THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY



THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY

Education Technology Services

Systems Integration Team

Installation / Configuration Instructions

Product: Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5

Version: GhostCast Server 11.5

Subject: Cloning Windows 7 Machines

Materials

Required: Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5, licenses for each client

that will receive the image, the Administrator’s password and a USB bootable device

Skill Level

Required: Advanced

General Theory:

This document contains step-by-step instructions to install the Ghostcast 11.5 server software, create a bootable USB device, create a Windows 7 image, and the process of using the Ghostcast 11.5 server to broadcast a Windows 7 image to multiple clients simultaneously. Note: A license must be assigned for each machine being imaged. To request a license, please access the Network Integration web site at: . Click on the “Ghost License Request” link in the “Forms and Downloads” section. Fill in the requested information, then click the “Print Form” button in the top right corner of the document, and send it to David Weaver, at ETS, via the pony system.

Ensure the target/client workstation(s) is fully functional including networking components. Make sure the target workstation is connected to the same network segment that the host server/workstation is connected.

Warning: You must use Ghost 11.5 to make a Windows 7 image. Ghost 8 will not work correctly with Windows 7. Also, “Ghostwalker” cannot be used on Windows 7 to reset the SID, because it will corrupt the registry. You must use “sysprep” to change the SID. It is strongly advised that you make a Windows 7 image before you run “sysprep”. If you run “sysprep” on Windows 7 before you make a backup image, you will only be able to run “sysprep” on that machine 2 more times, (a total of 3), before it permanently disables the “Authentication”, and it will run as a “Non-Licensed” copy from then on. Also, you should not install “DeepFreeze” on the Windows 7 machines. Instead, use “Group Policies” for security. Finally, Windows 7 cannot be added to an NT domain. It must be added to the “Browardschools.local” domain.

Detailed Instructions:

1. Pre-installation preparation. After you have filled out the request form and sent it to ETS, the username and password will be sent to you so you can download the software from the “Servicedesk” server. If Ghost 8 is on the server or workstation that you wish to put Ghost 11.5 on, you must uninstall Ghost 8 before you continue. Ghost 11.5 can be used to push out existing 8 images.

2. Installing the Symantec Ghostcast 11.5 Server. This must be performed on a Windows machine. You can use either an NT/2000/2003 server, or a Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 workstation or laptop.

1. After you download the “Symantec_Ghost_Solution_Suite_2.5_AllWin_EN.exe” file, move it to the machine you wish to install Ghost 11.5 on.

2. Double click the file to start the installation of the Ghost 11.5 Server software.

3. Click “Install”.

4. Click “Next”.

5. Click “Next”.

6. Click “Install”.

7. Click “Finish”.

3. Create Ghostcast 11.5 Bootable USB drives.

1. Obtain the “Bootable USB” program from the Servicedesk server. Click the “Start” menu, and click “Run”. Type \\servicedesk\Windows and press Enter. If prompted for an account and password, type “browardschools\P########” as the username, (with P######## being your Personnel Number) and the password associated with it. Navigate to “Applications”, and then “Ghost”, and download the “HP BootableUSB” folder.

2. Insert a USB device to be made bootable.

3. In the folder you just downloaded, double click the “SP27608.exe” file. It will install an application called “HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool”. Run the program.

4. Select the “Quick Format” and “Create a DOS Startup Disk” options.

5. Click the three dots “…” next to the empty box, and navigate to the “Floppy Boot Sys Files” folder you downloaded.

6. Click “Start”. NOTE: The device will be formatted, so if there is anything you wish to keep, copy it off before you proceed.

7. After it has finished, eject the disk.

8. Put the key back in and copy all files in the “Ghost 11_5 Files” folder to the key.

9. There will be three files that are already on the USB key, and you will be asked if you wish to overwrite with new files, select “No”.

10. To change the type of card to be booted to, double click the batch file on the key that matches the card type. NOTE: The batch files start with “GO” and then have the card type at the end. EX: GO57.bat for the Broadcom 57 card, GO1000.bat for the Intel E1000 card.)

4. Create a Ghost folder on the C: drive.

1. Double-click C:

2. Select File/New/Folder.

3. Name the folder “Ghost” or “Images”, or whatever you wish.

4. Close the C: window.

5. Install all the software on the workstation to be cloned. NOTE: This workstation must be set up exactly as you want all the workstations to appear.

