Deploy Anywhere
I've been wanting to use the deploy anywhere feature in Ghost, I have different type of hardware, and what I'm doing right now is pretty much create an image for each Computer model.
Where can I get step by step instructions on how to use the Deploy Anywhere feature?
Deploy Anywhere steps
DeployAnywhere Command Line:
For more information , please refer the
Ghost Implementation Guide :
Chapter 27 (Running DeployAnywhere from the command line)
1. Mount the DeployAnywhere database on the client machine
net use z:\ \\<ip>\share /USER:<username> <password>
2. Determine where the windows partition exists using ghconfig
ghconfig32.exe windows
<output>
3. Run the DeployAnywhere evaluation mode using the following command
ghdplyAw32.exe /target=<output_from_ghconfig> /eval /ddb=<driver database location>
this will list all missing drivers. See the image below
Incase there is an error like
Unable to connect to the SmeUtil driver. The handle is invalid
Copy the SMEUTIL.sys file to x:\Windows\system32\drivers
4. Run the DeployAnywhere to retarget the image
ghdplyAw32.exe /target=<output_from_ghconfig> /ddb=<driver database location>
Reboot after you get a success message.
This link can be useful performing deploy anywhere from UI :-> http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/deploy-an...
Yogesh Sadhu.
@Yogeshsadhu Would it be
@Yogeshsadhu
Would it be better to do it using the ghost console? I normally use Ghost to blast classrooms and i find the command line way to be a bit of a hassle.
I did look at the web site that you sent me but it very limited to detail
Deploy Anywhere from Console
Deploy Anywhere form console and form command line is almost the same procedure, its upto the user which one he feels comfortable , But i thing through console is definately easy way.
Its all depend upon your setups/environment;
There may be the environment where:
1.The machine is already a client and
2.The second one is the machine which is not part of the ghost
console and you wanted to reimage (With different hardware)
if the machine on which you want to restore the image then its better to use console option
for deploy anywhere , and if you forget to enable the Deploy anywhere option then you can do this through command line in PreOS.
Whereas in case where it is not part of console definately you got
to do this with commandline.
Try out ....
Yogesh Sadhu.
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