The Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility that is available on the managed devices allows you to take an image and restore it either on the local device or the server. The utility uses the Windows Imaging Format (WIM) or Ghost Imaging Format. The utility also allows you to add and modify the disk partitions of the device.
The image that is taken with ImageX and restored by using the WIM bundle does not have any partition information. Consequently, it creates only one single partition on the destination hard disk. To prevent this issue, you must take an image by using ZENworks Control Center or the ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility in the maintenance mode.
Review the following sections for detailed information about the operations that can be performed by using the Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility:
Section D.4.1, Launching the Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging Utility
Section D.4.2, Taking an Image of a Device and Storing it Locally
Section D.4.3, Taking an Image of a Device and Storing it in a Remote Repository
Section D.4.5, Restoring an Image to a Device on a Shared Network Location
Section D.4.6, Adding, Deleting, or Activating Disk Partitions
To launch the Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility:
Reboot the managed device to the PXE mode.
From the
menu, select the mode.The WinPE distro is loaded and the Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility is launched.
The Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility allows you to take an image of an existing device and store it locally. The image can be used to image a similar device or reimage the same device.
To take an image of an existing device and store it locally:
Click the
menu > > .The Take Image window is displayed.
In the .wim) or the Ghost imaging format (.gho) files.
field, specify or click to browse for and select the path where you want to store the Windows Imaging Format (In the .wim or .gho file.
field, select the partition of the disk whose image you want to take. Do not select the drive where you want to save theBy default, the
field displays all the partitions of the device on which the Novell ZENworks Third-Party Imaging utility is launched. Additionally, the drives are displayed for Windows partitions.NOTE:The drives displayed might not correlate with the original drives of the device. You must manually ensure that the correct drive is selected.
Select one of the following compression options:
None: No compression is applied.
Speed: Optimizes the compression to allow for the fastest imaging time. Use this option if CPU speed is an issue. By default, this option is selected.
Size: Optimizes the compression to minimize the image file’s size to conserve disk space. This might cause Imaging to take considerable amount of time.
Click
.If the images are taken in the Ghost format, ZENworks 10 Configuration Management additionally creates an XML file with the filename as image_name-ghost.xml in the same location as the image file. You must not edit the xml file. If you are taking an image of a device that has multiple disks, an image file is created for each disk and only one XML file is created per image.
If you want to move a Ghost image to a different location, you must move all the image files and the XML file specific to the image.
The Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility allows you to take an image of an existing device and store it in a remote image repository on a shared-network path. The image can be used to image a similar device or reimage the same device.
To take an image of an existing device and store it in a remote image repository on a shared-network path:
Click the
menu > > .The Take Image window is displayed.
In the .wim) or the Ghost imaging format (.gho) files. The directory must be a Windows share or a Linux CIFS or SMB share, and you must have the Write permission to it.
field, specify the complete path of the shared-network location where you want to store the Windows Imaging Format (NOTE:You cannot use the
button to select the shared-network path because it is not supported in the WinPE environment. You must specify the complete path of the network shared location.In the .wim or .gho files.
field, click to specify the username and password of the remote share on the server used for storing theIn the
field, select the partition of the disk whose image you want to take.By default, the
field displays all the partitions of the device on which the Novell ZENworks Third-Party Imaging utility is launched.NOTE:The drives displayed might not correlate with the original drives of the device. You must manually ensure that the correct drive is selected.
Select one of the following compression options:
None: No compression is applied.
Speed: Optimizes the compression to allow for the fastest imaging time. Use this option if CPU speed is an issue. By default, this option is selected.
Size: Optimizes the compression to minimize the image file’s size to conserve disk space. This might cause Imaging to take considerable amount of time.
Click
.If the images are taken in the Ghost format, ZENworks 10 Configuration Management additionally creates an XML file with the filename as image_name-ghost.xml in the same location as the image file. You must not edit the xml file. If you are taking an image of a device that has multiple disks, an image file is created for each disk and only one XML file is created per image.
If you want to move a Ghost image to a different location, you must move all the image files and the XML file specific to the image.
The Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility allows you to restore a locally stored image on the device.
(Optional) If you want to change the destination disk structure before restoring a WIM image, perform the tasks explained in Section D.5, Configuring the Destination Disk Structure Before Restoring a WIM Image.
Click the
menu > > .The Restore Image window is displayed.
In the .wim) or the Ghost imaging format (.gho) file to be restored.
field, specify or click to browse for and select the directory containing the Windows Imaging Format ((Conditional) If you want to restore the .wim file as an add-on image:
Select the
option.Configure the following settings:
Image Number: Select the index number of the image to be restored.
Path to Restore the Add-on Image: Specify or click
to browse for and select the location on the device where you want to restore the add-on image.Click
.(Conditional) If you want to perform any of the following operations, select
and click to display the Select Partition window.Restore an image that is stored on a local disk, and not on a removable or CD-ROM drive.
Restore a base image taken by using ImageX or Ghost.
