Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
WHAT IS IT? The creation/deployment of an operating system prepared for multiple installations in a corporate setting A hard drive image HOW IS IT USED? Deploy to any OEM hardware Detects the model number Pulls drivers based on the model number
Citation preview
One More WeekOperating System Imaging and Deployment
Cody BurnsAnthony LuuJoel Groeneveld
Agenda What is OS Deployment? Benefit of OS Deployment OS Deployment Tools LANDesk® Management Suite LANDesk® Management Suite Pros/Cons How did we use it? Project Costs Real World Costs Issues Next Step Acknowledgments
Hardware Independent ImagingWHAT IS IT? The creation/deployment of
an operating system prepared for multiple installations in a corporate setting
A hard drive image
HOW IS IT USED? Deploy to any OEM
hardware Detects the model number Pulls drivers based on the
model number
Benefits of OS Deployment
Time Saved by the IT department Versatility Customizable Many tools are available
OS Imaging/Deployment Tools Norton Ghost ™ Windows® RIS Altiris ™ Altrinsic Solutions ™ LANDesk® Management Suite
LANDesk® Management SuiteWHAT IS IT?
Allow Administrators to: Manage company assets Manage inventory Monitor Software Manage the deployment
of patches Deploy OS images over
a network OS provisioning
WHY DID WE USE IT?
Free 45 day trial Employed a lot of
what SAIT has taught us
Enabled us to “think outside the box” in terms of troubleshooting
LANDesk®® Management Suite (2)BENEFITS
Saves time Versatile Centralized
Management Support
CHALLENGES
Cost Setup Complexity Product
documentation Support
Project Components
SERVER
Dual Xeon Quad-core CPU’s with Hyper Threading
16 Logical cores 12 GB DDR3 RAM 4 drive RAID array in
RAID 1+0 giving 1 TB of usable space
VIRTUAL MACHINES
Windows Server 2008 ™ LANDesk® Core
2x Windows Server 2003 ™ R2 SQL server Active Directory
Windows XP ™ SP3 PXE boot server
Costs
Hardware= $3365.07 for server hardware Software
LANDesk® Management Suite V9 = $100/node (min. 10 nodes)
Windows Server 2003 ™▪ $999 (5CALs)
Windows Server 2008 ™▪ $1,029 (5 CALs)
Windows XP™ VLK (no longer available) Windows 7™ VLK (price varies)
Project Challenges
Hardware delivery RAID Windows Vista™ Image Network design issue
Before
After
What We Learned
Very Useful Saves Administrators a lot of time Training/Experience is recommended
Acknowledgements
Jason Fisher, Instructor Colin Chamberlain, Instructor Tim Williams, Instructor Jim Catley, Academic Chair Dale Johnson, service desk technical
lead of Compton Petroleum Corp. Jamie Scales, Student Our friends and family
Acknowledgements (2)
LANDesk® Microsoft® Intel®
