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Installing Image Manager Components

Image Manager Server Configuration

Disk Storage
Required on Server
File Locations on
the Server
32 Image Manager Server Configuration
The Image Manager server must have a partition containing enough
free space to contain all the virtual hard disks required by clients. A
virtual hard disk consists of a hard disk image file plus a CVol (Cli-
ent Volume OverLay) write cache file that will contain all data writ-
ten by the clients. The contents of the CVol files can be retained or
deleted when the clients reboot. The hard disk image will be the size
of the client partition from which the image was created.
The amount of disk storage needed on the Image Manager server for
virtual hard disks is dependent on the mode of operation.
If the clients are using a shared image in Volatile mode, Windows
XP Pro and Office 2000 can utilize less than 2 GB. Let us assume
that the image size is 2 GB. Every CVol file would use 512 MB
maximum and they are deleted at each reboot.
If the user is using their own unique virtual hard disk image in
Normal mode, then the CVol files will grow in size. As the
Windows file system works so that every sector will be written on
eventually, the worst case would be 2 GB for the hard disk image
and 2 GB per client. If every sector was rewritten, the CVol files
could take up to the virtual hard disk image size. The average case
would be when the virtual HD image is updated regularly (once per
quarter). This would be approximately 2 GB for the HD and 800 MB
per client. Some Windows settings, such as virtual memory settings,
have an impact on the size of CVol files.
The following procedure assumes you have already installed the
Server
components of the Neoware Image Manager using the
InstallShield Wizard described earlier.
1
Navigate to the directory on the server containing the installed
Neoware Image Manager software.
If you performed a
the default directory is:
Server Server with Console
or installation,