HP T5735 Administrator's Guide Linux-based HP Compaq t5735 Thin Client - Page 73

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Question How can a factory image be restored locally? Can you capture and deploy settings separately from an image? Are there other management methods available from HP to manage HP Linux thin clients? Answer 3. Select the First Boot Device option and press Enter. 4. Press F10 to save your configuration. 5. Press Enter to save and exit. Altiris Deployment Server Console Actions 1. Double-click the Deployment Server Console icon from the desktop to open the Deployment Server Console. 2. Right-click the lower left window and select New Job. 3. In the empty field, type Image Deployment and press Enter. 4. From the upper right window, click Add. 5. From the drop-down menu, select Run Script. 6. From the Run this Script window, type the following command: rdeployt -md -raw -f.\images \test.img NOTE: test.img is used for this example. You may select any name for the .img file. 7. Select the DOS radio button from In which OS would you like to run this script? 8. Click Finish. 9. To deploy an image, you can drag and drop this job to any HP Compaq Linux thin client. A factory image can be restored locally using USB drive key or USB CD-ROM. Instructions for this procedure are available on the HP Compaq Thin Client Linux Image SoftPaq. Yes. HP has developed custom scripts for Altiris that capture system settings and defined HP Connection Administrator connections from a source HP Compaq Linux thin client system through the Altiris deployment console. You can then deploy these captured system settings and connections out to a target HP Compaq Linux thin client system through the Altiris deployment console. For more information, see the white paper entitled Altiris Manageability Scripts for HP Compaq Linux Thin Clients at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/ support/SupportManual/c00448511/c00448511.pdf. Yes, you may update images using new HP FTP image update and DHCP image update for HP Linux thin clients. For more information, see the white paper entitled, FTP/DHCP Image Update for HP Linux Thin Clients available on the http://www.hp.com product support site. ENWW Manageability 65

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Question
Answer
3.
Select the
First Boot Device
option and press
Enter
.
4.
Press
F10
to save your configuration.
5.
Press
Enter
to save and exit.
Altiris Deployment Server Console Actions
1.
Double-click the
Deployment Server Console
icon from
the desktop to open the Deployment Server Console.
2.
Right-click the lower left window and select
New Job
.
3.
In the empty field, type
Image Deployment
and
press
Enter
.
4.
From the upper right window, click
Add
.
5.
From the drop-down menu, select
Run Script
.
6.
From the Run this Script window, type the following
command:
rdeployt -md -raw -f.\images
\test.img
NOTE:
test.img
is used for this example. You may
select any name for the .img file.
7.
Select the
DOS
radio button from
In which OS would
you like to run this script?
8.
Click
Finish
.
9.
To deploy an image, you can drag and drop this job to any
HP Compaq Linux thin client.
How can a factory image be restored locally?
A factory image can be restored locally using USB drive key or
USB CD-ROM. Instructions for this procedure are available on
the HP Compaq Thin Client Linux Image SoftPaq.
Can you capture and deploy settings separately from an
image?
Yes. HP has developed custom scripts for Altiris that capture
system settings and defined HP Connection Administrator
connections from a source HP Compaq Linux thin client
system through the Altiris deployment console. You can then
deploy these captured system settings and connections out to
a target HP Compaq Linux thin client system through the Altiris
deployment console. For more information, see the white
paper entitled
Altiris Manageability Scripts for HP Compaq
Linux Thin Clients
at
bc/docs/
support/SupportManual/c00448511/c00448511.pdf
.
Are there other management methods available from HP to
manage HP Linux thin clients?
Yes, you may update images using new HP FTP image update
and DHCP image update for HP Linux thin clients. For more
information, see the white paper entitled,
FTP/DHCP Image
Update for HP Linux Thin Clients
available on the
product support site.
ENWW
Manageability
65