HP ProLiant xw2x220c - Blade Workstation Administrator's Manual page 54

STEP 5: Run Sysprep manually
To run Sysprep manually, refer to the article How to use the Sysprep tool to automate successful deployment
of Windows XP, available at www.microsoft.com/kb/302577. If you run Sysprep manually, you'll need to
run it, shut down the computer, and boot directly to PXE manually (F12 on POST) to run the image process
without booting to the OS first.
STEP 6: Create an Altiris job to capture the image that doesn't use Altiris to run Sysprep
To create an Altiris capture job that doesn't run Sysprep, perform the following steps:
a. Under the jobs pane, right-click in the white area and select "New Job". Enter a name for the job that is
unique. Double click the new job, Click "Add>>" and select "Create Disk Image".
b. On the "Save Disk Image to a file" screen, next to the name field click the browse button and locate the
images folder (<Express Share>\Images) and enter a unique image name for your image. Click Save.
c. Click the "Advanced" button next to the pre-boot select. In the middle of the screen, you'll see a "Do
not boot to production" selection. By selecting this, Altiris A-Client will not run the system image
preparation procedure that includes Sysprep. This selection should be used in two specific situations:
• If you are running Sysprep manually.
If you are not using Sysprep at all, and simply want to make a carbon image of you computer.
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d. Accept the defaults on the "Return Codes" screen.
STEP 7: Apply the new Altiris job to computers whose images you are capturing
a. Now that your new Job is created, you can drag and drop that job to computers in the HP RDP
console.
b. By selecting the computer in the "Computers" pane of the Altiris Console in the right pane, you will see
all running jobs and their status.
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