4.2 Designating a Flexible Image Server

To work with Flexible Images, you must first designate a machine as an image server by installing on it the Flexible Image Server software. You can install a Flexible Image Server instance either on a dedicated host or on your Portability Suite Server host.

Dedicated Flexible Image Server hosts must meet the following requirements:

Table 4-1 Flexible Image Server Host Requirements

Requirement

Details

Operating System

Any of the following:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008

  • Microsoft Windows Vista

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003

  • Microsoft Windows XP

  • Microsoft Windows 2000

  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Disk Space

Minimum 100 MB for basic controller software.

Additional space might be necessary, depending on the number and size of workload images that you intend to store on a given image server.

Software

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

To designate a machine as a Flexible Image Server:

  1. Discover the system you plan to designate as a Flexible Image Server.

  2. In the Servers view, right-click the discovered server and select Install Image Server.

    The Install Image Server dialog box opens.

  3. Provide administrator credentials for the selected host and specify the desired directory for image files.

  4. Click Install.

    Portability Suite installs a controller on the selected host and configures it to run as a Flexible Image Server. On completion, the Servers view lists a new Flexible Image Server item: