User guide

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8 Creating a master image ................................................................................................ 73
8.1 Preparation of the master operating system ..........................................................................73
8.2 Online vs. offline imaging ........................................................................................................73
8.3 Performing online imaging ......................................................................................................74
8.4 Performing offline imaging ......................................................................................................74
8.5 Steps of the Master Image Creator wizard ..............................................................................76
8.5.1 Disks or volumes to image ............................................................................................................................ 76
8.5.2 Image name and location ............................................................................................................................. 77
8.5.3 Options of imaging ........................................................................................................................................ 78
8.5.4 Comments and summary ............................................................................................................................. 81
9 Validating a master image .............................................................................................. 83
10 Deploying a master image ........................................................................................ 84
10.1 Files supported as master images ...........................................................................................84
10.2 Licenses for deployment ..........................................................................................................84
10.3 Deployment templates ............................................................................................................85
10.3.1 Creating a deployment template ................................................................................................................. 85
10.3.2 Configuring default deployment settings .................................................................................................. 101
10.3.3 Managing deployment templates.............................................................................................................. 102
10.4 Deployment through a deployment task ...............................................................................102
10.4.1 Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................................ 103
10.4.2 Deployment to specific machines .............................................................................................................. 103
10.4.3 Deployment to any ready machines .......................................................................................................... 108
10.4.4 Booting the target machines ...................................................................................................................... 110
10.4.5 Operations with deployment tasks ............................................................................................................ 115
10.4.6 Deployment behind an NAT device ........................................................................................................... 115
10.5 Stand-alone deployment .......................................................................................................116
10.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment) .................................................................117
10.6.1 Understanding user-initiated deployment ................................................................................................ 117
10.6.2 Considerations when using a PXE server ................................................................................................... 119
10.6.3 Setting up the user-initiated deployment mode ...................................................................................... 119
10.6.4 Changing parameters of the user-initiated deployment mode ............................................................... 122
10.6.5 Switching off the user-initiated deployment mode.................................................................................. 122
10.7 Deploying BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based and vice versa ..............................................123
10.7.1 Deploying volumes ...................................................................................................................................... 123
10.7.2 Deploying disks ............................................................................................................................................ 125
11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view) ................................................ 127
11.1 Adding machines ....................................................................................................................127
11.2 Groups of machines ...............................................................................................................128
11.3 Actions on machines ..............................................................................................................128
11.4 States and results for machines .............................................................................................129
12 Individual deployment settings............................................................................... 130
12.1 Enabling, disabling, and resetting individual settings ............................................................130
12.2 List of individual settings .......................................................................................................130