CCBoot User Manual
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1. client cache now you can see the client cache is started as Figure 8 3 CCBootClient v2 1 Build 20110602 Client Install Upload Image Install Cache Driver System Disk Image C 4G Start Cache After Login Windows Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 C Save Cache When Shutdown Image File Name IXPO1 vmdk Install CCBoot Client Uploadimage Cache Setting Cache is Started Cache 64 M Used 13 M Read 0 Write 13 M Free 50 M Unmanaged Figure 8 3 Notes If one of the Keep Write back File Enable Upload Image and Super Client options is checked in the client properties the client cache will be unavailable 8 2 CCBoot PnP Tools Windows Start gt All Programs gt CCBootClient gt CCBootPnP to open CCBootPnP tool as bellow gt lt CCBootPNP v2 1 Build 20110602 Install Known NIC 4 Collect Local NIC Merge Collected NIC Hardware Profile Local NIC Instance PCIVEN_10228 DEV_20008 SUBSYS_2000102 Figure 8 4 Install Known NIC Press it to install known NIC drives we have collected For more information please refer to Chapter 13 1 Collect Local NIC To collect local NIC drivers for NIC PnP Merge Collected NIC After you have collected NIC drivers from other PCs press this button to merge collected NIC drivers then upload image so that this image can be used for different NIC For more information please refer to Chapter 13 1 Create Profile Press it to create hardwa2. 168 1 255 Figure 6 2 Client gt Wake On LAN Remotely start the selected clients The function requires the NIC and motherboard supports Wake on LAN Please enable Wake on LAN in the client BIOS Client gt Delete Private Package Delete the selected client s private package Client gt Delete Write back File Delete the selected clients write back files Client gt Delete All Write back File Delete the all clients write back files Help gt Help Open the user manual Help gt About amp Register Get the version information and enter the license information 6 2 Server Settings 6 2 1 DHCP Settings CCBoot Options DHCP Server IP IP Allocated Start IP Allocated End IP Mask IP Gateway DNS Address 1 DNS Address 2 Scan DHCP Start TFTP 192 168 1 10 192 168 1 101 192 168 1 254 255 255 255 0 192 168 1 1 Start DHCP Start DHCP service Start TFTP Start TFTP service Figure 6 3 DHCP Server IP If the server has multiple IP you can specify the DHCP Server IP here IP Allocated Start The first IP address allocated for the clients IP Allocated End The last IP address allocated for the clients IP Mask IP Gateway and DNS Address 1 CCBoot s DHCP will push this mask gateway and DNS information to clients DNS Address 2 You can set the Alternate DNS Server here for clients Scan DHCP Press
3. Client Cache o C Enable Set Resolution width height bit frequency M M Super Client C Enable Update Image Enable Update Game Dist Figure 7 2 Just select the partition or the single disk as game disk here CCBoot Disk Group System Image Selection D CCBootImage XP01 wmdk v Other Image Merge Image Game Disk Selection Local Disk List Game Disk List S Disk 0 C D F G H Recommend game disk as NTFS and cluster size 32K Figure 7 3 7 2 Game Disk Mapping Options gt Settings gt Other Settings gt Server and Client Disk Mapping You can set disk mapping between server and client here Figure 7 4 CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Disk Mapping Server Disk Figure 7 4 Partition F on server is used as a game disk for clients and it will display as F on the client Partition G on server is used as a game disk for clients and it will display as E on the client Disk H on server is used as a game disk for clients and it will display as H on the client 8 CCBoot Client Tools 8 1 CCBootClient Installation Download CCBoot client installation package from http www ccboot com download htm Launch it and keep pressing the next button till the end and then you can see the client main window Figure 8 2 te Setup CCBoot Client Welcom
