Ghosting alternatives

[MarcusB]

Hi,
We have almost 300 computers at our company. At the beginning when we
started we had all computers the same (the same hardware configuration).
We was using symantec ghost for computer clonning. We first install all
software on one machine and later on we ghost it to all 300 machines.
Later on we run Ghostwalk to change name and SID.
Now we have newer and older computers and we have to keep seperate ghost
images for every batch of the computers.
Is there any other solution to clone images to different hardware
configuration without need to have so many different images.
We run Netowrk with 2 Domain controlers running windows 2003.

Regards
Marcus

 

[philo]

Hi,
We have almost 300 computers at our company. At the beginning when we
started we had all computers the same (the same hardware configuration).
We was using symantec ghost for computer clonning. We first install all
software on one machine and later on we ghost it to all 300 machines.
Later on we run Ghostwalk to change name and SID.
Now we have newer and older computers and we have to keep seperate ghost
images for every batch of the computers.
Is there any other solution to clone images to different hardware
configuration without need to have so many different images.
We run Netowrk with 2 Domain controlers running windows 2003.

Regards
Marcus

Just wondering if you could use Sys Prep and have it work on all
machines...you'd only need one image them

 

[Malke]

Hi,
We have almost 300 computers at our company. At the beginning when we
started we had all computers the same (the same hardware configuration).
We was using symantec ghost for computer clonning. We first install all
software on one machine and later on we ghost it to all 300 machines.
Later on we run Ghostwalk to change name and SID.
Now we have newer and older computers and we have to keep seperate ghost
images for every batch of the computers.
Is there any other solution to clone images to different hardware
configuration without need to have so many different images.
We run Netowrk with 2 Domain controlers running windows 2003.

Look into Acronis True Image Enterprise versions with Universal Restore
(I think that's the correct name of the component but you'll need to
check). It allows you to image to different hardware.


Malke