Enabling Existing Workstations for Future Reimaging

With minimal disruption to users, you can enable existing workstations for possible future reimaging.

This process might need to be phased in by local administrators. Each administrator could do the following:

1. Upgrade each workstation to the latest Novell Client, using Automatic Client Update. Or, install the Desktop Management Agent. ZENworks Desktop Management lets ZENworks work with or without an installation of the Novell Client on the workstation. If your setup requires the Novell Client, you should install the Desktop Management Agent after the Novell Client installation to ensure that you are running the latest Imaging Agent. For more information, see "Installing and Configuring the Desktop Management Agent" in Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Installation Guide.
2. Install the Desktop Management Imaging Agent on each workstation by distributing an Application object. For more information, see Step 4 of Enabling a Workstation for Auto-Imaging Operations.
3. Register each workstation as a Workstation object in eDirectory. For more information, see Automatic Workstation Import and Removal.
4. If the workstations are PXE capable, make sure PXE is enabled (see Using Preboot Services (PXE)) and make sure that Desktop Management Preboot Services (PXE Support) has been installed on your Imaging server (see Using ZENworks Desktop Management Preboot Services).

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   Prepare a few sets of imaging boot diskettes (SP1 only) or CDs that users can use when they run into trouble (see Preparing an Imaging Boot Method). These devices could point to an Imaging server that contains the same clean images used for new workstations.

5. If a user runs into trouble, use the strategy for reimaging corrupted workstations. For more information, see Reimaging Corrupted Workstations.