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Rem Connect Network Drive net use z: /del>NUL net use z: \\10.1.1.1\SDA /USER:SDAUSER temp Rem Start SDA Installer z:\SWSelect.exe z:\wait 5 z:\sswait.exe ================================================== Rem Disconnect Network Drive net use z: /del>NUL 2. On a source machine, create a shortcut that will point to the batch file on the target machine. For our example, we are going to put the batch file in the directory C:\SDA on the user’s machine, so we point the shortcut to this location. Figure 1-141 Shortcut to batch file 3. Create the module. 1.24.4 IBM Rescue and Recovery For details on how to prepare and create a silent install module for IBM Rescue and Recovery, please refer to Section 2.3.4, “Silent Installation” in Using ThinkVantage Technologies: Volume 2 Maintaining and Recovering Client Systems, SG24-6060-01. 128 ThinkVantage Technologies: Using ImageUltra Builder
1.24.5 ImageUltra Builder with Symantec Ghost When Ghost is used in conjunction with the ImageUltra Builder program, certain limitations must be considered. Symantec Ghost can clone partitions and drives. Because the ImageUltra Builder program uses a service partition to store the Smart Image for certain types of installations, Symantec Ghost might encounter problems when attempting to set the size for multiple partitions or when installing a cloned drive. When defining partition sizes as a percentage, Ghost always uses the full hard-disk capacity and does not take the presence of a service partition into account. As a result, Ghost might delete the service partition on the target computer. Defining absolute sizes can be equally problematic because drive sizes vary on target computers. When using a cloned drive, two problems can occur: ► If a service partition exists on a source computer, Ghost includes this service partition as part of the image and will overwrite the service partition on the target computer. This results in a mismatch between the contents on the active partition of the target computer and the service partition of the target computer. ► If a service partition does not exist on the source computer, Ghost will assume that it can use the entire hard disk for the image, and will delete the service partition on the target computer. Because it is so difficult to manage multiple partitions and cloned drives created by Ghost when a service partition is present, IBM supports the following implementations only: ► Restoring single-partition images produced by Ghost ► Restoring a single-partition, cloned-drive image as a single partition, not as a cloned drive. The silent install command in the Source tab of the Operating System window must be a batch file name, such as GHOST.BAT. Inside the batch file, you must use the following statements: Gdisk.exe 1 /cre /pri /sure ghost.exe -clone,mode=pload,src=image.gho:1,dst=1:1 -auto -sure -quiet -fx -batch where image.gho is the name of your image. Before you build the module, you must put the image files, the script file, and the batch file in the same folder. 1.25 Business case This section describes a sample business environment and ImageUltra Builder usage scenarios. 1.25.1 Example organization The organization used in this section is named Acme Holdings Inc. (see Figure 1-142). This company has offices in New York, Toronto, London and Madrid. The head office is located in New York where the main IT Development team also exists. The various sites are connected via T3 and T1 lines; this allows the locations to communicate with each other. Images using ImageUltra Builder are developed in New York where all updates are made to the “Master Repository”. For distribution, this information is replicated to local site replicas where system loads are performed. Chapter 1. ImageUltra Builder 129
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1.1 Image management today An image
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