Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1, Manual

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Table 5-9
Process for deploying new computers
Description Action Step
For Windows, you can use Microsoft
Sysprep to prepare images. Sysprep
removes drivers, the security ID (SID), and
other computer-specific settings.
See “Creating and deploying an image”
on page 55.
Capture a Sysprep-enabled
image for distribution to
multiple computers. Step 1
You can specify the Sysprep-enabled image
that you captured and the system
configuration that you want to apply to
new computers.
See “About deploying an image”
on page 61.
See “Adding new system configuration
settings” on page 65.
Create a Deploy Image task. Step 2
You can add tasks to the start menu of a
new computer. Add the Deploy Image task to
your initial deployment menu. Step 3
You can boot computers with PXE using a
network interface. This process is
independent of your hard disks or installed
operating systems.
See “About PXE” on page 24.
Reboot the client using PXE. Step 4
A new computer is defined as a computer
that is not known to the database. An
Initial Deployment task can be used only
on new computers. Start the new computer using
the automation disk, and select
the task that you created from
the Initial Deployment menu. Step 5
Adding new system configuration settings
The system configuration settings contain the network, domain, and other settings
that are applied to computers after they are imaged.
When you distribute a generic Sysprep-enabled image, the system configuration
settings are applied to the computer for the initial setup. The same configuration
settings can be applied to multiple computers using the name range feature.
You can create a backup image or distribute a Sysprep-enabled image to computers
that have the Deployment plug-in installed on them. In this case, you can choose
65 Imaging computers
Adding new system configuration settings