Chapter 33: Altiris® Imageexplorer - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Chapter 33
Altiris® ImageExplorer
Deployment Solution
Altiris® ImageExplorer provides features that let you view and edit image files. Image
files are created using the RapiDeploy utility, a tool used most commonly in Deployment
Solution to create and distribute hard disk image files. These are .IMG or .EXE files
containing a replication of the source computer's hard disk.
Using ImageExplorer, you can modify an image file—add or delete data files, folders and
applications—before distributing and restoring its contents to a client computer. You can
view properties and perform operations, such as extracting and saving files to another
destination volume, or excluding files from being restored when distributing the image
file to a client computer. You can also print the contents of a folder or edit a file using its
associated application.
See also: Using ImageExplorer
ImageExplorer Features
Add new files and folders
Command-line mode
Convert images
Create image indexes
Extract files and folders
Exclude (or include) volumes, folders, and files from being restored
Find files in an image
Open a file with its associated program and edit
Make self-extracting images
Print image tree structure of files, folders, and volumes
Replace files
Revert to original image file contents
Split images
View, add, or change the image description
View properties of files, folders, and volumes in an image
ImageExplorer User Interface
Click the ImageExplorer icon on the toolbar or select Tools >
ImageExplorer. This opens the ImgExpl.exe program located in the
Deployment Share.
You can open and edit image files in the native .IMG file type or image files
with packaged rdeploy.exe runtime versions in an .EXE file type.
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