Imaging Software: Norton Ghost
Presented by:
Paul Tsan
Carlos Vasquez
Steven Sanchez
Objectives:
 What is Imaging Software?
 Why use Imaging Software?
 Symantec Ghost Server install
 Image “Pulling”, Capturing an Image
 Image Dumping, Ghosting an Image to a
remote PC.
 Other Imaging software
What is Imaging Software?
 Drive Imaging not only backs up all the data on
your PC, it allows you to quickly restore your PC
to the state it was in when the backup was made.
 Creating a Restore disk for your system, that
provides a quick way to reinstall Windows and
applications
 Set up several identical PC's quickly by creating a
disk image of the first system set up, which would
the be used to install Windows and all the
applications on the subsequent systems, saving the
time to install Windows and the applications.
Why use Imaging Software?
 Drive Imaging is a quicker solution is to
deploy Windows, your latest hardware
drivers, and applications, and configure the
applications to save data to another
partition.
 Windows and applications reinstall time
will be reduced by 75% or more, and the
drivers and settings will be set correctly by
your standard.
Why use Imaging Software? (cont.)
 If you install and try lots of different software and
hardware, or like to tweak your system, each
change risks creating conflicts that might affect
system performance.
 If you have a Ghost image of your system, you
have a quick, safe way to restore your system back
to its original state before any changes.
 Computer enthusiasts who frequently upgrade and
modify their system will find Ghost a time saver.
Why use Imaging Software? (cont.)
 In big corporations, where each PCs are mostly
identical, you can install windows and all the
application software on one system, and then
create a disk image, which could then be copied to
the other system.
 Example places that would benefit from using a
Imaging Software:
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Schools
Libraries
Offices
Anywhere that uses multiple computers
Why use Imaging Software? (cont.)
 Imaging a PC or Laptop is possible without
a server.
– Can be used with Peer-To-Peer Networks
– Can be used in Windows or DOS networks
 You can connect your laptop to a desktop
computer by USB cable, network cable or
parallel cable, and make a Ghost image of
your laptop.
Symantec Ghost Server Install
 Steps involved in the Configuration of the
Symantec Ghost Server.
Client Install
 There are several ways to install the client
– Manually bring the CD to install at a PC
– Using the Ghost Console to remote install
– Or install through a network
• Active Directory/Group Policy
• Novell Servers
 A Client must be installed in order for the
Ghost Server Console to ‘see’ the client
Creating a Ghost Image
 Naming, Selecting, and defining partitions
on a computer to save as an image.
 Steps involved in the Image creation
process.
Client Action
 On the client side
– the pc will reboot
– and start the imaging
 Once the imaging is done
– The PC will reboot
– Back to original state
Small Video Clip of Client Side
Imaging a PC, Image “Ghosting”
 Sending the image saved to a remote PC.
 Process involved using Symantec Ghost
 Can be used in multicast mode to image to
several clients at once
 Save lots of time configuring a PC for the
entire company
Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition
 Key Features
– Streamlines the deployment and migration of
operating systems, software updates, user
profiles, and data to desktop and mobile assets
– Hardware and software inventory data is now
gathered from the Ghost Console, enabling
administrators to design provisioning tasks
based on specific client attributes
Key Features Cont.
 Multicast File Transfer allows an administrator to
send and execute individual files or critical
security-related "hot fixes" to multiple recipients
simultaneously
 Provides the ability to back up and/or load Ghost
images from a variety of media options including
supported USB, Firewire, or recordable CD or
DVD external drives and devices
 Ghost Explorer
– Used to open the ghost images much like using
Windows Explorer to view a file.
Various Imaging Software:
Software Name Company
Category
Acronis True Image
Acronis
Imaging
ASDIS
ASDIS Software AG
Distribution, Imaging
Drive Image
Power Quest
Corporation
Imaging, Repackaging
Drive Backup
Enterprise 2000
ParagonTechnologie
Imaging
IBM Image Ultra
IBM
Distribution, Imaging,
Migration
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Conclusion
 Thank you for your attention
 Any questions?