HP dc73 Altiris Deployment Solution Guide for Workstation Clients using Embedd - Page 3

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Contents 1 Introduction 1-1 Client documentation...5 1-2 Altiris Deployment Solution...5 1-3 Tabloid-size pages ...5 2 Altiris Deployment Solution overview 2-1 Deployment Solution building blocks 6 2-1-1 Download to eXpress...6 2-1-2 Capture ...7 2-1-3 Deploy...7 2-2 Two-step operations ...8 2-2-1 Cloning a client OS image ...8 2-2-2 Downloading and deploying an OS image 8 3 Installing Altiris Deployment Solution 3-1 Downloading Altiris Deployment Solution 9 3-2 Installing Altiris Deployment Solution 11 3-3 Installing the 9x sample jobs ...12 3-4 Prerequisites for using the 9x sample jobs 12 3-5 Client computer boot order ...13 4 Preparing the PXE boot file for the HP dc73 Blade Workstation Client 5 Using Altiris Deployment Solution 5-1 Downloading an OS image to the eXpress directory 16 5-2 Capturing an OS image ...18 5-2-1 9xCaptureClone ...18 5-2-2 9xCaptureOS ...18 5-3 Deploying an OS image ...21 5-3-1 9xDeploy ...21 5-3-2 9xDeployKeepSettings ...21 5-4 9xApplySiteSettings ...24 5-5 Modifying OS settings ...24 6 Troubleshooting tips 6-1 Log files ...26 6-1-1 Turn the logging level up to 5 on the Altiris server 26 6-1-2 Client log files for capture operations 26 6-1-3 Log files for deploy operations 26 6-2 Issues and suggestions...27 Appendix A: Installing Embedded OS 9.xx from a USB key A-1 Downloading Embedded OS 9.45 from HP 29 A-2 Example installation from the USB key 33 Contents 3

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Contents 3
Contents
1
Introduction
1-1
Client documentation
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5
1-2
Altiris Deployment Solution
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5
1-3
Tabloid-size pages
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5
2
Altiris Deployment Solution overview
2-1
Deployment Solution building blocks
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6
2-1-1
Download to eXpress
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6
2-1-2
Capture
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7
2-1-3
Deploy
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7
2-2
Two-step operations
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8
2-2-1
Cloning a client OS image
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8
2-2-2
Downloading and deploying an OS image
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8
3
Installing Altiris Deployment Solution
3-1
Downloading Altiris Deployment Solution
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9
3-2
Installing Altiris Deployment Solution
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11
3-3
Installing the 9x sample jobs
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12
3-4
Prerequisites for using the 9x sample jobs
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12
3-5
Client computer boot order
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13
4
Preparing the PXE boot file for the HP dc73 Blade Workstation Client
5
Using Altiris Deployment Solution
5-1
Downloading an OS image to the eXpress directory
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16
5-2
Capturing an OS image
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18
5-2-1
9xCaptureClone
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18
5-2-2
9xCaptureOS
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18
5-3
Deploying an OS image
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21
5-3-1
9xDeploy
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21
5-3-2
9xDeployKeepSettings
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21
5-4
9xApplySiteSettings
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24
5-5
Modifying OS settings
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24
6
Troubleshooting tips
6-1
Log files
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26
6-1-1
Turn the logging level up to 5 on the Altiris server
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26
6-1-2
Client log files for capture operations
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26
6-1-3
Log files for deploy operations
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26
6-2
Issues and suggestions
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27
Appendix A: Installing Embedded OS 9.xx from a USB key
A-1
Downloading Embedded OS 9.45 from HP
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29
A-2
Example installation from the USB key
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33