Once the client machine boots up into the PreOS it will need an IP address to communicate with the Ghost Cast Server, and by default that IP address will come from the DHCP. When there is no DHCP server, the client machine will not get any IP address, hence, the machine will not be able to communicate with the Ghost Cast Server.

To force the PreOS WinPE or WinPE-512 to use a static IP address:

1. Go to "\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Ghost\Template\common\winpe\ghost" for WinPE and "\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Ghost\Template\common\winpe-512\ghost" for WinPE-512
2. Remove the read only from start.bat
3. Edit start.bat using the notepad and add the following line between x: and cd \ghost

   netsh int ip set address local static 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1

   (IP address of 192.168.0.100 with a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0 and a Default Gateway of 192.168.0.1 would be set on...

I just wanted to know how to install dell notification server

There are two ways you can get the client to report to the correct console.

These solutions assume you have a remote client installed, and that it is targeting a console other than the closest one:

Stop the Ghost Service

• Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Services > Services
• Scroll down to any Symantec products. Click the Symantec product and click "Stop the service".

Delete pubkey.crt and dnscache.txt

• Browse to C:\Program Files\Symantec\Ghost and delete the pubkey.crt and dnscache.txt files.

Start the Ghost Service

• Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Services > Services
• Scroll down to any Symantec products. Click the Symantec product and click "Start the service".

You can reset the client:

Once the service is restarted, the client will search for the nearest console.

Copy the pubkey from the new...

I have seen some issues with hot imaging with McAfee installed and wanted to share the resolution I have found. the primary error I have seen is the "Application Error 503. Connection timed out with Ghost code 19945" in the Ghost Console task logs.Here is how to get around this:

1. Open the Image Create Task, click on the Advanced button in the lower right of the General tab add type this in the "Additional options for Ghost command line" box:

-forcevolumesnapshot

2. On the client and server machines, open McAfee and open the Access Protection feature. edit the Prevent IRC Communication feature (there may be an incoming and an outgoing rule; if so, edit both) and add these exceptions:

Ghost32.exe
NGCTW32.exe
GhostSrve.exe

Note: The ePolicy Orchestrator is a utility that is often used along with this version of McAfee to make sure that settings are consistent acros a network; the above exceptions will need to be...