IBM REDP-4372-00 manual Capturing the system image, Booting the system to be cloned

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3.1.2Capturing the system image

1.Power on the Window XP System that is to be cloned and boot it to the network so that Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment can discover and manage it as shown in Figure 3-5 on page 59. After the TPM server identifies the computer and writes a basic hardware scan data into the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment database, the guest will display the following screen. If you do not see this screen within a 30 seconds of the splash screen then you may have some server communication issues.

Tip: Forcing the IBM SurePOS system to boot from the network may require changes to the boot order. This is described in Appendix A, “Alternate boot sequence on POS systems” on page 133

Figure 3-5 Booting the system to be cloned

2.Login to the server Console and select the OS Deployment → Host Monitor in the left panel. Select the newly discovered system in the Host Monitor’s host view and choose Start admin toolkit from the left panel menu. Or, right-click on the discovered host and select Start admin toolkit from the pop-up menu as shown in Figure 3-6 on page 60.

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