Overview; Brief Overview; Preboot Services Functionality - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - PREBOOT SERVICES AND IMAGING REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 User Manual

Overview

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that allows you to perform automatic imaging tasks on managed devices (Windows* Primary
Servers and Windows workstations) before their operating systems boot. You can also perform
manual imaging operations on these devices, as well as any other device with the
system, such as legacy Windows workstations, Linux Primary Servers, and Linux workstations.
The following sections provide an overview of Preboot Services:
Section 1.1, "Brief Overview," on page 13
Section 1.2, "What Is the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)?," on page 17
Section 1.3, "Preboot Services Functionality," on page 19
Section 1.4, "The Preboot Services Processes," on page 26
Section 1.5, "Preboot Strategies," on page 34

1.1 Brief Overview

The following provides a brief overview of Preboot Services:
Section 1.1.1, "Preboot Services Functionality," on page 13
Section 1.1.2, "Preboot Services Strategies," on page 14
Section 1.1.3, "Imaging Bundles," on page 14
Section 1.1.4, "Configuring Preboot Services," on page 15
Section 1.1.5, "Setting Up Devices to Use Imaging Bundles," on page 16

1.1.1 Preboot Services Functionality

Preboot Services allows you to automatically or manually do any of the following to a Windows
device when it boots:
Make an image of the device's hard drives and other storage devices
Restore an image to the device
Apply an existing image to multiple devices
Run Imaging scripts on the device
To accomplish these tasks automatically using
PXE (Preboot Execution
configured and assigned to the devices. The devices automatically execute these bundles when they
boot.
Preboot Services utilizes the following to make its imaging functions possible:
PXE (Preboot Execution Environment): An Intel* specification that allows a device to boot
from the network, instead of its hard drive or other local media. ZENworks Configuration
Management can use PXE to launch Preboot Services.
10 Configuration Management, Preboot Services provides functionality
ZENworks Control
Environment) enabled on your devices, then have Imaging bundles
supported file
Center, you simply need to have
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