Selective partition imaging.
View the image information and modify the disk partitions accordingly.
NOTE:The
is available only if you are restoring a Ghost image taken by using ZENworks 10 Configuration Management (through ZENworks Control Center or the Novell ZENworks Third-Party Imaging utility).The
is not available for the WIM Imaging format if you select the .(Conditional) If you select Step 5, configure the Select Partition window.
inThe Select Partition window allows you to select the image partition to be restored and the destination drive. You can restore the image of a disk partition on any other disk partition.
If the image to be restored was taken by using ImageX, then all the images stored in the .wim file are displayed, along with their data size.If the image was taken by using ZENworks Configuration Management, then only the information for all the partitions within the .wim file is displayed.
In the
panel, select the check box for the image partition to be restored. The image is restored on the corresponding drive in the panel. If you want to restore the image of a partition to a different drive, drag and drop the desired partition in the panel so that it is corresponding to the selected image partition. You can also use the Up and Down arrow keys to reorganize the partitions in the panel.NOTE:The drives displayed in the Disk Partitions panel might not correlate with the original drives of the device. You must manually ensure that the correct drive is selected.
Click
.The Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility allows you to restore an image to the device on a shared-network path.
(Optional) If you want to change the destination disk structure before restoring a WIM image, perform the tasks explained in Section D.5, Configuring the Destination Disk Structure Before Restoring a WIM Image.
Click the
menu > > .The Restore Image window is displayed.
In the .wim) or the Ghost imaging format (.gho) file to be restored. The directory must be a Windows share or a Linux CIFS or SMB share.
field, specify the complete path of the shared-network location containing the Windows Imaging Format (NOTE:You cannot use the
button to select the shared-network path because it is not supported in the WinPE environment. You must specify the complete path of the network shared location.In the Server Credentials field, click .wim or .gho file.
to specify the username and password of the remote share on the server having the(Conditional) If you want to restore the .wim file as an add-on image:
Select the
option.Configure the following settings:
Image Number: Select the index number of the image to be restored.
Path to Restore the Add-on Image: Specify or click
to browse for and select the location on the device where you want to restore the add-on image.Click
.(Conditional) If you want to perform any of the following operations, select
and click to display the Select Partition window.Restore a base image taken by using ImageX or the Ghost imaging format (.gho).
Selective partition imaging.
View the image information and modify the disk partitions accordingly.
NOTE:The
is available only if you are restoring a Ghost image taken by using ZENworks 10 Configuration Management (through ZENworks Control Center or the Novell ZENworks Third-Party Imaging utility).The
is not available for the WIM Imaging format if you select the .(Conditional) If you select
, configure the Select Partition window.The Select Partition window allows you to select the image partition to be restored and the destination drive. You can restore the image of a disk partition on any other disk partition.
If the image to be restored was taken by using ImageX, then all the images stored in the .wim file are displayed, along with their data size.If the image was taken by using ZENworks Configuration Management, then only the information for all the partitions within the .wim file is displayed.
In the
panel, select the check box for the image partition to be restored. The image is restored on the corresponding drive in the panel. If you want to restore the image of a partition to a different drive, drag and drop the desired partition in the panel so that it is corresponding to the selected image partition. You can also use the Up and Down arrow keys to reorganize the partitions in the panelNOTE:The drives displayed in the Disk Partitions panel might not correlate with the original drives of the device. You must manually ensure that the correct drive is selected
Click
.The Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility allows you to create, delete, and activate disk partitions.
Click the
menu > .A list of partitions available on the device, total disk space, and the free disk space on the device is displayed. Select the disk whose partition you want to modify.
Note: The drives displayed might not correlate with the original drives of the device. You must manually ensure that the correct drive is selected.
To create a Primary or Extended partition, click
. To create a Logical partition, select an Extended partition, then click .The Add Partition window is displayed.
Configure the following settings:
File System Type: (Not applicable for the Extended partition) Select the file system type for the device.
Partition Type: Select the partition type to be created.
Size: Specify the size of the partition. By default, it is the free space available on the disk beyond the specified offset value for the Primary or Extended partition, and the free space available beyond the specified offset value within the Extended partition for the Logical partition.
Drive Letter: (Not applicable for the Extended partition) Select the letter to represent the partition.
OffSet: Specify the offset of the disk to determine the starting position of the partition. By default, it is the offset of the first available free space on the disk for the Primary or Extended partition, and it is the offset of the first available free space within the extended partition for the Logical partition.
Click
.The Modify Partitions window is displayed.
Click
.Click the
menu > .A list of partitions available on the device, total disk space, and the free disk space on the device is displayed.
Select the partition to be deleted, then click
.Click
.Click the
menu > .A list of partitions available on the device, total disk space, and the free disk space on the device is displayed.
Select the primary partition to be made active, then click
.Click
.In the Novell ZENworks Third Party Imaging utility, click the
menu > to query for any third-party imaging task assigned to the device.The device is not rebooted after this operation.