IBM REDP-4372-00 manual Redeployment scenarios

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Chapter 4. Redeployment scenarios

Redeployment is the process of quickly reinstalling a system configuration previously installed by Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment to its initial deployment state. There are two types of redeployments available. A server based imaging of the corrupted device by the same deployment scheme that was originally used to deploy the device or the use of a Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment specific feature that is located on a local hidden partition of the device for recovery. This second redeployment feature of using a hidden partition to redeploy is especially useful for the retail environment since point-of-sale devices are used in a variety of locations that might not be easily accessible by central IT networks. This option gives local users or power users the ability to repair a corrupted device without the intervention of a central IT resources and brings business value by limiting the amount of downtime of the corrupt device. In this section we cover:

￿The reasons for implementing the local redeployment feature

￿Implementation and customization of local redeployment to a point-of-sale device

￿Server based redeployment

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