B File Sets And Image Numbers; File Sets; Image Numbers; B.1 File Sets - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - PREBOOT SERVICES AND IMAGING REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 User Manual

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This section contains the following information:
Section B.1, "File Sets," on page 155
Section B.2, "Image Numbers," on page 155

B.1 File Sets

File sets allow you to create subsets of an image for applying to different devices. This is done by
using a file set number that represents a version of the image where certain content is excluded.
When you create an Image bundle in ZENworks
By default, file set 1 is selected. In Image Explorer you can exclude content from file sets. For
example, if you create a bundle that includes file set 1, any content in Image Explorer that has file
set 1 in the Sets Excluded From column is excluded from the bundle.
A separate image file is not created for a file set; instead, a file set contains internal attributes
representing the excluded information. Even though a file set does not exist as a separate, physical
image file, it is accessed as though it is, placing the image on the receiving device, minus the
excluded files. The advantage this provides is that it allows you to create an image and modify it
slightly for various devices, instead of creating separate images for each device.
An image has 10 possible file sets, labeled Set 1, Set 2, and so on. Each of the 10 file set numbers
initially represents the original image. When you assign any file or directory in the image to a file set
number (using Image Explorer), that file set number then represents a subset of the image, which
you can select when creating an Image bundle.
Because there are only 10 file set numbers available, after you have assigned all 10 file set numbers
to various files or directories in the image, you no longer have a file set that represents the full
image. Therefore, reserve file set 1 as the image file set where no files or directories are excluded.
IMPORTANT: Because file sets only concern excluded files, any files added to the image through
Image Explorer are added to all existing file sets. If you don't want new files included in a particular
file set, you must use Image Explorer to exclude these new files from that file set.

B.2 Image Numbers

Image Numbers are specific to WIM imaging. You can store more than one image in a WIM file.
Each image is identified by an image index, which is represented as the WIM Image Number.
The WIM image number can be used in incremental back up in which you can maintain different
Images corresponding to different states of the device and can restore to any particular state by
selecting the Image Number to restore to.
For a base Image, if the device had more than one partition, then each partition image has a unique
image number. By using image numbers, you can restore a particular partition.
While restoring an Add On Image, you must specify the image number corresponding to the image
to be restored.
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Control Center, you must select a file set number.
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