Besides the basic imaging operations covered in Getting Started, ZfD gives you the additional imaging capabilities listed below. These capabilities are described elsewhere in the ZfD documentation.
Boot from a CD to perform imaging operations: This gives you more space to include additional, custom files (such as drivers and images) on the imaging boot device. See Setting Up Workstations for Imaging in Workstation Imaging in Deployment.
Perform disconnected imaging operations: You can perform imaging operations on a workstation without connecting to an imaging server if you store the needed image files on a local device, such as a CD, hard-disk partition, or Jaz* drive. See Setting Up Imaging Services in Workstation Imaging in Deployment.
Manipulate workstation partitions: When a workstation is booted in manual imaging mode, you can issue various commands to resize or otherwise manipulate the existing workstation partitions. See Imaging Utilities and Options in Workstation Imaging in Administration.
Deploy images using an imaging server policy: An imaging server policy helps you to automate the deployment of images to workstations that haven't been specifically enabled for unattended imaging operations. See Setting Up Imaging Services in Workstation Imaging in Deployment.
Multicast an image: In a single operation, you can take an image of a workstation, broadcast it over the network to multiple other workstations, and lay it down on those workstations simultaneously with no NDS involvement. In ZfD 3.2, you can perform imaging multicasting from ConsoleOne. New property pages on the Server object let you explicitly define workstations or use rules to define workstations that will be included in the session, specify the image file or workstation you want to use as the master for the multicast session, and specify the requirements for a session to begin. You can also specify to delete the session information as soon as the session has finished. See Multicasting Images in Workstation Imaging in Administration.
Manipulate images: After creating an image, you can customize it by creating variants that include or exclude certain files or that add specific registry settings. You can also create add-on images from Application objects in NDS or by dragging individual files into a new image archive. You can associate multiple add-on images with a single Workstation Image object in NDS. See Preparing Images in Workstation Imaging in Administration.