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Data Sheet: Systems Administration

Symantec Ghost™ Solution Suite

Powerful, versatile, and efficient PC and lifecycle management

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The industry’s most widely used enterprise imaging and

deployment solution with ease-of-use for managing the

entire PC lifecycle, including OS deployment with both 

file-based and sector-based imaging, software distribution,

easy migration of user settings and profiles, and secure 

PC retirement.

• Helps ensure that workstations remain consistent and

compliant with corporate standards from acquisition 

to disposal

• Administrators can easily create standard images of

client workstations utilizing either file- or sector-based

imaging technology

• Simultaneously deploy hundreds of Windows® or Linux®

operating systems across the enterprise in a matter 

of minutes

• Provides image multicasting to minimize bandwidth

usage and speed the deployment of new images

• Administrators can configure and schedule tasks from a

centralized console, including rolling out software,

deploying patches, upgrading operating systems, 

executing commands remotely, and targeting computers

based on specific hardware and software attributes 

• Simplifies image management and reduces the number

of image files needed to be maintained by allowing

organizations to leverage a single image file for multiple

hardware platforms

• Enables the use of the Microsoft® Windows Pre-installa-

tion Environment (Windows PE) to accelerate and 

automate Windows deployments to reduce the cost,

complexity, and time required to deploy the Windows XP

operating system

• Allows administrators to perform fully managed 

client-driven migrations, simplifying implementation,

maintenance, and user-based operations, as well 

as reducing the cost and risk associated with 

client migration

• Preserves user data and personality settings, minimizing

post-migration support costs, disruptions, and end-user

downtime

• Administrators can set policies that restrict users from

adding unauthorized files to the migration package

• Reduces the risk and liability associated with PC 

retirement and data disposal by implementing best 

practice strategies for PC retirement and data disposal

• Ensures that confidential data cannot be recovered from

recycled, retired or leased PCs

• Meets the highest industry standards for secure 

data disposal, including Department of Defense 

(DoD) standards