It takes a village to build an image

Managing operating systems and campus-supported software can be a daunting challenge. Many colleges and universities handle these challenges by using disk imaging software to create and deploy system images to some or all of their computers. ASU West has been building and deploying system images with Ghost for many years. Recently, however, we decided to re-evaluate our imaging processes and we found a number of ways to improve them. This presentation will share what we learned. It will discuss our procedures so that you can find ways to implement or improve your own strategies—whether you are starting from scratch or looking for ways to refine your current processes. The IT department at ASU West uses Symantec Ghost to build images for virtually every Windows computer on campus. Our procedure is robust enough to ensure a well-tested image gets deployed consistently and flexible enough to accommodate images for a host of different environments. We not only deploy images in all of th...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: SIGUCCS
• Authors: R. Mark Koan, Kelly Caye, Steven K. Brawn
• Keywords: ASU West, Disk Imaging Software, Images, Information Management, SIGUCCS 2003