Comodo Network Center

• Comodo Network Center - Introduction
  • Software Components And System Requirements
  • Installing Comodo Network Center
  • Installing Comodo Network Center Agent
    • Installing CNC Agent To Already Installed Operating System
  • Starting Comodo Network Center
  • Logging-in To The Administrative Console
    • CNC - Registry License Key & Endpoints
  • The Main Interface
• Dashboard Navigation Pane
  • Operating System Installation
    • Distribution Kits (ISO Images) Management
    • Installation Wizard
    • Installing Operating Systems On Computers Using CNC Templates
  • Backup/Restore
    • Backup Wizard
    • Backup Templates
    • Backup Images
    • Restore Wizard
    • Restore Templates
  • Configuration
    • Network Configuration Wizard
    • Network Configuration
    • Computers
    • Users
      • Users
      • Roles
      • Permissions
  • Scheduling
    • Manage Scheduling Operations
    • Result Of Scheduled Operations
• Creating Your Comodo Network Center Account Through Comodo Accounts Manager Interface
• Microsoft Active Directory Integration
• Comodo Network Center Settings
• Comodo Network Center Profile
• Using Comodo Network Center Help
• How To... Tutorials
  • How To Add New User
  • How To Add A Role To A New User
  • How To Log In To Comodo Network Center With New User Account
  • How To Edit / Delete Already Backed Up Images
  • How To Delete A Scheduled Backup
  • How To Configure The Network Using External DHCP
  • How To Edit/Delete Assigned Account User
  • How To Create Partitions
  • How To Delete A Target Computer
  • How To Cleanup The Installation Processes
  • How To Delete An Installation Template
  • How To Deploy A Template To Target Computer
  • How To Schedule An Operating System Installation Template
  • How To Edit/ Delete Distribution Kits
  • How To Restore Selected Files/Folders
  • How To Install Operating System On Multiple Hosts
• Uninstalling Comodo Network Center
• Appendix 1 - Terms Definitions
• About Comodo

Installing Operating Systems On Computers Using CNC Templates

CNC's template system allows administrators to automate the often repeated exercise of installing operating systems on networked computers. Once set, a template can be re-used to install an OS on multiple computers using the exact same installation conditions.

A Comodo Network Center template determines the type of operating system, user's name, administrator's password, partition location and license agreement. This operating system Installation template is then used to repeat the installation process more than once

Installing an operating system  requires CNC distribution kits (ISO) to specify what kind of operation system will be used.

Installation operating system supported

• Windows NT 5.x (Windows XP (32 bit), Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 bit))

• Windows NT 6.x (Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit), Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 and 64 bit), Windows Server 2008 R2 (32 and 64 bit)).

Note: Configuration installation templates is disable computers configuration. That allows user to define what he/she 'want' to perform, but doesn't point to 'where'. This provides an usage of configuration settings to many computers.

Creating the installation template requires you to follow the installation wizard's steps to determine all configuration settings.

• Step 1 DK selection

• Step 2 OS selection

• Step 3 Configuration

• Step 4 Accounts

• Step 5 EULA

• Step 6 Partition manager

• Step 7 Install summary

Templates can be created at the end of any installation process by clicking the ‘Save As Template’ button. This will save all configuration options that you specified up to this point into a re-usable template. This includes operating system, partition on which to install, and which users to create.



To create template for installation process

• Select 'Install' sub-section and click 'Run Install' green button

• The installation process appears on the bottom of Information Panel

• The installation operating system process includes seven steps:

• At the last 'Install summary' step click 'Save as Templates' button on the bottom of the Installation summary window

• The add installation template dialog will open

• Type a template name and description

• Click the 'Save' button

• The confirmation dialog will appear

• Click 'Ok'.

• Click 'Finish' to start the installation process.

• On completion of the task, a message indicating successful completion of the install process will be displayed

• Click 'Ok'