Use the Make mode to take an image of the workstation and store it in a specified location. Normally, all partitions on hard disks and other storage devices (such as Jaz drives) are included in the image, but there are some exceptions noted below.
You can take an image of a workstation using either the bash prompt or using the ZENworks Imaging Engine menu. For step-by-step instructions, see Manually Taking an Image of a Workstation. You can also use the Make Locally mode to take an image of the workstation and store it in a partition on a local (writable) device, such as a hard disk or Jaz drive. For step-by-step instructions, see Setting Up Disconnected Imaging Operations.
The image size corresponds roughly to the size of the data in the Windows partitions plus the entire size of any non-Windows partitions (such as NetWare® partitions). ZENworks® Linux partitions and Compaq configuration partitions are always excluded. The data from Windows partitions is stored in an intelligent, file-by-file format so you can customize it later using the Image Explorer (imgexp.exe) utility. Non-Windows partitions are stored in a raw, bit-by-bit format that cannot be customized.
The syntax of this mode depends on whether you will store the image locally or on an Imaging (proxy) server.
The following sections contain additional information:
Using the bash prompt, the following example explains the syntax and available parameters that you can use with the makel "make locally" parameter:
img makel[pNumber] filepath [comp=comp level] [xpartition]Using the bash prompt, the following example explains the syntax and available parameters that you can use with the makep "make on proxy" parameter:
img makep address filepath [comp=comp level] [xpartition]| Parameter | Specifies |
|---|---|
address |
The IP address or DNS name of an imaging server where the image will be stored. This can be any server running the Imaging Proxy service. |
filepath |
The UNC path to the new image file being created, including the image filename and the .zmg extension (case-sensitive). The format of the UNC path is as follows: //servername/volume_or_share/path_to_store_images/imagename.zmg Upon execution of img makep at the cmd line, the servername portion of this path is replaced with the value in the address portion of this syntax. The directories in the path must exist. If the file already exists; the imaging server won't overwrite it unless you enable this behavior in the imaging server's policy in eDirectory. (See Allowing Overwriting Filenames and Restricting Save Location of Image Files (Imaging Server Settings).) If no folders are specified in the path, the image is created at the root of the volume or drive where the ZENworks Desktop Management Workstation Imaging server software is installed. IMPORTANT: Because Linux does not recognize backslashes, you must use forward slashes in the UNC path or enclose the entire path in quotes. |
[comp=comp level] |
comp level is the amount of compression used when creating the image. Specify any number from 0-9. 0 means no compression. 1 is the same as Optimize for Speed. 6 is the same as Balanced and is used by default if you do not specify this parameter. 9 is the same as Optimize for Space. |
xpartition |
The partition number (as displayed by img dump) of a local partition to exclude from the image. You can repeat this parameter as needed to exclude multiple partitions. If you omit this parameter, all partitions are included in the image. |