Using ImageUltra Builder - IBM Redbooks
Using ImageUltra Builder - IBM Redbooks
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Figure 1-146 Repository - UK English applications<br />
The above figure shows the logic tree details for the base map showing desktop applications<br />
on UK English.<br />
1.25.4 Business case section 3 of 3: <strong>Using</strong> ultra-portable<br />
In the previous section, we demonstrated how Acme Holdings Inc. could use<br />
portable-sysprep images to move their Windows 2000 current systems from the old legacy<br />
imaging process to the <strong>ImageUltra</strong> modular process. Acme reduced 72 images into six<br />
portable image module to support the same 72 unique system configurations.<br />
Acme Holdings Inc. is planning to migrate to Windows XP running on <strong>IBM</strong>-only hardware for<br />
all future PC systems. They could continue to use this same portable solution as they are now<br />
using for Windows 2000 but the move to <strong>IBM</strong> hardware offers a better solution. <strong>IBM</strong> provides<br />
a special ultra-portable OS module for use on <strong>IBM</strong> equipment. These ultra-portable modules<br />
are available for Windows 2000 and XP.<br />
The advantage of the ultra-portable module over the portable-sysprep images is that the<br />
ultra-portable OS module can be used with any <strong>IBM</strong> system that supports Windows 2000 or<br />
XP. The HAL compatibility issues that we had to consider with the sysprep images are now<br />
resolved. With only two current portable-sysprep OS modules, this ultra-portability may not<br />
seem significant, but it really is. As new systems are introduced to Acme Holdings Inc.’s<br />
environment, the number of portable-sysprep modules will increase. <strong>Using</strong> the <strong>IBM</strong> provided<br />
ultra-portable OS module with the new systems will enable Acme Holdings Inc. to utilize a<br />
single OS module to support all of their new <strong>IBM</strong> laptops and desktops.<br />
Migration to this new ultra-portable system will require much less effort than the migration<br />
from legacy images to the portable-sysprep system. This is because all of the time and effort<br />
that went into creating the application modules does not have to be duplicated. All of the<br />
modules in the <strong>ImageUltra</strong> <strong>Builder</strong>’s repository are can be used to build as many unique<br />
system configurations that are needed. The only modules that are different between the<br />
portable-sysprep and the ultra-portable are the OS modules. All other modules can be reused<br />
as needed.<br />
In the future, Acme Holdings Inc. could start using the ultra-portable system for their older<br />
<strong>IBM</strong> models. To do this, they would replace the sysprep-portable OS module with the<br />
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