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Because images are split by placing individual files into different images, an image cannot be
split if it contains any single file that is larger than the specified maximum file size.
4
Click Split .
D.1.16 Resizing a Partition in an Image
For base images, you can edit the value in the Original size field to allow you to change how big the
ZENworks Imaging Engine makes the partition when the image is restored.
For example, suppose you create a base image of a device with a 20 GB hard drive and you want to
then put that image on a new device with a 60 GB hard drive. If you do not increase the size of the
partition, the partition will be 20 GB, thus making the remaining 40 GB unusable.
However, if you increase the number in the Original size field to match the size of the new hard
drive, the ZENworks Imaging Engine expands the partition when the image is restored so that you
can use the entire drive.
To resize a partition:
1 Start Image Explorer.
2 Right-click a partition in the left frame, then click Properties .
3 Increase or decrease the value in the Original size field.
You cannot decrease the number in the Original size field to a smaller value that what is in the
Minimum size field.
The Original size field is not applicable for add-on images and cannot be modified for them.
D.2 Novell ZENworks Linux Management
Imaging Agent (novell-zislnx)
The Novell ZENworks Linux Management client (which includes novell-zislnx) should be installed
on devices where you want to apply images. For information on installing the client on your devices,
see “
Setting Up Managed Devices ” in the Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management Installation
Guide .
Installing the Linux Management client automatically installs the Novell ZENworks Linux
Management Imaging Agent (novell-zislnx). The Imaging Agent’s purpose is to save certain device-
unique data (such as IP addresses and host names) to an area on the hard disk that is safe from
imaging. The Imaging Agent records this information when you install it on the device. Then the
agent restores this information from the
image-safe area after the device has been imaged. This
allows the device to use the same network identity as before.
IMPORTANT: To read or write the image-safe data from or to the hard disk, you must set the
Mode
to
Enable
in the
/etc/opt/novell/zenworks/preboot/novell-zislnx.conf
file.
The Imaging Agent is installed on your imaging server by default when you install ZENworks Linux
Management.
If a device is new and does not contain a unique network identity, the default settings that you have
configured for the ZENworks Management Zone are applied when you image the device using a
Preboot Services Imaging bundle.