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1.5.2 Image types ► IBM Customization Program: Program used to create semi-portable Smart Images (Sysprep). ► Hardware Independent Imaging Technology (HIIT): Intelligently detects the correct driver base to install for IBM desktops and IBM laptops. ► Hidden Protected Area (HPA): A hidden area on new model IBM desktop or laptop hard disks. The Hidden Protected Area, also referred to as parties, enables IBM to provide a disk-based recovery solution that provides greater flexibility and enhances the security for recovery data, diagnostics, and potential future applications. ► Build: Used when testing a module or map in ImageUltra builder. The map or module can be edited or changed. ► Promote: Used after a map or module has been thoroughly tested and is ready for production. Once a module is promoted to the gold state, it is locked and you can no longer make changes to that module. Promoting a module to the gold state helps ensure that the module will not be changed accidentally. ► Import: Imports maps or modules from another source into your repository. This can be from a set of IBM Recovery CDs, a directory, another repository, a service or IBM Hidden Protected Area (HPA) partition. ► Export: Exports maps or modules from a repository to an archive directory. ► Deploy: Creates a network boot floppy used during deployment or creates the file structure needed to create a set of distribution CDs. ► Replica: A copy or reproduction of work. There are three basic image types supported within the ImageUltra Builder tool. They are described below. ► Ultra-portable image: This type of image is installed via a Windows unattended process and contains hardware-independent operating-system modules developed by IBM. Application modules and device driver modules can be developed by IBM or created using the ImageUltra Builder. The IBM created modules can be imported via the hidden protected area (HPA), service partition or from a set of recovery CDs. These modules enable you to create an image that can be used across the IBM product line of Hardware Independent Imaging Technology enabled (HIIT-enabled) personal computers. For a listing of IBM HIIT-enabled personal computers, visit the ImageUltra Web site at: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-44316.html ► Portable-sysprep image: This type of image is created by a third-party image-cloning tool, such as Symantec Ghost or Symantec DeployCenter, but modified by ImageUltra Builder tools to enable the installation of additional modules created and managed by ImageUltra Builder. An example of this would be a non-hardware dependent cloned sysprep operating system that adds model specific drivers and user-specific applications after the base operating system is installed. The additional modules can be device driver modules to enhance portability across various hardware platforms or application modules to provide additional flexibility to meet the needs of individual department application requirements. ► Hardware-specific image: This type of image is created by a third-party image-cloning tool, such as Symantec Ghost or Symantec DeployCenter. It is a self-contained monolithic image, which does not enable the installation of additional modules. All files, applications and device drivers are contained within the image itself. The hardware configuration of the target computer must be the same as the hardware configuration of the source computer used to create the image because of this. 10 ThinkVantage Technologies: Using ImageUltra Builder
A hardware-specific image is similar to a portable-sysprep image, but the differences are: – It does not have the ability to append itself with additional modules. It is essentially a “snapshot” of a source computer hard disk after the Microsoft Sysprep program has been run. – When deployed to a target computer, the hardware-specific image performs a limited hardware query, but the hardware it can support is limited to the device drivers that were provided by the source computer. – A hardware-specific image requires that the source and target computers contain the exact same hardware with little or no variations. It also requires that any variation in applications be handled separately from the image-deployment process and image-installation process. 1.5.3 The use and importance of Microsoft Sysprep If you intend to use portable-sysprep images or hardware-specific images, you must have a thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Sysprep tool. Unlike ultra-portable images, portable-sysprep images and hardware-specific images are based on images created from a source computer that has gone through a Windows setup operation. Therefore, specific user and hardware information must be removed from the source computer using the Sysprep tool before the image can be deployed to other computers. In contrast, ultra-portable images are created from modules provided by IBM and are installed via a Windows unattended process. If you intend to use ultra-portable images only, the Sysprep tool is not used. 1.5.4 Which image type is best for you? You can use one or all methods depending on your company infrastructure. Here are some examples: ► To maintain existing PCs for which you already have images, you might choose to convert existing hardware-specific monolithic images into modules that can be stored and deployed using the ImageUltra Builder program. ► If you are planning to install assorted models of IBM PCs and ThinkPads, you might consider developing ultra-portable images that can be used across the IBM product line regardless of hardware variations. ► If you plan to install a mix of PCs from various manufacturers, consider using the ImageUltra Builder program in conjunction with third-party image-cloning software to create portable-sysprep images that enable the installation of application or device-driver modules so that the image can be deployed across a wider range of PCs. Because Smart Images support all three types of images, you can use combinations of images within a single base map. All three image types can be used by a corporation, as can any combination of the image types. Figure 1-2 outlines the basic differences between the three image types. Chapter 1. ImageUltra Builder 11
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