Using Ubuntu Server for System Imaging

Abstract

In the first chapter of this book, you read how to perform an enterprise network installation of Ubuntu Server. The topic of this chapter is somewhat related to installation of Ubuntu Server. In this chapter you’ll learn how to set up a Clonezilla imaging server. There may be several reasons why you would want to set up such a server. The most important of them is that working with workstation images reduces help desk expenses. If after a minimal period of troubleshooting it turns out that repairing a workstation is going to take too long, it’s much faster just to restore the image of that workstation. Of course, this assumes that all work-related files will be written to some other server first. In this chapter you’ll learn how to set up Clonezilla for imaging.