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Re: Imagex

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doughty, Marc)
Thu Feb 9 16:40:29 2012

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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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We do things totally by-the-book with imagex. I actually use &#39;gimagex&#=
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member that WIMs are more like ZIP archives than images. You need to do all=
 your partitioning and formatting separately from your ImageX&#39;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&#39;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&#39;t have to image manually.<br clear=3D"=
all">
<br>- Marc Doughty<br>&quot;If you aren&#39;t sure who is the give-way vess=
el, you are the give-way vessel.&quot;<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Joanne P=
ohlman <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jmpohlma@owu.edu">jmpohlma@o=
wu.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_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 class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br c=
lear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Joanne M. Pohlman<br>Technical Support Specialist/L=
ab 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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