IBM REDP-4372-00 manual Redeployment from the server, Process for local redeployment

Draft Document for Review November 15, 2007 3:27 pm 4372ch04.fm

the other options is selected, the user is requested to provide a password. If the password is correct, the operating system partition is redeployed, and the user data on the second partition will not be touched.

4.2.3 Process for local redeployment

The process for recovery after a software error, using the local redeployment, is shown in Figure 4-7.As can be seen, it is effectively a self-service, there is no need for Central IT to get involved.

Figure 4-7 Process for local redeployment

Central IT is able to contribute to the redeployment process if the point-of-sale device has remote control capabilities though an ethernet KVM. However, in most cases the local redeployment is utilized by a power user or a field technician dispatched from central IT.

4.3 Redeployment from the server

Redeployment from the server involves re-running the same deployment scheme to the device. In the case of server redeployment you are leveraging the inventory and other database information that is stored about the device on the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment server that is captured at the time the machine was originally deployed. This information can then be reused to redeploy the same configuration to the same device. This is different from local redeployment which uses the local information in the hidden partition rather than the server database information.

It is recommended that local and server redeployment be used as part of a combined strategy to repair a device. A local redeployment should be used when possible; however, if a hardware failure cause the need for a server based redeployment the data in the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment database should be leveraged to ensure the device is restored.

Chapter 4. Redeployment scenarios 91