Deploying With Pxe; Appendix A: Adding Ibr To A Job Using Altiris Deployment Solution - HP t5300 - Thin Client Getting Started Manual

Deploying with PXE

1. Ensure that IBR.exe and Flash.img are stored in the same directory on the server.
2. Add [ full path ]\IBR.exe -y [ full path] \Flash.img hd0 to the PXE command file.
3. Run the PXE command file.
To view the IBR command line options:
At the command prompt, type IBR.EXE /? and press Enter.
Refer to "Appendix B: Configuring a PXE server under Microsoft RIS" on page 8 for more information
about setting up a PXE Server using Microsoft RIS. If you are using a different PXE Server such as Altiris
Deployment Solution, see the server-specific documentation.
Appendix A: Adding IBR to a job using Altiris
Deployment Solution
To restore an image, you must boot clients to the express network share in DOS by either using Altiris
Bootworks partition or by changing the thin client boot order using the HP Compaq Thin Client Boot
Order Change Tool provided at http://www.hp.com/products/thinclientsoftware. If you choose to use
the tool, you must set up a PXE server with the Altiris Deployment Server console.
Ensure that IBR.exe and Flash.img are stored in the same directory on the server (e.g., c:\program
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files\altiris\express\deployment server\tcimage).
From the Altiris Deployment Server Console, click File > New > Job.
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3. Enter a unique name for the job that you will use to deploy the original thin client image.
4. Click the name of the new job.
5. In the upper right side of the screen, click Add.
Select Run Script from the pop-up menu.
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7. Enter the path to IBR, then execute the command with the following parameters: flash.img and hd0
(e.g., IBR.EXE f:\tcimage\flash.img HDO).
8. Under In which OS would you like to run this script?,
tion 6.5, complete the following two substeps. Otherwise, skip to step 9.
a. Click Next.
b. Under Automation – PXE or BOOTworks environment, select DOS from the drop-down
menu.
9. Click Finish.
10. You can now drag and drop the job onto the appropriate machine or schedule the job to run later,
depending on your needs. For more detailed information, refer to the documentation for Altiris
Deployment Solution.
click DOS. If you are running Deployment Solu-
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