Cloning an operating system

To capture a supported operating system from one server and deploy it to another, use the sample job provided by the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Windows Edition.

About this task

The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Windows Edition provides sample jobs to capture and deploy a supported Windows operating system. To run the capture Windows image sample job, the Altiris Agent must first be installed on the donor system. The scripted operating system installation jobs provided by the Toolkit install the Altiris Agent automatically. If you are cloning an operating system that was not installed through the Toolkit, you must install the Altiris Agent manually.

Procedure

  1. Start the Altiris Deployment Solution console, and navigate to the Operating System Imaging folder in the following location: IBM ServerGuide Toolkit, Windows Edition 9.6 > Modular Deployment Tools > Step 2 - Operating System Installation > Operating System Imaging.
  2. Open the Capture Windows Image job.
  3. Select the Create Disk Image task, and click Modify.
  4. Change the path and file name for the captured image, and click Finish to save your changes.
  5. Open the Deploy Windows Image job.
  6. Select the Distribute Disk Image task, and click Modify.
  7. Change the path and file name to match the one that you entered for the captured image, and click Finish to save your changes.
  8. Run the Capture Windows Image job against the donor server.
  9. When the job completes, run the Deploy Windows Image job against the target server.