images using a network drive without mapping the drive. It consists of a Unicast server and a Unicast client, which reside on 94 ThinkVantage Technologies: Using ImageUltra Builder
separate machines. You can specify all Unicast parameters on the command line of either the server or the client. The Unicast operation is a point-to-point and uses the TCP/IP protocol. The Unicast server must be started prior to running the Unicast client or before trying to PXE-boot a client machine. Once the server has been started, you do not need to tend to it. You start all Unicast operations from the client by using a standard script file or the ImageCenter interface. For detailed instructions on using Unicasting please refer to the whitepaper titled The Benefits of using ImageUltra Builder and Symantec DeployCenter Library. PXE a.k.a Network Boot PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment), a component of Intel®'s Wfm (Wired for Management) specification, allows a computer's PXE-compliant network card to download and run a Virtual Boot Environment from the network prior to booting the operating system on the hard disk. Because this task is performed remotely, it eliminates the need to visit the computer and boot using a bootable floppy or CD. 1.22 Image development This section will give an example on how to: ► Create your donor image ► Use PXE and Virtual Boot Environment to capture the donor image. ► Add the donor image to the ImageUltra Builder repository ► Create a ImageUltra Builder Smart image using the donor image as a base ► Clone a single ImageUltra Builder Smart Image 1.22.1 Create your donor image For a detailed explanation of how to create your donor image, please see section on “Create and prepare the image file” on page 48. 1.22.2 Use PXE and Virtual Boot Environment to capture donor image To use Symantec DeployCenter Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) for capturing the donor image you have to: 1. Confirm that you have installed the PXE services correctly 2. Confirm you have the correct Network drivers for your clients installed into boot disk builder 3. Create a Virtual Boot Diskette including the correct network driver for your donor system 4. Add your PXE virtual floppy to the PXE configuration utility 5. Add a CAPTURE IMAGE selection to the PXE client menu 6. Capturing the donor image Note: You will need to have a DHCP Server installed to use this cloning method. For our examples we used Windows 2000 Server. Chapter 1. ImageUltra Builder 95
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