GHOST SOLUTION SUITE (GSS)Comprehensive PC management for OS deployment, software distribution, user-state migration, back-up and disaster recovery.Contemplating making the switch to Windows Vista? Then you will want to read our White Paper: Enterprise Deployment of Windows Vista for a clear, no-nonsense discussion of the task ahead and some valuable tips. |
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Originally developed by Binary Research, Symantec Ghost Solution Suite is the industry’s most widely used corporate imaging and deployment solution. It provides OS migration, OS and software deployment, PC "personality" migration (user settings, data, and profiles), hardware and software inventory, and secure system retirement. These capabilities combined with a central management console allow IT staff to easily manage the entire PC lifecycle, accelerate tasks, and reduce systems management and support costs. | With Ghost Solution Suite, administrators can quickly deploy or restore an OS image or application onto a PC and easily migrate user settings, data and profiles—all without having to physically touch the PC. Ghost helps reduce information technology costs and assists with maintaining a consistent and compliant desktop and server environment by streamlining and automating IT tasks from acquisition to disposal. |
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Managing today’s increasingly heterogeneous enterprise environments of connected and mobile PCs poses major challenges for IT managers. Primary among them is the need to control the costs of setting up new PCs, migrating user desktop settings, and deploying OS and application upgrades and updates. | By enabling the remote management of routine tasks such as PC deployment, cloning, changes in configuration settings, user migration, and backup and recovery of disk images, Symantec Ghost streamlines the configuration and management of networked PCs, thereby dramatically reducing IT costs. |
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The New Symantec Ghost Solution Suite enables IT Administrators to reduce the cost and time required to:
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With the combination of Symantec Ghost and DeployCenter technologies, Symantec now offers the only solution on the market with both file-based and sector-based imaging technologies. Symantec’s file-based imaging technology delivers optimum ease-of-use and flexibility for customizing and updating images, while its sector-based imaging provides the ultimate in accuracy by retaining Windows optimizations when creating system images. And with Symantec Client Migration, Administrators can utilize a user migration tool that provides unique features such as Web-based self-service and highly secure encrypted communication for mobile users, even over the Internet. | Centralized Management and Remote CapabilitiesWith Symantec Ghost Solution Suite, Administrators can deploy or restore an OS image or application onto a PC in minutes and then migrate individual user settings and profiles to customize the PC. Robust centralized management and remote capabilities boost IT productivity and help lower the total cost of ownership for networked PCs and workstations. From the Symantec Ghost console, IT managers can remotely clone any Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP workstation. And they can quickly deploy whole application packages or specific PC changes such as registry changes or desktop settings. Plus, Administrators can migrate user “personalities” (including PC settings and data) and also remotely clone multiple workstations, then quickly configure critical workstation data such as TCP/IP settings and machine, workgroup, and domain names—all from the Ghost central console. |
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Benefit From Several New PC Change-Management CapabilitiesSeveral new features make the latest version of Symantec Ghost a more powerful, versatile, and compact PC change-management solution. User Migration allows Administrators to remotely transfer user files, directories, and desktop and network settings between PCs. Incremental Backup enables the remote backup of only the most recent user changes. And AutoInstall Integration consolidates AutoInstall functionality within the central console, making the customization of software packages and the deployment of updates easy, while reducing the overall Symantec Ghost footprint. | Support Today’s Latest TechnologiesSymantec Ghost supports Intel® Wired for Management and Pre-Boot eXecution (PXE) services —the standard industry guidelines for building advanced management capabilities into PCs. The all-new version also supports Microsoft’s System Preparation utility and is the only PC management tool that is Windows™ 2000 certified, making it the tool of choice for migrating to the latest operating system from Microsoft®. |
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The PC Management Tool for IT AdministratorsIn summary, the Symantec Ghost Solution Suite includes features designed to give Administrators the most comprehensive set of PC management tools available for their enterprise environment:
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SYMANTEC GHOST SOLUTION SUITE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSThe minimum hardware and software requirements to run Symantec Ghost Solution Suite vary according to the components you install. To determine whether you have all of the system requirements for Symantec Ghost Solution Suite, you can visit the Symantic Web site at www.symantec.com/ghost >> CLIENT:
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