Capturing and Deploying an Operation System in a Computer Environment

摘要

Techniques for capturing and deploying the operating system of a computing device are disclosed. An example method includes creating a file that contains settings of an operating system of a source computer and storing the file in storage on the source computer. The method also includes copying an image of the operating system and the file containing the settings of the operating system and deploying the image to one or more target computers.

主权项

1. A method for copying an operating system of a source computer to at least one target computer for execution by the at least one target computer, the source computer comprising a first storage device in which the operating system is stored and a second storage device, the method comprising:
storing on the first storage device a file corresponding to and containing one or more settings of the operating system; copying from the first storage device to the second storage device an image of the operating system and the corresponding file by copying, sector-by-sector, from the first storage device to the second storage device all portions of the first storage device to the second storage device; and deploying from the second storage device of the source computer to the at least one target computer the operating system image and the corresponding file.