Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1 - V1 Manual page 56

56 Imaging computers
Creating and deploying an image
You can also use multicasting to simultaneously deploy an image to multiple
computers.
See "About deploying images to multiple computers"
Process for creating and deploying an image
Table 5-2
Step Action
Step 1 Prepare a reference
computer for imaging.
Step 2 (XP and Windows 2003
only) Install Sysprep
files on the reference
computer.
Step 3 Add an operating
system license.
Step 4 Create an image.
Step 5 Deploy an image
Step 6 (Optional) Restore the
backup image that you
previously created.
Step 7 Deploy images to new
computers.
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Description
The reference computer contains the core
software and settings that you want to use on each
computer.
See "About preparing to capture a disk image"
on page 57.
You need to copy the
support\tools\deploy.cab file from your
Windows XP installation disk or service pack to
the c:\sysprep\deploy.cab file on the source
computer.
See "About Sysprep imaging"
Sysprep files are included with Vista.
The operating system license is used to re-license
your reference computer after Sysprep runs.
See "Adding an OS license"
For Linux, this step is optional.
You can create disk images and backup images.
See "About creating an image"
You can deploy an image that you previously
created.
See "About deploying an image"
You can restore the exact state that a computer
was in when it was imaged.
See "Restoring a backup image"
You can use Initial Deployment to image the new
computers in your environment.
See "Deploying new computers"
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