I used to use PowerQuest DeployCenter. With that product I was able to effectively, using pqimgctr from a command line along with a batch file, automatically connect to our imaging server, pull down the correct image file, restart the computer once it was imaged and let window's sysprep do the rest.
Im at a new company now and no longer have access to powerquest (an oldie but a goodie!!) instead we have GSS 2.0 and I have been using ghost.exe 11.0.1 to try and achieve the same thing. The problem is, we cannot easily use the ghostcast server/console with pxe boot because we have other pxe boot services on our network for our server imaging which will conflict. At this time I dont have the option of a seperate vlan to isolate the pxe server's.
What I have been doing so far is using a unviersal network boot cd (netboodisk.com) which works great (i like it better then bart's personally) and would like to script the automated use of ghost in a batch file. (this is the boot cd I used in the past with deploy center with great success so I know the cd itself will work).
The problem is however , is that I am having a difficult time finding documentation for ghost 11 that details the available command line options and the switches that will allow me to automate the process of pulling down a selected image and then restarting the system once it has been completed.
The catch here is you will need a specific cd per system image type since that cd would have hard coded in the batch file the specific image you want to pull down, unless you could make a selection menu which i dont care about it. The whole point is automating the process as much as possible with the least touching for my desktop admins as possible.
So my question is, has anyone else done this (I would expect it to be possible like powerquest before it) and secondly, can someone point me to a userguide or readme that details and explains the available commands and how they work...so that I can make this solution happen.
Thanks group!
PS.
I should add. I have reviewed the ghost /? command switches but talk about somewhat confusing!
Message Edited by Corey Wilson on
04-25-2008 09:04 AM