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Chapter 4. Redeployment scenarios
Redeployment is the process of quickly reinstalling a system configuration
previously installed by Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment to its
initial deployment state. There are two types of redeployments available. A server
based imaging of the corrupted device by the same deployment scheme that was
originally used to deploy the device or the use of a Tivoli Provisioning Manager
for OS Deployment specific feature that is located on a local hidden partition of
the device for recovery. This second redeployment feature of using a hidden
partition to redeploy is especially useful for the retail environment since
point-of-sale devices are used in a variety of locations that might not be easily
accessible by central IT networks. This option gives local users or power users
the ability to repair a corrupted device without the intervention of a central IT
resources and brings business value by limiting the amount of downtime of the
corrupt device. In this section we cover:
The reasons for implementing the local redeployment feature
Implementation and customization of local redeployment to a point-of-sale
device
Server based redeployment
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