Creating, Installing, And Restoring Standard Images - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - PREBOOT SERVICES AND IMAGING REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 User Manual

Imaging Multiple Devices: The Multicast Image Set bundle can be used to place an image on
multiple devices with one pass of the image file over the network, such as in resetting lab
devices. This is applicable only for ZENworks Imaging.
All you need to do to accomplish any of these actions is to create and configure one of the Imaging
bundle types, then assign the bundle to the desired devices. When a device boots, the assigned
bundle is automatically applied before the device's operating system starts.
You can also manually accomplish these tasks per device using the Novell Preboot Services Menu's
Start ZENworks Imaging Maintenance option to access the imaging maintenance mode prompt, if
you have enabled the menu for the device. Or, you can use a Preboot Services bootable CD or DVD,
which does not require PXE to be enabled on the device. For more information, see
"Using the Command Line for ZENworks Imaging," on page

1.5.2 Creating, Installing, and Restoring Standard Images

As new devices are purchased and before deploying them, you can install a standard software
platform and enable the device for future unattended reimaging.
1. Create a model device of each type that you intend to deploy.
2. Create an image of each model device on a ZENworks Imaging Server. For more information,
see "Manually Taking an Image of a Device" on page
These images should include the Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Imaging
Agent (novell-ziswin).
3. Optionally, you can create a preboot imaging bundle for this image. This allows the image to be
assigned automatically for later use.
4. If you are using Preboot Services, install Configuration Management on a server, which makes
it an Imaging Server. For more information, see
Imaging Server," on page
or
If you are using a bootable CD or DVD, or a ZENworks partition, create a boot CD or DVD
that points to the ZENworks Imaging Server where the model images are stored. For more
information, see Section 2.3, "Setting Up the Preboot Services Methods for ZENworks
Imaging," on page 46.
As each new device comes in, do the following if you are using Preboot Services:
1. Make sure the device is PXE capable. Enable PXE if it isn't enabled by default. For more
information, see Section 2.7, "Enabling PXE on Devices," on page
2. Physically connect the device to the network.
3. Boot the device from the Preboot Services Imaging Server.
If you are not using Preboot Services, boot the device with the imaging boot CD or DVD and
consider installing the ZENworks partition to enable auto-imaging without the CD or DVD. For
more information, see Step 3 on page 57
Operations," on page 98. After you have installed the partition, reboot the device from the
ZENworks partition.
Section 2.1, "Preparing a Preboot Services
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of Section 2.8.2, "Enabling a Device for Imaging
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