Setting Symantec Ghost Console options

You can set several user options in the Symantec Ghost Console:

The Ghost watermark is the large transparent icon at the bottom right of each folder.

If the client fails to respond within the specified time, the task fails.

Setting the location for backup images

Setting the storage location for user packages

This lets you reduce network traffic if required. This may be useful if computers are networked over a WAN. You can also set the client heartbeat for each subnet and for each client computer. If you set the client heartbeat to 0, then the status of the client computer is indicated as Unavailable on the Console.

Setting the default client heartbeat interval

Setting properties for a subnet

Setting the client computer heartbeat interval

You can alter the size of the virtual partition if you require. For example, if you need to transfer a large executable to the virtual partition.

Setting the virtual partition size

You can select a default version of DOS that is installed when the virtual partition is created on a client. The client computer runs under the selected version of DOS. You can select MS-DOS only if it is installed on your computer.

Setting the default DOS version

For more information, see the Symantec Ghost Reference Guide.

If a task is set up to run from a client, then you can initiate the execution of the task from the client computer. This lets end users execute tasks, or administrators execute tasks immediately from a client without having to return to the Console computer.

Symantec Ghost lets you control how much network bandwidth is used when transferring image files, data files, user packages or AI packages between the Console server and the client computers. By using this functionality, you can avoid overloading the network with GhostCasting traffic.

Setting the default data transfer properties

For more information, see the Symantec Ghost Reference Guide.

You can set the data transfer mode depending on your network hardware setup. Used in conjunction with the network bandwidth limits, you can optimize the way in which image files, MTU user packages, and AI packages are transferred over your network. You can alter these settings globally, for a task, and for a single execution of a task.

Setting the default data transfer properties

For more information, see the Symantec Ghost Reference Guide.



To set Symantec Ghost Console options