[WEB4LIB] RE: Ghost & Deep Freeze

[Dobbs, Aaron]

Microsoft's Sysprep utility will alleviate the duplicate GUIDs when Ghosting
(and automate the setup of the new machines when properly used with a
sysprerp.inf file).  
As I understand SMS (having never seen it, only hearing about it) you can
rerun the inventory in SMS after you've finished ghosting (using sysprep)
and setting up any last minute changes & SMS will handle everything from
there.  
Sysprep (used correctly this time, oops, teehee) & Ghost 7.5 rolled out 23
reimaged machines each of which only required me to enter the machine name,
the .inf file handled all the rest -- including joining it to the domain.
Google " "Sysprep.exe" "Sysprep.inf" " for the M$ website info & downloads.
Aaron W. Dobbs, MSLS
A+, MCSE+I, MCDBA, Network+
Network Services Librarian
Austin Peay State University


-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Christy [mailto:arthur.christy at tamut.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:55 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Ghost & Deep Freeze


Since we are on the subject of ghosting with other products.  I will add my
2 cents!  I don't use deepfreeze, which is similiar to Clean Slate.  I do
use Ghost with Clean Slate and Fortres, and have not had a problem with it
at all.

Where I do have a problem is using Ghost and Microsoft SMS.  This creates
Duplicates GUID.  Major problem of bogging the server down.

Arthur Christy
Texas A&M University Texarkana
Library Datacenter
1024 Tucker Street
Texarkana, TX  75505
903-223-3159


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Jacque King
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:13 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Ghost & Deep Freeze


Comments from another list:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 11:28:55 -0400
From: Rene Paquin <rpaquin at WLU.CA>
Reply-To: Library NT <LIBNT-L at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU>
To: LIBNT-L at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: Re: HDD Sheriff vs Centurion Guard

We use ghost with deepfreeze and you certainly can ghost an image with
deepfreeze.  You only have to thaw the drive first the you can do your
ghosting.  With ghost 7.0 or 7.5 it is very easy to do so remotely.  My
image contains deepfreeze and it is imaged with deepfreeze thawed.  When
my image is loaded then I remotely freeze the drive.

Rene

-----Original Message-----
From: Library NT [mailto:LIBNT-L at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU] On Behalf Of David
Ratledge
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:21 AM
To: LIBNT-L at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: Re: HDD Sheriff vs Centurion Guard


What DeepFreeze says about it is that you cannot Ghost a drive once
DeepFreeze has been installed. The way we get around this is to simply
create our Ghost images without DeepFreeze, then if we need to restore a
machine with the image we do so and then install and active DeepFreeze.


At 07:46 AM 4/9/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I hear from another list (WEB4LIB) that Deep Freeze does not work with
>Ghost...just something to think about if you are planning to use the
>two products together.
>
>Jacque King
>Library Technical Support Specialist
>Fort Collins Public Library
>201 Peterson Street
>Fort Collins, CO  80524
>(970) 221-6716
>king at julip.fcgov.com
>