4. Clients can recovery to a new clear system after reboot Clients can keep own system data after reboot Every client can boot from different images Support image read cache and client write back cache Support RAM cache with huge memory access AWE Support SSD cache Support Save to Image Support multiple servers multiple NICs and load balance Support multiple disks Auto assigns write back files for clients Support super clients for image writing Support multi DNS Support client write cache Support one image compatible with different devices PnP Run batch commands automatically on client booting 4 System Requirements Server Requirements 1 Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 2 Install the latest service packs e Network Requirements For better performance we recommend 1000M Ethernet network environment e Client Requirements 1 Windows XP Windows 2003 Vista SP1 required Windows 7 or Windows 2008 2 PXE 2 x compliant network adapter For most up to date mainboard the onboard NIC can support PXE 2 x For independent NIC we recommend Realtek 8169 and Intel 1000M serials e Recommended Server Hardware CPU 1 7G RAM 2G System Image Disk SATA HDD 120G 25 clients Game Disk RAID with 2 SATA HDD Client Write back Disk SATA HDD 120G Main Board With SATA support Network 100Mb Ethernet CPU 2G RAM 4G System Image Disk SATA HDD 120G 50 clients Game D
5. Update Game Disk 11 1 Update Game Disk Method 1 Update game disk on the server 1 On CCBoot server install new games or game patches on the game disk 2 Refresh disk cache Please refer to Chapter 11 2 to get more information 3 After rebooting clients they can get new game data Method 2 Update game disk with super client 1 On CCBoot server Options gt Settings gt Other Settings check Enable Super Client Update Game Disk as bellow CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Start iSCSI Service iSCSI Port 3260 Enable Super Client Update Game Disk Auto Add Client Computer Name Prefix PC Server and Client Disk Mapping Ca Figure 11 1 2 Choose one client PC as the update client In its Client Properties window check Enable Update Game Disk CCBoot Client Client Properties Enabled Computer Name Pcio1 MAC Address 6C F0 49 C8 48 ED IP Address 192 168 1 101 Enable Upload Image PXE gpxe pxe Keep write back File Gateway Disk Group D CCBootImage xP01 md Clear Write back Hardware Profile Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Write back File Path E CCBootWriteback C write back Limitation 200 m Enable Client Cache o M C Enable Set Resolution width height bit frequency Super Client C Enable Update Image Fig
6. and specify the SSD Path as it s showing in Figure 9 5 G is the SSD drive letter Suppose the SSD is 60GB please reserve certain SSD space and then allocate the rest suppose about 58GB for SSD cache The recommended SSD cache settings are as bellow SSD Cache Settings Disk D CCBootImage XPO1 mdk D CCBootImagelWin vmdk FR 55DSize M 4096 4096 50000 50000 m Figure 9 6 Cancel Allocate 4GB for every image such as XP01 vmdk and Win7 vmdk The rest are for Game disk such as F 9 2 Client Cache Comparing with server cache the client cache is only RAM cache Client Physical RAM Client Cache 1G 256M 2G 384M 4G 512M Tf all client PCs have the same physical RAM specification please set client cache in the Client Default Settings window On CCBoot server press Options gt Settings gt Client Default Settings to open the window as bellow CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Server IP Address Write back File Path Y Enable Cache C write back Limit Image Save Path Disk Group Apply to All Clients 192 168 1 103 E CCBootWriteback L D CCBootImage C CCBoot init vmdk 2 Figure 9 7 Press the Recommend button to get recommended cache setting depends on client PC s physical RAM All new added clie
