Introducing Symantec
Ghost Solution Suite 3.1
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Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 3.1
Reduce the time and cost of deploying desktops, laptops, tablets, and servers
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite is an industry leading and award winning solution for imaging and deploying desktops,
laptops, tablets, and servers. From a single management console, you can quickly and easily migrate to the latest operating
systems, inventory machines, deploy software, and perform custom configurations across multiple hardware platforms and OS
types including Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 includes the Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 console and its core capabilities while adding
key functionality from Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 including Ghost Cast Server, DeployAnywhere, Recovery Kit, and a streamlined
no-cost database installation.
New features in Ghost Solution Suite 3.1
Support for multiple versions of WinPE
Support for WinPE 10
Linux PE update
Automation folders (imaging without PXE)
Partition based imaging
Key Features of Ghost Solution
Suite 3.1
Best-of-breed disk image
capture and deployment
Scripted operating system
installation
Industry leading imaging
engine
PC user and application
settings migration
Intelligent driver to device
mapping
Remote task execution and
sequencing
Bare-metal deployment
Windows, Mac, and Linux
support
Tablet support (selected
models)
Powerful automation
environment options
Easy to use management console
With Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 you can do
everything you need to manage your
systems, all within a single console, and all
without leaving your desk. Use the intuitive
and fast interface to build jobs to perform all
of your computer management tasks. A
single job can include every step needed to
provision and manage a machine, including
disk configuration, OS deployment, network
configuration, and software deployment.
Simply drag a job onto a computer or group of computers, and then run it immediately
or schedule it for after-hours. It’s that easy. The console includes multicasting
capabilities, support for adding, modifying, and deleting computers, jobs and tasks,
and support for managing virtual computers and thin clients. It’s also easy to restrict
access to the console functions and managed systems with role-and-scope-based
security, so only authorized staff can access and manage appropriate systems. Our
centralized management console increases IT productivity and helps lower the total
cost of ownership (TCO) for desktops, laptops, tablets, and servers.
Reduce deployment costs, complexity, and time
Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 makes it easy to deploy new endpoints. For example, you can
build a reference system using the unattended OS installation wizard, including adding core software and required
configuration. Once your reference system has been built you can automatically take an image and mass-deploy to your new
and existing systems, fully hardware independent and in any remote locations around the world. As part of the deployment
process you can add system/group specific software and configuration items, and fully customize individual machines based
on a range of attributes. You also become part of a vibrant community that shares best practice and tools to help you along the
journey.
In addition to supporting a wide variety of hardware types, Ghost Solution Suite also supports multiple operating systems, including Windows®, Mac® and Linux®. Deploying desktops, laptops, tablets, servers and thin clients has never been easier.
Key benefits include:
Single deployment solution for desktops, laptops, tablets, servers, and thin clients
Allows administrators to configure and schedule tasks from a centralized console, including rolling out software, upgrading operating systems, executing commands remotely and targeting computers based on specific hardware and software attributes
Supports heterogeneous operating systems, including Windows, Mac and Linux
Secures access from unauthorized personnel
Simplifies image management and reduces the number of images needed for deployment by using DeployAnywhere™ technology to deploy hardware-independent images
Provides image multicasting to minimize bandwidth usage and speed the deployment of new images
Enables the use of the Microsoft® Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE) and Linux to accelerate and automate Windows and Linux deployments
Simplified inventory, software and configuration management
OS deployment and configuration is only part of the battle. Once a computer is in day-to-day usage ongoing tasks like
inventory, software management and basic asset management are also important areas that must be addressed. Ghost
Solution Suite 3.1 makes it fast and easy to deploy, configure, and upgrade software on managed devices including being able
to group machines based on application versions for easy targeting.
Ghost Solution Suite also enables power users to perform advanced automation and customized scripting. Whether it's support
for server-side scripting or conditional error handling, Ghost Solution Suite provides unparalleled job and task management.
The Ghost Recovery Kit allows OEMs, VARs and system integrators to provide a recovery option to customers, ensuring that
machines can be quickly and easily restored, with no special end user know-how required.
System Requirements
Ghost Solution Suite Agent: (DAgent and ADLAgent): Agents require network connectivity and 10 MB of disk space. Other
system requirements are the same as for the host operating system.
Ghost Solution Suite Server: Symantec recommends running server components on a modern, dedicated server with a 1-GHz or
faster processor with 1 GB or more of RAM. At an absolute minimum, this server should have a PIII-compatible 600-MHz or
newer processor with 1 GB RAM.
Note: If the database will be hosted on the same computer as your Ghost Solution Suite Server, a minimum of 1 GB memory,
with an additional 4 GB is recommended. Computers hosting additional PXE servers and file shares should meet the
requirements of the operating system hosting these components.
Automation Requirements: Microsoft recommends 512 MB of memory for computers booting WinPE. At a minimum, you
should have 384 MB to avoid boot errors.
Note: If the SQL Server Express database is installed from within the Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 installer, then .NET Framework
3.5 or above is also a prerequisite.