Ghost images require a significant amount of storage space. If your organiztion maintains multiple images, it may be necessary to utilize a network location for storage. One way to do this while maintaining the same folder structure is to create a symbolic link to the network location. This article will demonstrate how to do this.
1. Choose where you will store images. For this example, I will use a folder on another machine. It must be shared. Right-click on the folder and note its Network Path on the Sharing tab. If there is no Network Path, click on Share.. and share the folder.
2. On the Ghost Server, open an Administrator Command Prompt.
3. Run the following command:
In plain text: mklink /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\MyImages" \\servername\ImageStorage
This command (mklink /d) creates a symbolic link between between a new directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\MyImages in my example, where the directory MyImages did not exist prior to the operation) and the network share.
4. This message will apear if that command is successful:
5. Thereafter, the new directory MyImages can be used as an image store, and is browsable as being in the eXpress share.
This setup combines the ease of accessing images in the default eXpress share, and the need to store large amounts of data on a dedicated storage resource.
More information on the mklink command and symbolic links can be found here.