Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Ghost Solution Suite Symantec
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i What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 What’sNewin Ghost Solu tion Suite 3.0 This document high lights some of the most i mpactful new features of Ghost Solution Suite 3.
ii What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Table of Contents Introduction 1 General Enhancements and Improvements 2 New OS and Hard ware Support 2 Updated SQL Database Su pport 2 What’sNewforGSS2.
Page 1 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Intr oduction Ghost Solution Suite 3.0 is a long awaited m ajor release that incorporates the best elements of Deployment Solution (DS) 6.
Page 2 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Gener alEnhancementsandImprovemen ts Ghost Solution Suite 3.0 has made a number of technological fixes and improvements based on numerous customer requ ests, including adding support for new o perating systems and hardware.
Page 3 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 What ’ sNewf orGSS2.5Administr ator s Administrators familiar with Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 will be interested in the many features and enhancements brought to GSS from Deployment Solution’s p owerful console and integrated PXE server management.
Page 4 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Assign, Repeat, or Cancel J obs Simply and Effectively The new console simplifies assignment of jobs to computers by providing a drag-and- dr op interface within the GUI.
Page 5 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Tailor Access to Jobs or Co mputers with Con sole Use r Account Permiss ions Console users and group s can be created in the GSS co nsole or imported fr om Act ive Directory. Ghost Solutions Suite 3 .
Page 6 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 PXE Server Integration The new console includes an integrated PXE server configuration tool, centralizing the management o f all local and remote PXE servers to sup ply network b oot images as ne eded across the environment.
Page 7 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Offer Custom Boot Images Through the Net work Boot M enu GSS 3 .0 allows administrators to create many varieties o f boot images to offer co mputers through the network boot menu.
Page 8 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Easily Provis ion New Syste ms Us ing Init ial Deplo yment Jobs PXE Server can be used to offer Initial Deployment jobs to any computer that boots to the network and is unknown to the GSS console (no matching record in the database) .
Page 9 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 What ’ sNewf orDeploymentSolution6.9Administr a tor s Administrators familiar with Deployment Solution 6.9 will be interested i n the enhancements brought to GSS 3.0 from the integrati on of existing DS 6.
Page 10 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Integrated Ghost Recovery Kit GSS 3.0 als o inclu des the Ghost Recover y Kit, which allows VARs and system integrators to provide a recovery opti on to end use rs and customers.
Page 11 What’sNewinGh ostSolutionSuite3.0 Organ ize Manage d Systems More Flexibly With Dynamic Machine Groups Dynamic groups allow flexible management of computers based on a wide range of filter criteria such as device manufacturer, amount of installed RA M, or department.
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