IBM REDP-4372-00 manual Typical scenarios in a system life cycle, POS System Lifecycle

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1.7 Typical scenarios in a system life cycle

Much has been written about the system life cycle. Figure 1-4 on page 10 shows some of the elements that are part of the system life cycle. Some of these elements can be supported using the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment product while others will require additional software, tools and processes.

Figure 1-4 POS System Lifecycle

The remaining chapters of this paper will, through selected scenarios, show how the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment product can be used to accomodate the following system life cycle tasks that are carried out at regular intervals in any retail environment;

￿First time installations using unattended installation

￿Preparing a master image for mass distribution

￿Deploying to multiple systems from a master image

￿Re-deploying to a specific system to resolve a problem

￿Backing up and restoring an entire system to resolve a problem

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