7. back to the write back path Sometimes client cache will be disabled for more information please refer to Chapter 9 2 Client Write back Limit Define the maximum write back size We do NOT recommend setting a limitation here if unnecessary Image Save Path Define the image save path All images uploaded from the clients will be saved to this path It should be large enough to store the images Disk Group Define the system image and game disk of the client Pressing gt gt button to define the details CCBoot Disk Group System Image Selection C CCBoot init vmdk w Other Image Merge Image Game Disk Selection Game Disk List S Disk 0 C D Disk 2 F Disk 1 E Recommend game disk as NTFS and cluster size 64K Figure 6 6 System Image Selection Select the image from the combo box list or press the Other Image button to select other image for diskless booting Merge Image If you use Save to image in client s properties dialog box many times it will created many additional packages such as XP01 001 vmdk XP01 002 vmdk or XP01 001 vhd XP01 002 vhd It will make diskless booting slowly Merge Image can merge all those packages to one vmdk or vhd file For more information please refer to Chapter 10 3 Game Disk Selection You can select a partition or a whole hard disk as game disk Apply All Clients Press this button to apply the client default settings to the existing clie
8. this button to check out whether there re other DHCP servers on the LAN 6 2 2 Client Default Settings CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Write back File Path E CCBootWriteback Y Enable Cache p0 C write back Limit 200 Image Save Path D CCBootImage Disk Group C CCBoot init vmdk Apply to All Clients Figure 6 4 Client Default Settings is used to define the settings for the auto added clients Server IP Address Define the server IP for the client Pressing the gt gt button to add multiple IP addresses The client will boot from the first IP if failed it will try the next one Server List Settings Server List 192 168 1 10 192 168 1 20 Up Down 192 168 1 20 Edit Delete Figure 6 5 Write back File Path Define the write back file path of the client Pressing the gt gt button to add multiple write back path Enable Cache Define the client write cache size CCBoot clients will store disk writing data to the client RAM instead of writing back to server Press the Recommend button to get recommended cache settings based on the client physical RAM size The cache works as the following steps 1 Write into the client cache 2 If client cache is full write back to server cache 3 If the server cache is full write
9. 4 5 Stop CCBoot service Update Image CCBoot Client Client Properties Enabled Computer Name MAC Address IP Address PXE Gateway Disk Group Hardware Profile Server IP Address Write back File Path C write back Limitation Enable Client Cache Enable Set Resolution previous state Backup the image you plan to update When backup OK please start CCBoot service Choose one client PC as the update client In its Client Properties window check Enable PC101 6C FO 49 C8 48 ED 192 168 1 101 C Enable Upload Image gpxe pxe Keep write back File D CCBootImagelXPO1 wmd Clear Write back f E e 192 168 1 10 Save to Private E CCBootWriteback Save to Image 200 M o m f width height bit frequency Enable Update Game Disk Figure 10 2 Diskless boot the client and do some modifications as you wish Shutdown the client PC Uncheck Enable Update Image in the Client Properties window Now the image has already been modified With this method the client will update the image directly so you cannot recover the image to 10 2 Recover Image With method 2 mentioned in Chapter 10 1 the client will update the image directly so you cannot recover the image to previous state With method 1 mentioned in Chapter 10 1 you will find a series of vmdk files such as XP01 vmdk XP01 001 vmdk XP0O1 002 vmdk and so on Save t
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11. CCBoot V2 1 Diskless Boot WinXP Win2003 Vista Win7 Win2008 with iSCSI www ccboot com User Manual youngesoft 2011 07 Nh WN e 10 11 12 13 1 Content A niir bs ch E A e chee cet Qesedesccde ced ltesedeus Ghes ced teredeuccduscealtereceuacesetes 2 Introduce as uaia an diene AA a 4 Batre ih A 5 SYSLEMREGUITEMENTS ioes ea e e det dde aerea dea 6 QUICK Startle ti AA A A dd ads T 5 1 Install CCBOot Server cacaraca a an A A A NA AE 7 5 2 Configure CCROS ET r e iii 8 5 3 Create Boot Imagenio e EE AE E EEEE 11 5 4 Diskless Boot Cutts iui kaeaea a e r den duden danes 16 O OSO 18 6 1 Meda A A A 18 6 2 Server DEMOS mae TA 20 6 2 1 DHCP Settings iii lanas cs 20 6 2 2 Client Default SSI iii ii id 21 6 2 3 Cache SEWN Se iia ii att 23 6 2 4 Other SCUIN SS etek sdecliceas fered elecivies decode tirados ceeded decada oda delta destilada 25 6 3 CCB oot CHEnt Properties iiteraria nea Eao TEANS A ENa Eonar oii 26 Game Disk Setting8 x iria id AAA aa 29 7 1 Add Game Disk ds 29 7 2 Game Disk MappIO8 ceder pd tdi 31 CEBoot Client Toolse ciao acid a a acceda cs ias 32 8 1 ECBootClient Installation encina 32 8 2 CCBoot PnP od sti is 34 Cache Settings References nhe aiii ir Eaa ate A de a SE eN EENEN de 36 9 1 SErVEr Cache ne 36 9 1 1 RAM Cache on Windows 2003 cescessceseceseceeeeseceseceaeeeseeeseceaeeeaeeeneeeneees 36 9 1 2 RAM Cache on Windows 7 cesccesceeseceseceseceseceseceseeeseceseeeseceaeeeseeeaeeeneeeaeees 3
