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Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5

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The Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 course builds your knowledge of the Symantec Ghost Solution Suite, enabling you to deploy systems across your network and maintain client computers effectively and efficiently.

Skills Gained

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Build boot packages that can be used to create and restore images, connect to a multicast server, or boot to DOS.
Manually create and restore images using the DOSbased graphical user interfaces for both Ghost and DeployCenter.
Apply best practices for creating a master image file to deploy systems across a network.
Use the multicasting technologies included in the Ghost Solution Suite to deploy images to systems across a network.
Use Ghost's command line interface and DeployCenter's scripting language to automate
image creation and restoration processes.

Use the Ghost Console to organize and manage client computers.
Capture user profile settings from a computer and restore them to the same computer or to another computer.
Use Ghost AutoInstall to capture changes made on a single Windows computer, and then use the Ghost Console to quickly deploy these changes to other
machines across a network.
Collect information from machines managed by the Ghost Console and use this information to generate software and hardware inventory reports so you can target specific machine configurations for tasks.
Use the GDisk utility included with Symantec Ghost to assist you in retiring aging systems.




	Who Can Benefit
	This course is for network and system administrators, IT managers, IT support personnel, and other network operations staff who are responsible for deploying new computers across their organizations, managing ongoing software and hardware configuration tasks for computers, and retiring outdated computers.




	Prerequisites
	You should have working knowledge of network topology, TCP/IP networking, basic network administration; and a conceptual understanding of network design and best practices.




	Hands-On
	This course includes practical exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment.

This course is taught by Certified Symantec :: Veritas instructors.

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Code:	GHOST-2.5
Format:	Instructor-Led Classroom

Length:	4 days
Certified By:	Symantec :: Veritas

Tuition (USD): $2,800

Symantec :: Veritas Training (64 courses)

Security Training(9 courses)

Ghost Solution Suite Training (2 courses)

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Sacramento, CA	Apr.12 - Apr.15.2010

San Francisco, CA	May.3 - May.6.2010

Phoenix, AZ	May.3 - May.6.2010

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 Content Details

Computer Lifecycle Management and Symantec Products

Overview of Computer Lifecycle Management
Symantec Products for Managing the Computer Lifecycle
Exercise: Self-assessment

Ghost Solution Suite Product Overview

What is the Ghost Solution Suite?
Ghost Solution Suite Components
Ghost Solution Suite Topography
System Requirements
Supported File Systems
Ghost Solution Suite Terminology
Exercise: Self-assessment

Installing the Ghost Solution Suite

Installing Symantec Ghost
Installing DeployCenter
Creating an Image Repository
Hands-on Labs: Installing Symantec Ghost; modifying the Domain Controller to allow Ghost boot environments to access the network; installing Symantec DeployCenter; creating an image repository

Creating Boot Packages

Purpose of Boot Packages
Overview of Boot Packages
Requirements for Creating a Ghost Solution Suite Boot Package
Differences Between the Ghost and DeployCenter Boot Package Builders
Creating Boot Packages with the Ghost Boot Wizard
Creating Boot Packages with the DeployCenter Boot Disk Builder
Hands-on Labs: Creating a Ghost WinPE Virtual Partition boot environment; creating a Ghost Linux Virtual Partition boot environment; creating a Ghost DOS Virtual Partition boot environment; creating a DeployCenter DOS Virtual Floppy Disk boot environment

Using Boot Packages

Methods for Using Boot Packages
Creating QuickBoot Executables
PXE Components in Ghost Solution Suite
Configuring the 3Com Boot Services PXE Environment
Configuring the DeployCenter PXE Environment
Hands-on Labs: Using a Ghost Linux ISO image to boot into a Linux imaging environment; using a WinPEbased Ghost One-click Virtual Partition to boot into a Windows PE imaging environment; using a Ghost DOS One-click Virtual Partition to boot into a DOS imaging environment; using a DeployCenter virtual floppy / QuickBoot executable; using PXE with Ghost; using PXE with DeployCenter

Creating and Restoring Images

Methods of Creating Images
Determining an Imaging Strategy
Creating an Image Using the Ghost Pre-OS GUI
Creating an Image Using the ImageCenter Pre-OS GUI
Restoring an Image Using the Ghost Pre-OS GUI
Restoring an Image Using the ImageCenter Pre-OS GUI
Hands-on Labs: Creating an image using the WinPEbased Ghost boot environment; creating an image using the DOS-based DeployCenter QuickBoot executable boot environment; restoring an image using a PXE-based Ghost boot environment; restoring an image using a PXE-based DeployCenter boot environment

