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Advanced Tasks
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Pulling a PXE
Image From a Client
You can pull (copy) a PXE image from any client managed by HP
Device Manager and store it as a .img file in the Repository so that it
can be pushed (written) to other clients. This is achieved using the
_PXE Imaging template.
To pull a PXE image from a device:
1 Make sure the BIOS settings of the client device from which you
want to pull an image are as described in the section “Client
BIOS Settings for PXE” on page 146.
2 In the Management Console, display the OS tab containing the
name of the client in its
Device Tree.
3 Select the Imaging tab in the Task Templates pane then double-
click on the
_PXE Imaging template.
4 In the Template Editor - Imaging dialog, select the FTP Reposi-
tory
where the image will be stored.
5 Set the Action to Pull PXE image from device.