IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Version 7.1.1.14
Deploying Windows operating systems
A deployment is the process of installing
an operating system on a target,
and configuring the operating system for a specific user.
The deployment process
In Tivoli® Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, a
deployment is made up of several steps that are automatically run
in sequence without user interaction:
Deployment requirements
To start a deployment
on a target,
several elements must be present in the database.
Starting a one-time deployment
You start deployments in the web interface by indicating
on which target or targets the
deployment must occur.
Redeploying
This function is a special deployment scheme
that gives you the ability to rapidly restore an image to a computer
from a hidden partition on the computers hard-disk.
Monitoring deployments
There are several ways available to monitor
the deployment progress.
Bindings created during deployment
The Target Monitor creates
a binding between the OS configuration chosen
for the deployment and the targets being
deployed. This binding is added into the database and can be later
removed using the Target Monitor.