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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
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      You can build as much or as little setup into your images as you want - just be prepared to make Sysprep Answer files and first time run scripts, etc.

      from my experience, the only difference between Fog and Clonezilla (well, other than one is a server and the other is booted from a CD/USB) is that Fog is typically used to boot PXE on the workstations, then you pick your image and deploy. But now in reading the Clonezilla page, Clonezilla can do this too.

      Both can do multicast deployments (setup many machines to receive the same image at the same time.

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      • jmooreJ
        jmoore
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        Yeah I use SmartDeploy. Love it. I can deploy over network or USB. Actually choose USB most of time though. I made an image with our software, loaded all the drivers I will ever need, created an answer file, boot to USB, don't have to touch it again until its ready to log in which I then do so to rename computer per our naming scheme.

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        • AmbarishrhA
          Ambarishrh @jmoore
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          @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

          Yeah I use SmartDeploy. Love it. I can deploy over network or USB. Actually choose USB most of time though. I made an image with our software, loaded all the drivers I will ever need, created an answer file, boot to USB, don't have to touch it again until its ready to log in which I then do so to rename computer per our naming scheme.

          Can you automate things like joining AD

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          • jmooreJ
            jmoore
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            Yes I auto join our domain.

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            • AmbarishrhA
              Ambarishrh
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              I am going to test that!

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              • jmooreJ
                jmoore
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                They offer a fully functioning free trial. Can use images and things you create afterwards if you decide to buy.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @jmoore
                  last edited by

                  @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                  Yes I auto join our domain.

                  how do you rename then auto join?

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                  • AmbarishrhA
                    Ambarishrh @jmoore
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                    @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                    They offer a fully functioning free trial. Can use images and things you create afterwards if you decide to buy.

                    They have several packages but on mobile browser i couldn't compare the difference, mind telling what package you use? I need to check this in detail tomorrow morning

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                    • jmooreJ
                      jmoore
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                      @dashrender said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                      @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                      Yes I auto join our domain.

                      how do you rename then auto join?

                      Sorry I probably was not clear. I set it to join our domain as it is installing. When installation process has finished it comes up to Windows 10 log in screen. It is already joined to our domain according to answer file I created. I log in with my credentials and then rename the pc according to what department it is going to.

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                      • jmooreJ
                        jmoore
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                        @ambarishrh said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                        They have several packages but on mobile browser i couldn't compare the difference, mind telling what package you use? I need to check this in detail tomorrow morning

                        We have the basic package. The difference in packages is number of help tickets you are allowed and your response time. I'm not aware of any issues that we have had yet.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @jmoore
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                          @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                          @dashrender said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                          @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                          Yes I auto join our domain.

                          how do you rename then auto join?

                          Sorry I probably was not clear. I set it to join our domain as it is installing. When installation process has finished it comes up to Windows 10 log in screen. It is already joined to our domain according to answer file I created. I log in with my credentials and then rename the pc according to what department it is going to.

                          Is this something that Windows 10 allows without issue? In the past, I've had troubles changing the name of a domain joined PC. I don't recall specifics, just that doing it wasn't proper (the proper way was leave domain, reboot, change name, reboot, rejoin domain).
                          You're saying this is no longer needed?

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                          • coliverC
                            coliver
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                            You may want to check out WDS. You can pre-register machines in a group and they will auto join the domain when they pxe boot. It's a very powerful tool.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @coliver
                              last edited by Dashrender

                              @coliver said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                              You may want to check out WDS. You can pre-register machines in a group and they will auto join the domain when they pxe boot. It's a very powerful tool.

                              Sure, but that requires the use WDS - and while powerful, it's kinda a PITA compared to Clonezilla. But for large deployments, it's probably worth it.

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                              • coliverC
                                coliver @Dashrender
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                                @dashrender said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                @coliver said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                You may want to check out WDS. You can pre-register machines in a group and they will auto join the domain when they pxe boot. It's a very powerful tool.

                                Sure, but that requires the use WDS - and while powerful, it's kinda a PITA compared to Clonezilla. But for large deployments, it's probably worth it.

                                Sure for the one offs it's not ideal. But for large deployments it's pretty good. It does all the driver management for you... After you upload them to the wds server.

                                The best part is other then the windows tax it's free.

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                                • jmooreJ
                                  jmoore
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                                  I am not changing the name of the domain. I am changing my pc name after I can log in.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @jmoore
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                                    @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                    I am not changing the name of the domain. I am changing my pc name after I can log in.

                                    yes I understand that.

                                    example - the PC is originally named test123, joined to domain ad.acme.com

                                    In the past (perhaps I was working under bad information) you couldn't change the name Test123 to myPC123 without leaving the domain first. It "worked" but normally had problems after the fact.

                                    But I can't recall what the issues were.

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                                    • black3dynamiteB
                                      black3dynamite @Dashrender
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                                      @dashrender said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                      @jmoore said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                      I am not changing the name of the domain. I am changing my pc name after I can log in.

                                      yes I understand that.

                                      example - the PC is originally named test123, joined to domain ad.acme.com

                                      In the past (perhaps I was working under bad information) you couldn't change the name Test123 to myPC123 without leaving the domain first. It "worked" but normally had problems after the fact.

                                      But I can't recall what the issues were.

                                      I've done it many times renaming workstations after joining to a domain. Renaming domain controllers and File Servers with Dfs Namespace can have issues.

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                                      • jmooreJ
                                        jmoore
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                                        Oh ok I see. I don't have any problems doing that yet.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @black3dynamite
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                                          @black3dynamite said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                          @dashrender said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                          I also use Clonezilla.

                                          It has it's quirks - applying an image to a smaller drive than the size of the drive the image was taken from - while you can get it to work, it's a PITA sometimes. Getting it to boot in UEFI mode was also a PITA.

                                          You have to use the alternative ubuntu-based for UEFI.

                                          No you do not.

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                                            @dashrender said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                            @black3dynamite said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                            @dashrender said in Centralized Imaging- Clonezilla:

                                            I also use Clonezilla.

                                            It has it's quirks - applying an image to a smaller drive than the size of the drive the image was taken from - while you can get it to work, it's a PITA sometimes. Getting it to boot in UEFI mode was also a PITA.

                                            You have to use the alternative ubuntu-based for UEFI.

                                            I spent one Sunday, about 6 hours downloading 15 different versions, making USB after USB.. ug.. finally got one to work after 6+ hours.

                                            Just because you cannot figure something out does not make it a fact.

                                            I have a 2 USB drives that I use to boot clonezilla. One is BIOS and one is UEFI.
                                            Both were made from the same standard ISO Not the alternative Ubuntu one.

                                            Most likely what you are complaining about is Secure Boot not UEFI. They are not one and the same.

                                            The stable Debian ISO I used last year does not work with Secure Boot enabled UEFI. THat has nothing to do with it not working with UEFI.

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