Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual page 402

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8 Fill in the fields:
Base image file: This is an image file existing on an imaging server. You must provide the full
path and filename here. The image filename must end in .zmg (case-sensitive). For
information on creating a base image, see
"Taking a Base Image of a Device" on page
398.
Add-on image files: These are existing image files that you can add onto the device after it is
re-imaged with the base image file. You must provide the full paths and filenames here. The
image filename must end in .zmg (case-sensitive). For information on creating an add-on
image, see
"Creating an Add-On Image" on page
409.
File set: File sets are assigned to the current ZENworks Image bundle using this File set field.
File sets are defined on the imaging server from the base image using the
Image Explorer
utility, which can be run on a Windows device from a Linux server running Samba. The Image
Explorer utility is located at /opt/novel/zenworks/zdm/winutils/ImgExp.exe
on the Linux server.
When you define a file set using Image Explorer, you specify files and directories to be
excluded from the image. Thus, a file set is a subset of the original image that excludes the files
you select in Image Explorer. A separate image file is not created for the file set; instead, a file
set contains internal attributes representing the excluded information. Therefore, even though a
file set does not exist as a separate, physical image file, it is accessed as though it is, placing the
image on the receiving device, minus the excluded files.
For example, device1image.zmg is the image file on your imaging server. You use Image
Explorer to determine which data to exclude and assign this to a file set number, such as 2.
When a device assigned to this ZENworks Image bundle boots, it is imaged with the smaller
version (file set 2) of device1image.zmg.
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