1. If this machine is fresh out of the box, and has never been turned on, at the first prompt screen, press “Ctrl, Shift, F3”. This will place the computer in “Audit Mode”. If it has already been set up once, putting it in to Audit Mode now could cause problems, so just continue as is.

2. If a “Sysprep” window appears on startup, just close it.

3. Turn off “Force password on sleep”.

1. Click “Start”.

2. Click “Control Panel”.

3. Click “System & Security”.

4. Click “Power Options”.

5. Click “Require password on wakeup”.

6. Set to “Do Not Require Password”.

4. Set the TCP/IP and Client for Microsoft configurations to insure they are correctly configured.

1. The “DNS Suffix” will be “Browardschools.local”.

2. Make sure you add the WINS addresses: (10.251.192.90, & 10.251.192.91).

5. Create a new user account for administrative access. This will be your only access to the computer after “Sysprep” is run. (Example: admin1234, where 1234 is your location number.)

6. Configure Browser (Internet Explorer and Firefox) with proxy configuration and set home page. (Use the MMC to create IE default settings.)

7. Install applicable print drivers and network options. This should include all printers that you wish to print to.

8. Install McAfee 8.8, and configure the scheduler and update the “DAT” files.[1]

9. Install all application and curriculum software. NOTE: Do not install Deepfreeze on the machine. You can use “Global Policies” for security in Windows 7.

10. Run all Windows updates, and software updates.

11. Clean up the desktop, start menu, and task bar.

12. Install “LANDesk”.

13. Download the “\\servicedesk\windows\Applications\Ghost\Windows 7” folder to a USB key.

14. Run the “Sysprep Hotfix” (Windows6.1-KB981542-x86.msu), located in the folder you just downloaded. Systems that have the update already will display a message stating that it is not needed.

15. If the computer is on the “Browardschools” domain, skip to step 5.16. If not, do so at this time so you can add the “Local Lan Admin” group to the local “Administrator” group. NOTE: A computer account must be created for each device in the correct OU before it can be added to the “Browardschools” domain.

1. Click the “Start” button, and right-click “Computer”.

2. Select Properties.

3. Click “Advanced System Settings”.

4. Click “Computer Name”.

5. Click the “Change” button.

6. Click the “Domain” radio button, and enter, “Browardschools”, in the Domain box.

7. Click OK.

8. When prompted, type a domain level administrator account name and password in the boxes, then click “OK”.

9. You should receive a message “Welcome to Domain….” when it is complete.

10. Click “OK”, click “OK”, then click “Yes”.

11. The machine will restart.

16. Add the “Local Lan Admin” group to the local “Administrator” group.

1. Go to the “Users” control panel, select the “Advanced” tab, click the “Advanced” button, double click the “Groups” folder, and double click “Administrators”.

2. Click “Add”, type the ship-to-code for your site, and select the correct group.

3. Click “OK” until you have exited all the open windows.

17. Place the computer in a workgroup. Make sure you know the local administrator password before you proceed.

1. Click the “Start” button, and right-click “Computer”.

2. Select Properties.

3. Click “Advanced System Settings”.

4. Click “Computer Name”, then “Change”.

5. Enter “SBBC” in the Workgroup box.

6. Click OK.

7. When prompted to restart, do so.

18. If it was placed in Audit Mode, it will log on for you, otherwise, logon with the local admin account you just created.

19. Remove the “LANDesk” registries.

20. Shut the machine down.

6. Create Ghost Image.

1. Connect the machine housing the Ghostcast 11.5 software to the same network that the machine you want to create an image of is now, and then logon to the machine housing the Ghostcast 11.5 software.

2. Launch the Ghostcast 11.5 Server software.

3. In the session name textbox, type a name for this session. This name will be used later.

4. Click the “Create Image” radio button.

5. Click the “Browse” button and select location you want the image stored on the server.

6. Type the name of the image in the box, and click “Save”.

7. Click the “Accept Clients” button.

8. Right click the McAfee Shield in the bottom right corner of the Task Bar, and select “Disable On Access Scan”.

9. Boot the master image machine using the USB Disk.

1. Place USB key in a USB port.

2. Start computer. Press the “F12” key when it appears at the top right of the screen.

3. Scroll down to USB device, and press Enter.

10. Change the IP address, and save and exit. (Alt.-F, S to save. Alt.-F, X to exit)

11. Press Enter.

12. Click OK.

13. In the Ghost dialog box, arrow-down to GhostCast, and select MultiCast.

14. Press .

15. “On Access Scan” may have turned back on at the server, so verify that it is off before continuing.

