53.2 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. Install the ZENworks Imaging Windows Agent on each workstation by distributing an Application object. For more information, see Step 3 of Section 57.2, Enabling a Windows Workstation for Auto-Imaging Operations.

  2. Register each workstation as a Workstation object in eDirectory. For more information, see Section III, Automatic Workstation Import and Removal.

  3. If the workstations are PXE capable, make sure PXE is enabled (see Section 55.1, Using Preboot Services (PXE)) and make sure that Desktop Management Preboot Services (PXE Support) is installed on your ZENworks Imaging server (see Section 56.0, Using ZENworks Desktop Management Preboot Services).

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

  4. If a user runs into trouble, use the strategy for reimaging corrupted workstations. For more information, see Section 53.3, Reimaging Corrupted Workstations.