
228 ZENworks for Desktops 3.2 Administration Guide
Novell Confidential Manual (99a) 11 September 2003
Make on Proxy
Use the Make on Proxy mode to take an image of the computer and store it on an imaging (proxy)
server. For more information, see Manually Taking an Image of a Workstation in Testing Basic
Imaging Operations in Workstation Imaging in Getting Started.
To use the Make on Proxy mode:
1 Enter img to display a menu > select Make an Image > Proxy Image. Type the IP address or
DNS name of your imaging server. Type the UNC path and filename where the new image is
to be stored on the imaging (proxy) server. If you are using compression, select a compression
option. (Optimize for Speed takes the least amount of time but creates the largest image file.
Optimize for Space creates the smallest image file but may take a significant amount of time.
Balanced is a compromise between compression time and image file size.) Specify any
advanced parameters, such as xpartition. If you want, specify additional information in the
Description (a description of the image), Machine Name (the computer on which the image is
being stored), Author (the name of the person entering this information), and Comments (any
additional comments) fields.
or
Enter the following:
img makep address [comp=comp level] filepath [xpartition]
Parameter Specifies
address The IP address or DNS name of the imaging server to store the image on.
[comp=comp level]
comp level is the amount of compression used when creating the image.
Specify any number from 0-9. 0 means no compression. 1 is the same as
Optimize for Speed and is used by default if you do not specify this
parameter. 6 is the same as Balanced. 9 is the same as Optimize for
Space. See the paragraph in Step 1 for more information.
filepath The image filename, including a .zmg extension and the complete path in
UNC style. The directories in the path must exist. If the file already exists,
the imaging server won’t overwrite it unless you enable this behavior in the
imaging server’s policy in NDS. If no folders are specified in the path, the
image is created at the root of the volume or drive where the ZfD imaging
server software is installed.
IMPORTANT: Because Linux doesn’t recognize backslashes, you must
use forward slashes in the UNC path or enclose the entire path in quotes.
xpartition The partition number (as displayed by
img dump) of a local partition to
exclude from the image. You can repeat this parameter as needed to
exclude multiple partitions.
If you omit this parameter, all partitions are included in the image.
Example Explanation
img makep 137.65.95.127 //xyz_server/sys/imgs/
dellnt.zmg
Takes an image of all partitions and
saves it to sys/imgs/dellnt.zmg on
xyz_server. (Assumes
137.65.95.127 is the IP address of
xyz_server.)
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