16. Enter the session name used above in step 6.3.

17. Tab to the “OK” button and press .

18. Arrow down once to highlight the correct partition.

19. Tab to the “OK” button and press .

20. Tab to the “Fast” button on the Compress Image screen and press .

21. Tab to press Yes to Proceed with Image File Creation.

22. On the workstation, the “Progress Indicator” will show a graph indicating the percentage of progress.

23. When the process is complete, tab to the “Continue” button and press .

24. In the Ghost Dialog box, arrow down to Quit and press .

25. Default is “Yes”, so just press .

26. Power the machine off.

27. Remove the disk.

28. Store the master ghost image you just created for later use. You will be making another image to be used to push out to other computers after you run “Sysprep”.

7. Run “Sysprep”

1. Start the machine.

2. If the “Sysprep” window appears, close it.

3. Find the “Copy.cmd” file provided in the Windows 7 folder you downloaded earlier. Right click the file, and select the “Run as Administrator” option.

4. Remove the “LANDesk” registries.

5. Go to the “C:\Windows\system32\sysprep” folder. Right click the “EnterSysprep.cmd” file, and select the “Run as Administrator” option.

6. The machine will shut down on its own. The system is now ready to make an image you can push out.

7. Follow the same procedure as steps 6.1-6.27 to make the new image.

8. Store this image in a different location, so it can be used to push out to other computers.

8. Preparing the server to push the image to the workstations.

1. Logon to the machine housing the Ghostcast software.

2. Go to Start/Programs/Symantec Ghost/ Ghostcast Server.

3. In the session name textbox, type a name for this session. This name will be used later.

4. Click the “Restore Image” radio button.

5. Click the “Browse” button to locate the second image stored on the server.

6. Locate the second image and then click on the image name and select “Open”.

7. If you know how many machines you want to ghost, click the “More Options” button and in the “Client Count” box, type the number of devices you want to clone.

8. Click the “Accept Clients” button.

9. Preparing the workstations to accept the image.

1. Connect the client machine to the network.

2. Boot the machine using the USB Disk.

1. Place USB key in a USB port.

2. Start computer. Press the “F12” key when it appears at the top right of the screen.

3. Scroll down to USB device, and press Enter.

3. Change the IP address, and save and exit. (Alt.-F, then S, to save. Alt.-F, then X, to exit).

4. Press Enter.

5. Click OK at the About Symantec Ghost window.

6. In the Ghost dialog box, arrow-down to GhostCast to select MultiCast.

7. Press .

8. Enter the same session name you used in Step 6.3.

9. Tab to the “OK” button and press .

10. Arrow down once to select the correct partition.

11. Tab to the “OK” button and press .

12. At the Destination Drive Details window, tab to press OK.

13. Tab to press Yes to Proceed with Disk Restore.

14. At the GhostCast Server, if you did not put a number in the “Client Count” box,or you want the cloning to start before the last computer connects to the Ghostcast server, you can click the “Send” button to start the cloning process.

15. On the workstation, the “Progress Indicator” will show a graph indicating the percentage of progress.

16. When the process is complete, tab to the “Continue” button and press .

17. In the Ghost Dialog box, arrow down to Quit and press .

18. Press .

10. Post-Cloning Procedures.

1. Turn computer on.

2. You will be prompted for a computer name. Enter the computer and press “Enter”. NOTE: A computer account must be created for each device in the correct OU before it can be added to the “Browardschools” domain.

3. Logon as the Administrator.

4. For messages regarding restarting the computer, select “No”.

5. Click the “Start” button, and right-click “Computer”.

6. Select Properties.

7. Click “Advanced System Settings”.

8. Click “Computer Name”.

9. Click the “Change” button.

10. Click the “Domain” radio button, and enter the Domain name, “Browardschools”, in the Domain box.

11. Click OK.

12. When prompted, type a domain level administrator account name and password in the boxes, then click “OK”.

13. You should receive a message “Welcome to Domain….” when it is complete.

14. Click “OK”, click “OK”, then click “Yes”.

15. The machine will restart.

Other related documents:

Ghost License Request

Version 2.75 – 09/30/11

Ghost11_5forWin7.doc

Document Status:

Draft

In Testing

In Distribution

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[1] This is found on the server \\servicedesk\windows\VirusScan\McAfee Installs\Windows\Setup_Win_V88.

NOTE: Updated dats are downloaded every Wednesday/Thursday evening and are available every Thursday on this server. Please note the version.

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