Creating a Master Image File

Issues Involved in Deploying Images on a Network
How Microsoft Sysprep Resolves Image Deployment Issues
Using Sysprep for Windows 2000/XP
Using Sysprep for Windows Vista
Creating a Master Image of the Reference Computer
Hands-on Labs: Preparing to run Sysprep; optimizing the reference system; creating a WinPE-based Ghost ISO boot environment with the Deploy Anywhere driver database; using Ghost to create a master image file; using DeployCenter to create a master image file

Deploying Images

Benefits and Challenges of Deploying an Image to Multiple Computers
Overview of Multicasting
Differences Between Ghost and DeployCenter Multicasting
Using GhostCasting to Deploy Images
Using PowerCasting to Deploy Images
Hands-on Labs: Using GhostCasting to deploy a master image to a client system; using PowerCasting to deploy a master image to a client system

Automating the Creation and Restoration of Images

Automating Symantec Ghost
Automating ImageCenter
Additional Automation Tools
Hands-on Labs: Automating the creation of images using Ghost; automating the restoration of images using Ghost; automating the creation of images using DeployCenter; automating the restoration of images using DeployCenter; automating the configuration of a new system; automating the creation of local backup partitions

Creating AutoInstall Packages to Automate Post-Deployment Customizations

How AutoInstall Works
Setting Up the AutoInstall Model Computer
Generating an AutoInstall Installation Script
Customizing AutoInstall Packages
Validating AutoInstall Packages
Hands-on Labs: Creating a PE Builder AutoInstall package

Integrating and Configuring Windows Desktop Computers in the Ghost Console

Purpose of the Ghost Console
Preparing for Client Integration
Installing the Console Client
Setting Global Properties for Managed Clients
Grouping Clients in the Ghost Console
Creating Tasks in the Ghost Console
Populating the Ghost Console with Client Information
Hands-on Labs: Preparing systems for integration with the Ghost Console; remotely integrating systems into the Ghost Console; grouping managed systems; populating the Ghost Console database with client information; changing client configurations

Using the Ghost Console to Create and Restore Images

Overview of Imaging Tasks
Configuring the Ghost Console to Use the Image Repository
Building and Running an Image Create Task
Building and Running a Clone Task
Building and Running a DeployAnywhere Task
Hands-on Labs: Configuring the Ghost Console to use
the image repository; creating and executing an image
creation task; creating and executing an image
restoration task

Using the Ghost Console to Migrate OS-Based User Profiles

Overview of User Migrations
Building User Migration Templates
Capturing User Data
Restoring User Data
Hands-on Labs: Creating a migration template; creating and executing a User Migration Capture task; creating and executing a User Migration Restore task

Using the Ghost Console to Perform Post-Deployment Customizations

Benefits of Deploying AutoInstall Packages and Other Customizations to Remote Computers
Creating an AI Package Definition
Building and Running a Software and File Actions Task
Hands-on Labs: Adding an AutoInstall package to the Ghost Console; deploying an AutoInstall package using the Ghost Console

Using Client Inventory Reports in the Ghost Console

Overview of Client Inventory
Managing Collected Data Sets
Viewing Inventory Information
Using Filters
Using Reports
Using Dynamic Machine Groups
Hands-on Labs: Running reports in the Ghost Console; creating dynamic groups within the Ghost Console

Preparing to Remove a Computer from Production

Importance of Preparing Computers for Retirement
Using GDisk to Securely Wipe a Computer
Hands-on Labs: Performing a standard disk wipe with GDisk; performing a secure disk wipe with GDisk

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Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5

Skills Gained

Build boot packages that can be used to create and restore images, connect to a multicast server, or boot to DOS.

Manually create and restore images using the DOSbased graphical user interfaces for both Ghost and DeployCenter.

Apply best practices for creating a master image file to deploy systems across a network.

Use the multicasting technologies included in the Ghost Solution Suite to deploy images to systems across a network.

Use Ghost's command line interface and DeployCenter's scripting language to automate

image creation and restoration processes.

Use the Ghost Console to organize and manage client computers.

Capture user profile settings from a computer and restore them to the same computer or to another computer.

Use Ghost AutoInstall to capture changes made on a single Windows computer, and then use the Ghost Console to quickly deploy these changes to other

machines across a network.

Collect information from machines managed by the Ghost Console and use this information to generate software and hardware inventory reports so you can target specific machine configurations for tasks.

Use the GDisk utility included with Symantec Ghost to assist you in retiring aging systems.

Who Can Benefit

Prerequisites

Hands-On

Symantec :: Veritas Training (64 courses)

Security Training(9 courses)

Ghost Solution Suite Training (2 courses)

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 Content Details