Pxe Redirection; What If I Am Not Using Pxe; Tools; Creating A Distribution Framework - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

PXE Redirection

Tools

Creating a Distribution Framework

Step One: Set Up Local Image Stores

Deployment Solution
PXE solves this problem by enabling you to redirect a shared PXE configuration to a
configuration on a local PXE server. This lets you assign a job across multiple locations,
and have computers at each location boot using a local PXE server with configuration
specific to this location. Within this configuration, you can map local file shares
containing disk images.
Important:
If PXE is available, we recommend using up PXE redirection instead of following the
process outlined in this document.

What if I Am Not Using PXE?

If you are not using PXE, Deployment Solution provides a set of tools to let computers
automatically retrieve the correct image file locally. Using these tools is described in this
document.
The tools referenced in this document, such as getsrv.bat and server.lst, are available
on your Deployment share in the TechSup\DOS\getsrv folder.
The following provides a basic outline of an image distribution framework:
Each subnet has a file server to host a local image store.
All managed computers, regardless of location, connect to the local image store to
retrieve images. This eliminates downloading an image over the WAN link before an
imaging operation.
The location of each managed computer is determined automatically based on IP
address using a custom utility. Using this method, the same distribute image task
can be used to image one or more computers regardless of location.
Complete the following tasks to implement an image distribution framework:
Step One: Set Up Local Image Stores
Step Two: Replicate Images
Step Three: Configure the Server Lookup Utility
Step Four: Create a Boot Disk Creator Configuration
Step Five: Distribute an Image
A local image store should be set up on a file share at each remote location. Each share
hosting an image store should have the same name and folder structure. In other
words, the path to your images must be identical with the exception of the server name.
To control access to these shares, we recommend creating a domain-level account with
read/write access to each share, or alternately, a local account with the same username
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