Symantec Ghost Training

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Big Bang, LLC
9851 S. 27th St.
Franklin, WI 53132

Big Bang LLC offers a three-day open enrollment course, on-site training and implementation consulting services.

Three-day Symantec Ghost Course -
Ghost Solution Suite 2.5

Our standard course is the three-day course, covers the basics of Symantec Ghost 11.5 in DOS and WinPE, and then moves on to the Ghost Console and Auto Install functions, days two and three. In addition to the topics below, we will cover planning and troubleshooting at all stages.

Day one covers the non-Console aspects and utilities of Symantec Ghost:

DOS Boot Disk Creation -: Create network boot media (CD, USB, etc.) for Symantec Ghost. Review of DOS driver requirements, and creation and modification of new driver templates.
Gdisk Utility -: Create, delete, hide and activate new partitions.
Local & Peer-to-Peer Imaging -: Storing a backup image on another hard drive or other partition. Direct imaging across a network from IP to IP. No multicasting involved.
Ghost Walker Utility -: Change the machine name and assign a new Security ID (SID).
Ghost Explorer Utility -: View, and modify a compressed image. Re-size that image to fit onto CD's.
Ghostcasting -: In depth use of Ghostcasting, and review of Symantec Ghost 11.5 options for Multicasting, Directed Broadcast, and Unicasting. Multicasting network trouble-shooting is also discussed.
Symantec Ghost Switches -: Customize imaging functionality through the use of Ghost's DOS command line switches.

Days Two and Three cover the Console functions of Symantec Ghost:

Ghostcasting -: Review of multicasting functionality - Simultaneously deploying an image across a network to multiple PC's.
Console Installation and Setup -: Stresses the setup requirements for the Ghost Console so Symantec Ghost can add machines to a domain and handle other network settings correctly.
Ghost Client Setup -: The Ghost Client is a service that runs on the client machines and communicates with the Console, allowing it to execute its various tasks.
Boot Partition/Virtual Partition -: This DOS based partition is the third and final part of the Ghost Console setup. The partition can be permanent or created on the fly, and we will explain the pros and cons of each option.
Image Creation and Deployment -: Creating and deploying images through the Console, and review of Symantec Ghost's interaction with Microsoft's Sysprep utility.
Universal Image Creation -: Universal Imaging Utility for creating a single image for multiple hardware platforms. A detailed discussion on setting up a Master Image.
Configurations -: Using the Ghost Console to add clients to a domain/workgroup, change machine names and IP addresses.
User Migration -: Work through the Ghost Console to capture users, and their data and settings. Migrate them to a different machine, and to a different operating system - XP to Vista.
Multiple Ghost Consoles -: Symantec Ghost is designed as a "Single console" system. Look at two options for multiple console scenarios.
Transfer Files and Execute Commands -: How to change the Symantec Ghost Console/Client association. How to capture and deploy local client images through the Ghost Console.
Console Inventory -: Have the Ghost Console pull the hardware and software inventory from the client machines, then use that data for reports, queries, and creating dynamic machine groups.
Auto Install -: Creation of a software installation package, and software uninstallation package for deployment. Deploy and remove AI packages manually and through the Ghost Console.
Backup Regime -: Create and restore backups using the Ghost Console. The Backup Regime creates a full image backup, and then a series of incremental backups using the Move-the-User functions.

On-site Training & Consulting

On-site Training is ideal when you have three or more people to train. Not only are there financial benefits, but the ability to work on your machines, in your network, can play a tremendous role in getting your Symantec Ghost implementation started. Hardware and network requirements do exist, but they are easy to meet.

Our Implementation Consulting services can be added to an on-site training course or contracted separately to assist you in achieving your specific goals.

During the three days of an on-site training course, our instructors delve into the projects your business has planned for Symantec Ghost. During the course, ideas and suggestions will be offered, based on those goals, creating a course specific to your needs. An extra day of consulting is scheduled, to follow immediately after the course completes, and the planning for implementation begins while the training is still fresh in the heads of the participants.

This extra time set aside, is to meet and work with IT management and staff, including representatives from networking, support, hardware and software deployment, and security. All of these aspects of IT will be affected by the implementation of Symantec Ghost 11.5, and our instructors and consultants can offer best practices suggestions to speed your process along.

Training Philosophy

The training motto at Big Bang LLC is, "Our Name Is Your Certification." Our instructors provide consulting and our consultants teach the courses. This cross work improves skills on both sides, and means their abilities and knowledge continue to grow. Our training materials are written from practical experience, and our courses are taught the same way. Consequently, each course is a little different, customized to the needs and goals of the students in that particular workshop. We do not offer certifications - we offer our name, our knowledge and our experience.