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restorep Examples
E.5 Session (Multicast) Mode (img session)
Use the Session (Multicast) mode to take an image of one device and put it down on multiple other
devices simultaneously over the network in a single operation.
IMPORTANT: For multicasting to work properly, the routers and switches on the network must
have multicast features configured. Otherwise, multicast packets might not be routed properly.
For multicasting to work, each participating device must boot from an imaging boot media and run
the ZENworks Imaging Engine in this mode, as explained below. The device from which the image
is taken is called the
master , and the devices that receive the image are called participants .
You can start the multicast session from the imaging server. If you start the session this way, you
specify an image file for multicasting rather than a device as the session master. Otherwise, if you
start the session from a client device, you can specify one of the session participants as the session
master. In that case, an image of the session master’s hard drive is sent to the session participants.
For more information, see
“Initiating a Multicast Session from Each Client” on page 437 .
Using the bash prompt, the following example explains the syntax and available parameters that you
can use with the
session
parameter:
img session name [master|client] [clients= count [t= minutes ]]
Example Explanation
img restorep 137.65.95.127 //
xyz_server/sys/imgs/dellnt.zmg
Removes all existing local partitions, retrieves the image
from
sys/imgs/dellnt.zmg on xyz_server , and puts
down the partitions and contents of that image on the
available local writable devices (assuming there is
sufficient local space and that 137.65.95.127 is the IP
address of
xyz_server ).
img restorep img.xyz.com //
xyz_server/sys/imgs/dellnt.zmg
s2
Removes all existing local partitions, retrieves the image
from
sys/imgs/dellnt.zmg on xyz_server , and puts
down the partitions and contents of file set 2 of that image
on the available local writable devices (assuming there is
sufficient local space and that
img.xyz.com
is the DNS
name of xyz_server ).
img restorep img.xyz.com //
xyz_server/sys/imgs/dellnt.zmg
a2:p1
Retrieves the image from
sys/imgs/dellnt.zmg
on
xyz_server , updates local partition 1 with the data from
partition 2 of that image, and leaves the other local
partitions unchanged (assuming there is sufficient space in
local partition 1 and that
img.xyz.com
is the DNS name
of xyz_server ).