Imaging Devices; Setting Up Preboot Services - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ADMINISTRATION QUICK START 10.3 Quick Start Manual

4.3 Imaging Devices

You can create images of devices, apply images to devices, and run imaging scripts on devices.
ZENworks Configuration Management uses its Preboot Services functionality to perform these
imaging tasks on devices at startup.
Section 4.3.1, "Setting Up Preboot Services," on page 45
Section 4.3.2, "Taking an Image," on page 46
Section 4.3.3, "Applying an Image," on page 48
Section 4.3.4, "Where to Find More Information," on page 52

4.3.1 Setting Up Preboot Services

To use Preboot Services, you need to complete the tasks in the following sections:
"Enabling PXE on a Device" on page 45
"Setting Up an Imaging Server" on page 45
"Configuring the Third-Party Imaging Settings" on page 45
Enabling PXE on a Device
Preboot Services requires PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) to be enabled on any managed
device where you want to take or apply an image.
To check if PXE is enabled on a device, restart the device and select the boot option (F12 on most
devices). PXE is enabled if there is a network boot option.
If PXE is not enabled on a device, edit the device BIOS to enable it. In order to ensure that the PXE
environment is available each time the device starts, you can also change the boot order so that the
NIC (Network Interface Card) option is listed before the other boot options.
Setting Up an Imaging Server
The Imaging Server is the PXE server that a device's PXE engine connects to. To enable a
ZENworks Server to function as an Imaging Server, you simply need to start the Novell Proxy
DHCP Service on the ZENworks Server. When you start the service, you should also change the
startup type from Manual to Automatic so that it starts whenever the server reboots.
Configuring the Third-Party Imaging Settings
If you want to use the third-party imaging solutions, you must configure the Third-Party Imaging
Settings in ZENworks Control Center. ZENworks supports the following third-party imaging tools:
Microsoft* ImageX that uses the WIM image file format and WINPE as the distro
Symantec* Ghost that uses the Ghost image file format and WINPE as distro
The ZENworks third-party Imaging supports only PXE as the boot mechanism.
To configure the Third-Party Imaging settings:
1 Ensure that Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit 1.0/1.1 (WAIK) is installed on the
device running the ZENworks Control Center.
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