Symantec Ghost Users Manual

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Server Installation/Configuration.........................................................................................3 Client Installation...............................................................................................................11 Pulling an Image ................................................................................................................13 Pushing an Image...............................................................................................................16 Imaging Manually..............................................................................................................18

Server Installation/ Configuration

1. Run CDStart.exe from the Symantec Ghost installation folder. 2. Click Install Symantec Ghost. 3. Click Install Ghost Console and Ghost Standard Tools. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to perform a standard installation. 5. After installation, run Ghost Console. From the Help menu, select Register Console and then Add Legacy License. Enter the following information: Name: Jeff Davidson E-mail Address: jdavidso@usouthal.edu Serial Number: 2214548970 Validation Key: 021E3FB677B5EE8000EF 6. If you have any issues with installation or registration, contact Jeff Davidson at jdavidso@usouthal.edu.

For each unique set of computers that will be imaged, organizational folders should be created under Machine Groups. 7. In the left pane, click Machine Groups. In the right pane, right-click and select New Folder. Give the folder a meaningful name (e.g. EEB30). 8. Double-click the new folder. In the right pane, create two more folders called All and To Image. Repeat steps 7-8 for each unique set of computers.

9. As clients are connected to the server, they will be listed in the Default folder under Machine Groups. Select all computers for a unique group (e.g. EEB30XX) and copy and paste them into the All folder in their corresponding group. Repeat for all groups. The computers are now placed and organized into manageable groups. Each group will need two tasks one to create an image (pull) and one to image computers (push). The next steps describe creating Image Create Tasks and Image Push Tasks. 10. In the left pane, click Tasks. In the right pane, right-click and select New Image Create Task. 11. Give the task a meaningful name such as Pull EEB30 Image. For now, leave the source machine blank. You will select the source when you are ready to use the task.

12. Under the Image section, click Browse. 13. Click on Images to expand the folder. If an image does not currently exist for the group, click New and select New Item. 14. Give the image a meaningful name such as EEB30. Next to Location, click Browse. Browse to a location on the server to save the Ghost image. At the time of this writing, the images were saved in /Ghost Images on the file server. Be sure to create a folder corresponding to the image name to put the image file in (e.g. EEB30). In the File name field, enter the name of the image (e.g. EEB30) and click Open.

15. Click OK. The image should now be listed. Select the image and click OK.

16. Choose your desired level of compression. I usually choose Fast. Check the box to Remove machine from Domain before taking an image. Click Save. The Image Create Task is ready!

17. In the left pane, click Tasks. In the right pane, right-click and select New Task. 18. Give the task a meaningful name such as Push EEB30 Image. Under Task Steps, select Clone. Next to Target Machine Group/Machine click Browse. 19. Expand the desired group folder and select the corresponding To Image folder and click OK.

20. At the top, select the Clone tab.

21. Under the Image section, click Browse. Expand Images and select the desired image. If the image does not exist, refer to Creating an Image Create Task for creating an image. Select the image and click OK.

22. Click Save. The Image Push Task is ready!

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Client Installation

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1. Run CDStart.exe from the Symantec Ghost installation folder. 2. Click Install Symantec Ghost. 3. Click Install Ghost Console Client. 4. Follow the prompts to install Ghost Console Client. When prompted for the name of the Ghost Console server, enter the name of the server such as ENGSVR.

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Pulling an Image

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1. Open Symantec Ghost Console. In the left pane, click on Tasks. Double-click the Image Create task. If an Image Create task does not yet exist, refer to steps 10-16 in Server Installation/Configuration.

2. Under Source machine click Browse. Select the source machine (located in the Default folder) and click OK.

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3. Verify the settings look good and click Execute.

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Pushing an Image

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1. Open Symantec Ghost Console. In the left pane click Machine Groups. In the right pane, open the group and open the All folder. Select the computers you wish to image and Cut them (Ctrl+X or right-click and select Cut). Navigate to the To Image folder and Paste them there (Ctrl+V). Be sure that ONLY the computers you wish to image are in the To Image folder.

2. In the left pane, click Tasks. Right-click the Push Image task and select Execute Task. If a Push Image task does not yet exist, follow steps 17-22 in Server Installation/ Configuration.

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Imaging Manually

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Sometimes it is not possible to use Ghost Console to automatically image a computer. In such cases, a manual Ghost session must be started, with the client booting from some external device such as a CD, USB flash drive, SD card, or floppy. In the first part of this tutorial, you will create a custom boot device for the client. Then you will create and join a manual Ghost session. 1. Before creating a boot device, you must determine what network card the client uses. This can be done in a number of ways. The first way is by looking in the device manager. The device listed will not match exactly with a Ghost driver, so take more notice of just the manufacturer and a model number. The second way is by looking in Symantec Ghost Console. If the computer or a computer of the same model has ever been connected to the Ghost Console, you can view what driver Ghost Console uses. Open Ghost Console. In the left pane, click Machine Groups. Open the Default group and double-click on the client. You can note the Network Adapter under the General tab. Click the Client tab. The driver that Ghost Console uses is listed under Use Suggested Template.

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2. Once you know what driver to use, you can create a boot disk. Start by running Ghost Boot Wizard. Select Network Boot Package and click Next.

3. Select the appropriate driver from the list. If the driver is not listed, check to the box to Show All Drivers (Advanced). Once the driver is selected, click Next.

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4. Click Next.

5. Click Next.

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6. Click Next.

7. Click Next.

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8. There are three different types of boot options that Ghost supports: floppy, ISO, and removable disk. If the client supports booting from USB, then the easiest and most efficient option is to use a USB flash drive (removable disk). If booting from USB is not supported, burning an ISO to a rewritable CD works well. If neither of these options are possible, then creating a set of floppies can be used as a last resort. The steps to create floppies, ISO images, and removable disks is described in the three sections below. A. Select the Format Floppy Disk Set option and click Next. Follow the instructions to insert/ format the flop-

B. Select the Create ISO Image option. Click Browse and select a location and file name to save the ISO image. Click Next. On the next screen, click Next again.

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C. Select the Format Disk option. Select the appropriate removable disk under Available Devices. Click Next. Click Next on the next screen.

You are now ready to boot the client and start a manual Ghosting session!

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9. First, you will create a Ghost session on the server. Run GhostCast Server. Pulling an image and pushing an image are done in almost the same way, so they will be discussed simultaneously. Enter a session name such as COEPUSH or COEPULL. If you are pulling an image, select the Create Image option; otherwise, select the Restore Image option. Click Browse. If you are pulling an image, browse to a location to store the image and give the image a name. If you are pushing an image, browse to the location of the image. Click Accept Clients. The server is now waiting for the client to connect.

10. On the client, insert the boot device you created earlier and boot from it. Ghost should start automatically. Screenshots for this portion will not be provided. From the menu, choose GhostCast > Multicast. Enter the session name you used on the server. Be sure to select the correct disk for imaging. Once the client is connected to the server, the client will wait for the server to initiate the imaging. 11. Back on the server, click the Send button to start imaging.

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