[THIN] Re: Installation Manager vs. Cloning
- From: "Tony Lyne" <Tony.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:02:16 +1200
The best option is using a full deployment mechanism such as Altiris
Deployment Services.
You'll be able to completely package applications deploy scripted
builds, image servers etc.... from one console. Its also a whole lot
cheaper and better than buying enterprise edition metaframe just for
IMS.
Joe is right here about the OS side of things.
I'm a fan of imaging terminal servers to a point, but scripting is by
far the most flexible.
Tony Lyne
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Joe Shonk
Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 7:15 a.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Installation Manager vs. Cloning
With IM, you still have to drop an OS with Citrix on the server. Also
note, with IM there is no gaurantee that applications will be installed
in the order you'd like them to be.
From personal experience, no one really uses IM. Sure there are a few,
but there are better solutions out there.
Imaging is OK but there is still some clean up work that has to be
performed.
Scripting is the way to go. Sure, it's bit of work to setup but when
your done you'll have flexibility to the nth degree.
Joe
On 6/15/06, Chad King <caking76@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some things I've come up with..
Pro's and Con's For using Installation Manager
Pro - Easy to upgrade apps (No need to update and recapture the image)
Pro - Easy and Clean uninstallation of apps (either before an upgrade or
for troubleshooting)
Pro - Easy to manage application deployment for custom builds
Pro - No need to reimage all machines for major upgrades (Apps that
don't uninstall cleanly)
Con - Currently using imaging (There has been a lot of time invested
into this process already)
Con - Takes longer to build a complete server
Con - Every server is gaurenteed to be the same after imaging
If anyone can throw some more Pro's and Con's to me I would really
appreciate. I'm convinced that Installation Manager is better, cleaner,
and easier in the long run but I have done both in the past and can't
say one's hands down better than the other. I'm looking for realistic
pros and cons not Installation Manager is best practice (if you say that
tell me why it's best practice..)
Thanks!
Chad
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