Ghosting of Harddisks and centralised controls
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Question / Problem
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If you are maintaing a lab, one can't go to each system and install OS and applications it will be a very tidious process and time consuming
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Solution
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Solution for the above problem is,
if you are looking for same OS and applications we can go for 2 solutions
1) Network booting -
* dump the OS image and applications required in the APPSERVER .
* Configure BIOS in clients to take up dynamic IP and enable BOOTP or NETWORK BOOTING.
* This makes the client to boot and access the applications required.
2) GHOSTING-
* (similar OS) install the OS and applications required in one system.
* remove the harddisk of the desired system where you want to install everything what you had installed in previous system.
* Connect this 2nd harddisk to the first system and make it as primary slave or secondary master and the first harddisk will be primary master.
* Insert PQmagic cd and Reboot the system
* Boot through CD.
* Select Ghosting.
* Specify the destination and source harddisk and finish.
* Within 5 min the second harddisk is ready to use with all the applications as of in the first harddisk.
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Applies to |
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Windows 2008 Server
,Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 2003 Server
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