Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 Administration

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code.

GHOST-2.0

length.

4 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Symantec :: Veritas

price.

$2,800

The Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 course builds your knowledge of the Symantec Ghost Solution Suite, enabling you to deploy systems across your network and maintain client computers effectively and efficiently.

Sacramento, CA	nov.3.2008 - nov.6.2008	register
San Francisco, CA	feb.17.2009 - feb.20.2009	register
Las Vegas, NV	nov.17.2008 - nov.20.2008	register
Phoenix, AZ	dec.16.2008 - dec.19.2008	register

who can benefit

This course is for network and system administrators, IT managers, IT supportersonnel, and other network operations staff who are responsible for managing the software and hardware configurations for their organizations and who need to understand how to perform ongoing deployment, backup, and restore operations for computer operating systems and applications.

prerequisites

None.

skills gained

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

	Build boot packages that can be used to create and restore images, connect to a multicast server, or boot to DOS.
	Manually create and restore images using the DOSbased graphical user interfaces for both Ghost and DeployCenter.
	Use Ghost's command line interface and DeployCenter's scripting language to automate image creation and restoration processes.
	Apply best practices for creating a master image file to deploy systems across a network.
	Use the multicasting technologies included in the Ghost Solution Suite to deploy images to systems across a network.
	Use the Ghost Console to organize and manage client computers.
	Capture user profile settings from a computer and restore them to the same computer or to another computer.
	Use Ghost AutoInstall to capture changes made on a single Windows computer, and then use the Ghost Console to quickly deploy these changes to other machines across a network.
	Collect information from machines managed by the Ghost Console and use this information to generate software and hardware inventory reports so you can target specific machine configurations for tasks.
	Use the GDisk utility included with Symantec Ghost to assist you in retiring aging systems.

hands-on

This course includes practical exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment.

course content details

	Ghost Solution Suite Fundamentals

	What Is Included in the Ghost Solution Suite?
	Symantec Ghost Components
	DeployCenter Components
	Ghost Solution Suite Topography
	Symantec Ghost System Requirements
	DeployCenter System Requirements
	Supported File Systems
	Ghost Solution Suite Terminology

	Installing the Ghost Solution Suite

	Installing Symantec Ghost
	Installing DeployCenter

	Creating Boot Packages

	Purpose of Boot Packages
	Overview of Boot Packages
	Requirements for Creating a Ghost Solution Suite Boot Package
	Differences Between the Ghost and DeployCenter Boot Package Builders
	Creating Boot Packages with the Ghost Boot Wizard
	Creating Boot Packages with the DeployCenter Boot Disk Builder

	Using Boot Packages

	Methods for Using Boot Packages
	Creating a QuickBoot Executable
	Configuring the Ghost PXE Environment
	Configuring the DeployCenter PXE Environment

	Creating and Restoring Images Using a DOS-Based Interface

	Methods of Creating Images
	Determining an Imaging Strategy
	Creating an Image Using the Ghost DOS GUI
	Restoring an Image Using the Ghost DOS GUI
	Creating an Image Using the DeployCenter DOS GUI
	Restoring an Image Using the DeployCenter DOS GUI

	Automating the Creation and Restoration of Images

	Automating Symantec Ghost
	Automating ImageCenter
	Additional Automation Tools

	Creating a Master Image File

	Issues Involved in Deploying Images on a Network
	How Microsoft Sysprep Resolves Image Deployment Issues
	Building and Optimizing the Reference Computer
	Removing Hardware and System Information from the Reference Computer
	Creating a Master Image of the Reference Computer

	Deploying Images

	Benefits and Challenges of Deploying an Image to Multiple Computers
	Overview of Multicasting
	Differences Between Ghost and DeployCenter Multicasting
	Using GhostCasting to Deploy Images
	Using PowerCasting to Deploy Images

	Using AutoInstall Packages to Automate Post-Deployment Customizations

	How AutoInstall Works
	Setting Up the AutoInstall Model Computer
	Generating an AutoInstall Installation Script
	Customizing AutoInstall Packages
	Validating AutoInstall Packages

	Integrating and Configuring Windows Desktop Computers in the Ghost Console

	Purpose of the Ghost Console
	Overview of Ghost Console Tasks
	Installing the Ghost Client Agent on Computers
	Assigning a Network Driver to Clients
	Grouping Clients in the Ghost Console
	Setting Global Properties for Managed Clients
	Configuring the Ghost Console to Use the Image Repository
	Creating Tasks in the Ghost Console
	Populating the Ghost Console with Client Information

	Using the Ghost Console to Create and Restore Images

	Overview of Imaging Tasks
	Creating and Running Imaging Tasks

	Using the Ghost Console to Migrate OS-Based User Profiles

	Overview of Profile Migrations
	Capturing a User Profile
	Restoring a User Profile

	Using the Ghost Console to Deploy AutoInstall Packages

	Benefits of Deploying AutoInstall Packages to Remote Computers
	Creating an AutoInstall Task
	Executing an AutoInstall Task

	Using Client Inventory Reports in the Ghost Console

	Building and Interpreting Client Inventory Reports
	Creating Dynamic Machine Groups Based on Inventory Reports
	Assigning Tasks to a Dynamic Group

	Preparing to Remove a Computer from Production

	Importance of Preparing Computers for Retirement
	Methods for Securely Wiping a Computer
	Using GDisk to Securely Wipe a Computer