Repositories

Imaging & Deployment > Repositories

The Repositories page sets the properties of repositories and organizes the images and backups used for image and backup deployment. You can also create images and backups using this page.

Once an image is created, it can be deployed to one or more agent machines, using the Schedule page or Deploy Image page. Alternatively, a repository can be used to deploy a default image to one or more non-agent machines.

Repositories are organized using a folder tree in the middle pane.

• The Repositories cabinet expands to show individual repositories.
• Each repository expands to show individual image folders.
• Each image folder expands to show individual images and backups.

Use the following options to manage objects in this folder tree.

Repositories

The following action displays when the Repositories cabinet is selected.

• New Repository - See Creating a New Repository

Repository

Actions

The following actions display when a repository is selected.

• New
  • Repository - Creates a new repository.
  • Image Folder - Creates a new image folder.
• Edit Repository - Edits an existing repository.
• Delete Repository - Deletes a repository. See Uninstalling Imaging & Deployment for more information.
• Refresh/Import Images - Updates the VSA with any changes made directly to the repository folders and images stored on the host agent machine.
• Activate Repository - Activates a repository, enabling image and backup creation and deployment to agent machines and auto deployment of a default image to non-agent machines.

  Note: Re-activation clears the list of "known" non-agent machines that have already had an image deployed to them. An "unknown" computer is a computer that does not have an agent on it and has not had an image deployed to it since Auto Deploy was last enabled.

• Deactivate Repository - Deactivates the repository, preventing image deployment to agent machines and auto deployment of a default image to non-agent machines.

Displayed Data

The following data displays when a repository is selected.

• Name - The name of the repository.
• Description - A longer description of repository.
• Agent Host - The agent machine hosting the PXE server.
• PXE Start Address - The PXE starting address for auto deployment. Ensure the range of IP addresses you specify are not used by your regular network. For example, if your regular, internal network uses a 192.168.1.x range of IP addresses but no other 192.168.x.x IP addresses, you could use a starting address of 192.168.2.x for auto deploy. KID only lets you specify the three octets of the starting address. It assumes all IP addresses between 2 and 252 in the last octet are available for auto deploy.
• PXE End Address - The PXE ending address for auto deployment.
• Deploy default image on reboot - If checked, auto deploy is enabled for this repository. Auto Deploy deploys the repository's default image to any "unknown" computer that boots up, has the NIC bootup option enabled, and connects to the same physical network as the repository. An "unknown" computer is a computer that does not have an agent on it and has not had an image deployed to it since Auto Deploy was last enabled.
• Free Space - The free hard disk space available on the repository agent machine.
• Used Space - The used hard disk space available on the repository agent machine.
• Total Size - The total hard disk space available on the repository agent machine.
• Status - The status of the repository: Active or Inactive.
• Repository Events - Displays a history of all activities for this repository.
  • Schedule History - Displays the details of a scheduled event.
  • Refresh - Refreshes the list of events.

  Note: See the Schedule page for the definitions for all columns displayed in the Repository Events list.

Image Folder

Actions

The following actions display when a image folder is selected.

• New
  • Image Folder - Creates a new image folder.
  • Image - Creates a new image.
  • Backup - Creates a new backup.
• Edit Image Folder - Edits an existing image folder.
• Refresh/Import Images - Updates the VSA with any changes made directly to the repository folders and images stored on the host agent machine.

Displayed Data

The following data displays when a image folder is selected.

• Image Folder Name - The name of the folder on the repository agent machine used to store images and backups.
• Path - The drive and path on the repository agent machine that corresponds to this image folder in the KID module.
• Description - A longer description of the image folder.

Image or Backup

The following actions display when an image or backup is selected.

Actions

• New
  • New Image - Creates a new image.
  • New Backup - Creates a new backup.
• Edit Image - Edits an existing image.
  • Image Name - The name of the image.
  • Repository - The name of the repository.
  • Folder - The folder location of the image.
  • Image Source - The source machine used to create the image.
  • Image Description - A longer description of the image.
• Delete Image - Deletes the image.

Displayed Data

The following data displays when a image or backup is selected.

• Name - The name of the image or backup
• Auto Deploy Image - If checked, this image is selected for auto deploy.
• Description - A longer description of the image or backup.
• Image Source - The source machine used to create the image.
• Image Size - The size of the image file.
• Is Backup - If checked, a backup is selected.
• Status - The status of the selected image or backup. For example:
  • - Image Created
  • - Backup Created

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