Creating a Workstation (Base) Image

A base image is an image of all the partitions and data on a source workstation's storage devices, such as hard disks. Normally, such an image is prepared with the intent to completely replace the contents of a target workstation's storage devices.

The overall process to create a base image is:

1. Boot the source workstation from an imaging method.
2. Run the Desktop Management Workstation Imaging engine to take an image of the workstation.

   You can do this manually or automatically. In manual mode, you interrupt the bootup process and issue an imaging command at the Linux prompt. For more information, see Manually Taking an Image of a Workstation. In automatic mode, you set a flag in the workstation's Workstation object using ConsoleOne^® and then let the bootup process proceed without interruption. For more information, see Performing an Automatic Imaging Creation or Restoration.