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Clear Canyon Technologies

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.0

Course Description (2 Days)

In this course students will be thoroughly immersed in the installation, configuration and operation of the Symantec Ghost Solution Suite to; create and deploy Windows XP and Windows Vista desktops, configure Ghost Clients & Servers and use the Ghost Tools as shown below.

Target Student: Students looking to gain the skills necessary to use Ghost and deploy images, use Auto Install, Configure Clients and much more.  Students should have Desktop Support skills in Windows XP or Windows Vista, and should understand basic networking concepts.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend students have desktop support skills in Windows XP or Windows Vista, and should understand basic networking concepts.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Topics and hands on labs include:

What is Ghost?

What Ghost Can Do

Discussion of Deployment Planning

The Ghost Console Installation and Setup

Ghost Console Details

Console Tasks - Image creation, Restoration, Configurations and Configuration Refresh, File Transfer Option

Hardware & Software Inventory

Backup Regimes and Scheduled Tasks

Managing Ghost Clients

Imaging and Deploying

Master Image Setup

Image Capture

Image Deployment

Using Sysprep

Create Bootable CDs/Flash Drives

Using GhostCasting

Customize sysprep with answer files Join Domain, include license, activate, SIDS

Using Inventory to Deploy Images

Ghost Client

Installation of Ghost Client

Client Initiation

Symantec Client Migration Application

Symantec Client Migration Troubleshooting

Introduction to Auto Install (AI)

Software Deployment with AutoInstall

Create AI Packages

Deploy AI Packages

General Topics

Ghost Explorer

The Ghost Boot Wizard

Boot Partition vs. Virtual Partition

Ghost Command Line Switches

How Microsoft’s Sysprep Utility Plays with Ghost

What the Universal Imaging Utility can do for you

Review Other Symantec and Ghost Utilities included in the Suite