[524] in resnet
Re: Imaging Public Labs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Whyte, John)
Tue Dec 4 20:05:26 2001
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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:41:38 +1000
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From: "Whyte, John" <j.whyte@CITG.UQ.EDU.AU>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
Lindsay,
We are using Altiris Deployment Server for imaging labs. This consists of a
client/server model system with the ability to distribute the server
components to multiple systems.
The AClient component has an excellent feature for the labs. When it fires
up it will contact the deployment server and then wait for multicast clients
in the same LAN. After a little bit of negotiation, one client becomes the
master and pulls the image from the server and pushes this out to the
multicast clients in the same network.
Check out the products at www.altiris.com
Server components include a PXE server, SQL Backend, Console and Software
repository.
P.S. Compaq has a free 30day license with the purchase of a new machine for
imaging/deploying the new system.
John Whyte
IT Manager
Colleges' IT Group
University of Queensland
T: +61 7 3878 0707
F: +61 7 3878 0620
M: 0417 237 043
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lindsay A Klik [mailto:klik@GENESEO.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2001 9:06 AM
> To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
> Subject: Imaging Public Labs
>
>
> Here at SUNY Geneseo we are using a combination of Ghost, PCRDist, and
> DeepFreeze to image and lock down our lab machines. However, with the
> ever changing world of Microsoft and their spam of Operating Systems
> we have not come up with a good method of imaging and locking down our
> labs. Currently we are looking for a solution of imaging a lab of XP
> machines.
>
>
> Other questions I have are what do you do about user profiles if
> roaming profiles are not an option? DeepFreeze takes care of this
> problem of overloading a HD with profiles but is only running a beta
> version for 2k and hasn't even offered anything for XP yet.
>
>
> Also, w/o PCRDist to push out image changes we haven't found a time
> efficient method of updating our images. We are looking into Ghost
> Multi-casting if anyone has information on how this working for them
> it would also be helpful.
>
>
> --Lindsay
>
> =====================
> Lindsay Klik
> Student Technology Services Coordinator
> SUNY Geneseo
> Geneseo NY, 14454
> =====================
> 585-245-5577
> klik@geneseo.edu
>
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