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Using the Image Prepare System

Performing an installation of an operating system requires creating images of the system you want to install, an OS image and boot images. The OS Installation environment offers an Image Prepare System (IPS) that lets you build such images with specific commands.

You can install the IPS separately from the OS Installation Manager or on the same system as the OS Installation Manager.

The IPS provides commands that introduce the operating system and boot images to the OS Installation Manager and to CA ITCM. The only way to introduce OS images in OSIM is by using these commands.

The IPS commands are available at the GUI of the DSM Explorer where Wizards guide you step by step through the creation and registration of boot and OS images. And you can use the commands directly at the DOS Command Prompt and integrate them into your own programs.

This section is the reference of the command line interface of the IPS commands. At the GUI, all necessary information is given within the Wizards.

Note: You must have the administrator privileges to run the IPS commands at the command line interface.

This section contains the following topics:

CreateBTImages--Manage Boot Images

CreateOSImage--Managing OS images

RegisterBTImages--Registering Boot Images

RegisterOSImage--Registering OS images

OS Image Detailed Information

Default.ini

Template.ini

Register Operating System Data of External Images

Language Identifiers

Define Disk Partitions for WinPE-based Windows Images

Creating DOS Boot Images

Using GHOST (DOS) Imaging Tools

Using the Command Line Interface