12. Client Disk g Cancel Figure 6 10 6 3 CCBoot Client Properties On CCBoot server main window select a client from the client list and double click it to open the Client Properties window as bellow CCBoot Client Client Properties Enabled Computer Mame MAC Address IP Address PXE Gateway Disk Group Hardware Profile Server IP Address Write back File Path PC101 6C FO 49 C8 48 ED 192 168 1 101 gpxe pxe f 192 168 1 10 E CCBootwriteback lt a 2 Y write back Limitation 200 Enable Client Cache 0 os Enable Set Resolution Super Client C Enable Update Image Enabled Enable the client diskless boot from CCBoot server Computer Name Define the computer name of the client M M Enable Upload Image Keep Write back File SIT width height bit frequency Enable Update Game Disk Figure 6 1 1 MAC Address Define the MAC address of the client IP Address Define the IP address of the client PXE Specify the PXE drive The default drive supports the most NICs Gateway Specify the gateway for current client Disk Group Define the system image and game disk of the client Pressing the gt gt button to define the details CCBoot Disk Group System Image Selection C CCBoot init vmdk v Other Image Merge Image Game Disk Selection Local Disk List Game Disk List Di
13. HCP IP 192 168 1 18 2611 66 82 http www ccboot com Figure 5 13 3 The first time you diskless boot the master PC you can modify its computer name Figure 5 14 Set computer name PC161_ Press Enter to start Figure 5 14 Set the computer name as you wish then press enter key to boot it Figure 5 15 Microsoft Windows O Microsoft Corporation Figure 5 15 Note the first time you diskless boot Windows 7 you will get a startup list just like has not shut down computer normally That s just because we uploaded the Windows 7 image during it s running Bellow is how to prevent from this situation for future booting 1 Select Start Windows 7 Normally to boot 2 When this client boot OK shut 1t down On the CCBoot server press Save to Image in this client s properties Now clients can boot Windows 7 from this image normally 4 On CCBoot server go to Options gt Settings gt Default Client Settings gt Disk Group and then press the gt gt button select XP01 vmdk as the default boot image in System Image Selection section 5 Do the same as Step 2 and Step 3 for other client PCs with the same specifications as the master PC to diskless boot them 6 Server Settings 6 1 Menu File gt Start Service Start DHCP TFTP and iSCSI service File gt Pause Service If you have 2 or more CCBoot servers you can choose this option to make new boot clients boot from
14. INGGWS SO ce without using t fe Removal ig Enables write Io discon ihe comput emove Hardy i otit Figure 9 4 4 Press OK to save 5 Implement step 3 4 for other disks The function of Enable write caching on the device of Windows 2008 is good for disk write performance So we don t need to use CCBoot write back cache Please refer to the following cache settings in CCBoot Server Physical RAM Image Cache Game Cache Write back Cache 2G 256M 512M 0 4G 512M 1024M 0 8G 1024M 4096M 0 16G 1024M 4096M 0 32G 1024M 4096M 0 9 1 4 SSD Cache If you have an SSD we recommend you enable the SSD cache function of CCBoot SSD cache is almost used for image cache and game disk cache which can bring you a better performance It will speed up client booting and games loading We recommend you format the SSD as one drive CCBoot Options ESTE PTE DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings 55D Path Enable Cache Enable Huge Memory Access Available Physical Memory 351 System Image Read Cache 1024 Game Disk Read Cache 4096 Clients Write back Cache 2048 Enable SSD Cache Auto Update Cache ln Recommend 55D Size Update Cache Time On CCBoot server press Options gt Settings gt Server Cache Settings to open the window as Figure 9 5 Figure 9 5 Check Enable SSD Cache
