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Re: Imagex
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joanne Pohlman)
Fri Feb 10 08:50:10 2012
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thanks for the advice - still looking into, and trying to learn:-))
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Doughty, Marc <marc_doughty@brown.edu>wrote:
> We do things totally by-the-book with imagex. I actually use 'gimagex'
> most of the time since it's easier.
>
> It's important to remember that WIMs are more like ZIP archives than
> images. You need to do all your partitioning and formatting separately from
> your ImageX'ing.
>
> As far as comparison to Ghost... ImageX is a whole different kind of
> beast, and I love it. The single-instance storage of files internally means
> that I can pack six or seven images into the space that used to fit two. I
> can do fast incremental backups. I can edit the image on-the-fly and add
> updates or drivers.
>
> If you're going down this path, I highly suggest getting VMWare
> Workstation to build your images in a VM that you can snapshot, and get a
> WDS server up and running so you don't have to image manually.
>
> - Marc Doughty
> "If you aren't sure who is the give-way vessel, you are the give-way
> vessel."
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Joanne Pohlman <jmpohlma@owu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Anyone using imagex to create images? If so, how does it compare to
>> Ghost?
>> Thanks,
>> Joanne
>>
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>> Information Services
>> Ohio Wesleyan University
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thanks for the advice - still looking into, and trying to learn:-))<br><br>=
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Doughty, Mar=
c <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:marc_doughty@brown.edu">marc_doug=
hty@brown.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We do things totally by-the-book with imagex=
. I actually use 'gimagex' most of the time since it's easier.<=
br>
<br>It's important to remember that WIMs are more like ZIP archives tha=
n images. You need to do all your partitioning and formatting separately fr=
om your ImageX'ing.<br>
<br>As far as comparison to Ghost... ImageX is a whole different kind of be=
ast, and I love it. The single-instance storage of files internally means t=
hat I can pack six or seven images into the space that used to fit two. I c=
an do fast incremental backups. I can edit the image on-the-fly and add upd=
ates or drivers.<br>
<br>If you're going down this path, I highly suggest getting VMWare Wor=
kstation to build your images in a VM that you can snapshot, and get a WDS =
server up and running so you don't have to image manually.<br clear=3D"=
all">
<br>- Marc Doughty<br>"If you aren't sure who is the give-way vess=
el, you are the give-way vessel."<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Joanne P=
ohlman <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jmpohlma@owu.edu" target=3D"=
_blank">jmpohlma@owu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex">
Anyone using imagex to create images?=A0 If so, how does it compare to Ghos=
t?<br>Thanks,<br>Joanne<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br clear=3D"all"><br>=
-- <br>Joanne M. Pohlman<br>Technical Support Specialist/Lab Manager<br>
Information Services <br>Ohio Wesleyan University<br>
<a href=3D"tel:740-368-3133" value=3D"+17403683133" target=3D"_blank">740-3=
68-3133</a><br><a href=3D"mailto:jmpohlma@owu.edu" target=3D"_blank">jmpohl=
ma@owu.edu</a><br>
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