Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - PREBOOT SERVICES AND IMAGING REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 User Manual page 110

PXE: Select Start ZENworks imaging maintenance from the Novell Preboot Services Menu.
ZENworks Partition: Select Enable ZENworks Partition from the Novell Preboot Services
Menu.
3 Enter
4 (Optional) Click System information > Drive information to display a list of the partition slots
on the device.
For your reference, note the number and type of partitions and which one is active.
5 Click Imaging > Make image.
6 In the Make Image Wizard window, specify the destination where the image is stored (Local or
Server), then click Next.
7 Browse to and specify the path to the image archive.
The directories in the path must exist. You can use the following characters in the path and
filename:
Letters: a through z (uppercase and lowercase)
Numbers
Special characters: $ % - _ @ { } ~ #
8 Select the partitions that you want to include in the image.
9 Select a compression option:
None: No compression is used.
Speed: Takes the least amount of time to compress but creates the largest compressed image
file. This option is used by default when an image is created.
Balanced: Represents a compromise between compression time and image file size.
Size: Creates the smallest image file but takes longer to compress.
10 Click Next.
11 (Optional) Fill in the fields:
Author: The name of the person creating this image.
Computer: The name of the computer being imaged.
Image Description: A description of the image.
Comments: Any additional comments about the image.
12 Click Next.
Depending on the amount of data on the hard disk, the image might take several minutes to
create. If the screen goes blank, just press any key. (Linux enters a screen-saving mode after a
few minutes.)
13 After the image is created, exit from the ZENworks Imaging Engine menu, remove any CD or
DVD from the drive, then reboot the device.
14 (Optional) Verify that the image file was created on your Imaging Server. You might also want
to check its size.
110 ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Preboot Services and Imaging Reference
to display the ZENworks Imaging Engine menu.
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