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1.1 Image management today An image consists of several components: an operating system, applications, device drivers, and other related files needed to successfully run a computer. In most cases, Information Technology (IT) departments create images on source computers, extract the images and store them in a central location. They then deploy the images to multiple computers either across a network or from a set of image CDs. This enables an IT department to develop standardized images and control the versions of software and device drivers used throughout their company. 1.1.1 Current tools and procedures used to build and deploy images Unattended Installation - Scripted ► Unattended installations can be either a CD based installation or an over-the-network installation on to the hard disk drive in a PC. ► Can be fully unattended or partially unattended using Answer files created using the UNATTEND.TXT file ► Answer files determine what defaults to provide or what information to allow users to provide (user name, domain etc.) ► Downside, can take hours to install ► High technical knowledge needed to create and maintain scripts. ► Distribution hardware requirement in an “over-the-network installation” environment ► Upside, can support multiple hardware Disk Duplication - Cloning Some companies use cloning utilities to create and deploy their images. First, they create an image file that contains the contents of a drive. That image is then loaded onto different machines in a corporate environment. ► Primary benefit is to provide consistency of corporate desktops. ► Can be either CD based installation or an over-the-network installation. ► Must use 3rd party utility such as Symantec DeployCenter or Symantec Ghost to make drive or partition images. ► Cloning is supported by Microsoft when used in conjunction with Sysprep. For more information on Sysprep see section on “The use and importance of Microsoft Sysprep” on page 11. ► Downside, one clone image for one system model ► Clone images are effected by chipset level changes ► Upside, install can be very quick 1.1.2 Image complexity leads to image management problems Keeping and maintaining images can quickly become very difficult as organizations get more complex. The number of languages, hardware types and operating systems can increase the number of images exponentially, making it difficult to maintain. The major challenges most IT departments face are as follows: 2 ThinkVantage Technologies: Using ImageUltra Builder
► Reduction of time required to create and test images. Different departments have varying levels of complexity in the image. These varying needs of different groups in an enterprise often result in manual installation of applications by IT staff ► Finding ways to build and deploy images across a wider range of hardware. ► Reducing or minimizing the total number of images that have to be maintained. ► Use of multiple Operating Systems increases deployment and help desk costs and support for multiple languages required by large multinational companies increases complexity and cost of large rollouts ► Users make unauthorized modifications to their standard image(s), generating increased help desk calls and requiring additional IT time to re-image PCs ► Over time, images have to be updated or rebuilt from scratch 1.2 Image management using ImageUltra Builder The purpose of the ImageUltra Builder program is to provide IT departments with the tools needed to develop, deploy, install, and maintain a variety of images efficiently. Through new tools and techniques, the ImageUltra Builder program enables you to break down images into reusable subcomponents (called modules) and use tree structures called maps to construct your images. These images (referred to as Smart Images, see 1.5.1, “ImageUltra Builder terminology” on page 9 and 1.6, “ImageUltra Builder process to create a Smart Image” on page 17) can then be deployed across a broad range of hardware platforms. Each Smart Image component is stored in a central location called a Repository. ImageUltra Builder creates and uses the IBM service partition for deployment.The service partition contains different modules for the operating system, applications, and devices drivers, as well as a set of recovery tools.The service partition provides its own operating environment which is not dependent on the Windows operating system being present on any active partition. For non-ibm hardware, ImageUltra Builder will create the service partition for you. Figure 1-1 outlines the life cycle of an ImageUltra Image. Chapter 1. ImageUltra Builder 3
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