Week 6 - Operating System Deployment Flashcards
What does it mean to image a machine?
“You’re the spitting image of…”
To format a machine with an image of another machine (OS, settings, everything)
What’s a tool we can use to image a computer?
Photoshop stamp
Disk cloning tool
What are 3 things the disk cloning tool allows you to do?
paste, reverse, coiler
- Copy the contents of an entire drive
- Back up a current machine
- Set up a new machine
What’s the benefit of using a disk cloning tool over standalone installation media?
set
With disk cloning you’re able to copy over your settings and files/folders
Disk-to-disk cloning is done how?
Disk-to-disk cloning is done by connecting an external HD into an external hard drive dock
What is an external hard drive dock used for? What does it look like?
dating, toast
An external hard drive dock is used to connect it to a computer, which looks like a toaster
What are 2 methods you can use to image a drive? Linux
- Use the command line (dd) to copy a drive and save the image to the desktop
- Initiate the image from the network
What are some uses of disk cloning? (6)
picture/army, lab coat, birds, reverse, record, police
- Image a computer (deploy an OS)
- Test new software and configurations in a lab environment
- System migrations
- Data backups
- Disk archival
- Copy for investigative or auditing purposes
What is a hard drive duplicator?
A hard drive duplicator allows you to copy the entire identical contents of a disk to a target disk (can have 1-100+ target disks). Both are inserted into a toaster-like device.
What are 2 tools for duplicating disks?
- Hard drive manipulator
- Disk cloning software
How is disk cloning via software versus via a hard drive duplicator different? (3)
not related, part, network/sky
- When you use disk cloning software, the target hard drive does not have to be the same media type
- Software cloning supports full disk copies or copies of selected partitions
- Can deploy an image across a network to target workstations or cloud-based systems
What is one of the most efficient methods for cloning servers and workstations?
magicm
Using virtual machines is one of the most efficient methods for cloning servers and workstations
What are 6 ways to deploy disk clones (operating systems)?
paste, photo, box, sky, barry, command
- Cloned hard drives
- Hard drive image libraries
- Network storage
- Cloud-based deployments
- Flash drive distributions
- Linux dd command
What are 2 ways hard drives can be duplicated?
terminator, softball
- Hard disk duplicator machines
- Disk cloning software
What happens if you do a factory reset with the SD card/USB drive still attached?
You could erase all your data