Preparing The Template Or Source Appliance; Preparing The Target Appliances; Start The Cloning Process - Neoware c50 - Thin Client User Manual

Updating Appliance Software
Preparing the
template or source
appliance
Preparing the
target appliances
Start the cloning
process
36 XPe/NTe software cloning
Before using an XPe/NTe appliance as a template or source for clon-
ing to other appliances (the target devices), it is critical that it be set
up correctly:
Make sure that all configuration changes are made in the unit
which has been chosen to be cloned.
Note that the pre-update autologon behavior of the target appli-
ances is preserved after being updated with the new cloned
images. If you change the template appliance's account names, or
account passwords as part of the cloning operation, each target
appliance will continue to attempt to use the original, pre-cloning
autologon name and password, which may no longer be correct.
In that occurrence, you can reconfigure the target machine's auto-
logon status via the local GUI dialogs, or, you can use ezRemote
Manager's ezAnywhere or Snap-in capabilities to modify the tar-
get machines.
No special preparation is required for target XPe/NTe appliances,
where you intend to copy the cloned template software.
After the cloned template software update process is complete in the
target appliances, those appliances' original autologon information
is restored. The target XPe/NTe appliances can then be updated
whether or not they are configured for automatic logon.
1
In the List View, select the preconfigured template XPe/NTe
appliance to clone, and the target appliances to copy the image.
2
In the ezRemote Manager toolbar, click
ware from the Actions dropdown menu.
3
When the Update Manager opens, select the template Neoware
, or select Soft-
Software