Chapter 4. Deploying Entire Systems

Chapter Files

Deployment Planning Template.pdf, available at http://www.peachpit.com/acsa.deployment

 

Mac OS X v10.5 installation media

Time

This chapter takes approximately 6 hours to complete, but it could take much longer depending on the complexity of your deployment.

Goals

Select a system imaging technique that meets your deployment needs

 

Create a cloned system image

 

Create a modular system image

 

Deploy a system image both locally and via a network

For many deployments, the best solution is a unified system disk image, which involves creating an ideal system, saving it to a disk image, and then deploying that system to all your computers. A unified system image requires a significant time investment up front, ...

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