Image Files

This property page lets you choose standard imaging or scripted imaging. See below for examples of scripts you can use. It also lets you delete the Linux* imaging partition at the same time you image a workstation.

Use Standard Imaging
Puts an image on the workstation according to the base and add-on files listed below.

Base Image File
This option is only available for standard imaging. It specifies the base image file associated with this image object. Click the browse button next to this field to select an image file on a server in your NDS® tree. If you want this image object to consist only of add-on images, leave this field blank. For information on how to create an image file, see ZENworks for Desktops Getting Started > For more information, see the ZENworks for Desktops online documentation at http://www.novell.com/documentation

Add-On Image Files
This option is only available for standard imaging. It lists the add-on image files associated with this image object. These images are put on the workstation one at a time after the base image in the order listed, unless at any point the system determines there isn't enough room on the workstation for the next image.

Use File Set
Specifies which fileset (variant) of the base and add-on images is associated with this image object. The same variant of the base image and of each add-on image is used. If you don't know whether any variants exist, leave this field set to 1. By default, all files belong to all filesets. For information on how to create variants, see ZENworks for Desktops Administration > For more information, see the ZENworks for Desktops online documentation at http://www.novell.com/documentation

Delete the ZENworks Imaging Partition, If It Exists, When Bringing Down the Base Image
This option is only available for standard imaging. During the imaging process, it completely removes the Linux imaging partition from the workstation. If you are imaging using PXE with a PXE-enabled workstation, you no longer need to keep this partition.

WARNING: You need to make sure that the image you restore was made on a computer without a Linux imaging partition. Otherwise, the wrong MBR (Master Boot Record) is restored, and the computer will fail to boot. In addition, if you remove the Linux imaging partition from a Windows NT* or Windows* 2000 computer, Windows will no longer be able to boot. You should only remove the Linux imaging partition if you are going to restore an image to the computer.

Use Scripted Imaging
Puts an image on the workstation according to the script you create in the field below. The following are some examples.

Example 1
Growing an Image on a 14 GB Drive to Fill a 20 GB Drive

Assuming that the image has a single partition, FAT32, the script would be as follows:

#First, delete all existing partitions:
img pd1
img pd2
img pd3
img pd4

#Second, create a single large FAT32 partition and set it active:
img pc1 FAT32
img pa1

#Third, restore the old image in to the new partition:
img restorep 155.155.155.155 //myProxy/volume/images/myImage/zmg a1:p1

Example 2
Imaging One Partition Without Disturbing the Others

In this example, drive C: is a 4500 MB FAT32 partition and is re-imaged without disturbing the other drives.

#First, delete the current drive C:
img pd1

#Second, create a new drive C: and set it active:
img pc1 FAT32 4500
img pa1

#Third, restore the operating system to the new partition:
img restorep 155.155.155.155 //myProxy/volume/images/OSimage.zmg a1:p1

Example 3
Taking an Image of the First Partition, but Not the Second


img makep 155.155.155.155 //myProxy/volume/images/OSimage.zmg x2

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