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Using GhostCasting to create and restore images
About GhostCasting
Splitting images in a GhostCast operation
Symantec Ghost supports VMWare Disk images (.vmdk files) for both creating
and restoring images. Symantec Ghost supports Backup Exec System Recovery
(.v2i, .iv2i) and DeployCenter Library (.pqi) images for restoring a computer only.
The GhostCast Server supports the following forms of data transfer for transferring
files:
Unicasting
Direct Broadcasting
Multicasting
GhostCasting makes workstation migration and rollouts more efficient and may
eliminate replicated network traffic. You can use it through the Windows interface,
command-line switches, batch files, or a combination of all methods.
The following applications are used in GhostCasting:
The GhostCast Server on the network server restores image files to multiple
clients or creates an image file from a single connected client.
On a client workstation, Ghost.exe receives and writes the image file to the
local disk.
GhostCasting supports the following:
Ethernet networks
Token ring networks
Image file creation
Multicast-enabled routers
Automatic IP address selection using BOOTP or DHCP
Session start scheduling
Partition-only GhostCasting
Multiple, simultaneous sessions, or one session per server
When you perform a GhostCast operation, an image is split when it reaches 2 GB
in size unless you have set the split size to another value with the -split command
switch. If this switch is explicitly set to 0, the image does not split.
See
"About Symantec Ghost switches"
on page 131.
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