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Preparing Images 469

Novell Confidential Manual (99a) 28 October 2003

45 Preparing Images

Novell

ZENworks

for Desktops (ZfD) provides tools for creating and compressing images of

computer hard disks as well as images of specific add-on applications or file sets. ZfD also

provides tools for customizing such images and for making images available to auto-imaging

operations through NDS

or Novell eDirectory

. The following sections explain how to perform

these tasks.

 “Creating a Workstation (Base) Image” on page 469

 “Creating an Add-On Image” on page 469

 “Customizing an Image” on page 470

 “Making an Image Available for Auto-Imaging” on page 471

Creating a Workstation (Base) Image

A base image is an image of all the partitions and data on a source computer’s storage devices,

such as hard disks and Jaz drives. Normally, such an image is prepared with the intent to

completely replace the contents of a target computer’s storage devices.

The overall process to create a base image is:

1. Boot the source computer from an imaging device or method.

2. Run the ZfD Workstation Imaging engine to take an image of the computer.

You can do this manually or automatically. In manual mode, you interrupt the bootup process

and issue an imaging command at the Linux prompt. For more information, see “Manually

Taking an Image of a Workstation” on page 462. In automatic mode, you set a flag in the

computer’s Workstation object using ConsoleOne

and then let the bootup process proceed

without interruption. For more information, see “Triggering an Unattended Imaging

Operation” on page 461.

Creating an Add-On Image

An add-on image is an archived collection of files that will be applied to an existing Windows

installation on a target computer. This is sometimes referred to as application overlay. The existing

partitions and files on the target computer are left intact, except for any files that the add-on image

might update.

An add-on image typically corresponds to an application or utility, or simply to a set of data files

or configuration settings. There are two ways to create an add-on image, each resulting in a

different kind of add-on image:

 Produce the add-on image from an Application object

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