15. ache will be unavailable Sometimes the client cache will cause blue screen when boot Windows You can fix it by three methods Method 1 Reduce the client cache size If still failed try method 2 Method 2 Disable the client cache Method 3 Reinstall CCBootClient with select Start Cache After Login Windows 10 Update Image 10 1 Update Image Method 1 Use Keep Write back File and Save to Image 1 Choose one client PC as the update client Check Keep Write back File in the client s properties CCBoot Client Client Properties Enabled Computer Name PC101 MAC Address 6C F0 49 C8 48 ED IP Address 192 168 1 101 PXE gpxe pxe Gateway Disk Group D CCBootImagelXP01 vmd Clear Write back Hardware Profile Clear Private Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Save to Private write back File Path E CCBoot Writeback Save to Image OR _ write back Limitation 200 M Enable Client Cache 0 M C Enable Set Resolution E width height bit frequency Super Client C Enable Update Image C Enable Update Game Disk Figure 10 1 2 Diskless boot the client and do some modifications as you wish For example upgrade software in the system 3 Shutdown the client PC Click the Save to Image button in the Client Properties window Uncheck the Keep Write back File option when finished Method 2 Use Super Client 1 2 3
16. ack Client4 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 1 F CCBoot Write back Client will try to boot from 192 168 1 1 first if failed it will try to boot from 192 168 1 2 The write back file path is E CCBootWrite back Client2 s settings are different from Client1 s Notes You need to add all clients before implement load balance and redundancy 4 Copy CCBoot ini and AccInfo ini from the Server A s CCBoot installation folder to Server B s Open Options gt DHCP Settings on Server B Select correct DHCP Server IP Restart CCBoot service on Server B 5 Now you will see that client connect to server A and client2 connect to server B If you shutdown server A clientl1 can still boot from server B 13 PnP Different Specifications 13 1 PnP for NIC If the clients are with different NIC you need to implement NIC PnP for them so that all clients can boot from the same image 1 Choose a PC with the best hardware specification PC A and do as bellow Install Win XP Win7 and latest SP Install all drivers O Install software you need 2 Launch CCBootSetupClient exe on PC A to the end Run the CCBootClient then press Install CCBoot Client button to install restart PC A when installation finish Windows Start gt All Programs gt CCBootClient gt CCBootPnP exe pa gt lt CCBootPNP v2 1 Build 20110602 Install Known NIC Collect Local NIC Merge Collected NIC Hardware Pr
17. dk XP01 002 vmdk and XP01 003 vmdk This will reduce performance The Merge Image function will help you Refer to Chapter 10 3 to get more details If PC A1 has the same hardware as PC A please set AAAA for PC A 1 in its properties on CCBoot server If PC B1 has the same hardware as PC B please set BBBB for PC B1 in its properties on CCBoot server 14 Batch Commands Autorun Since V2 1 CCBoot makes you be able to run batch commands automatically on client booting just read bellow On CCBoot server there s a folder named Cmd in CCBoot install directory You can create batch commands files here in order that clients can implement this file when booting If the file is named public txt all clients will implement it If the file is named by specified IP address such as 192 168 1 101 txt only the specified client 192 168 1 101 will automatically implement it Attention If there are two files 192 168 1 101 txt and public txt the client 192 168 1 101 will implement 192 168 1 101 txt rather than public txt 15 Contact youngesoft Product Page http www ccboot com Technical Support Email support ccboot com Sales Support Email sales ccboot com
18. e SSD path For example GA Cancel SSD Size Define the SSD file size Press SSD Cache button to open window as Figure 6 8 The 2 means the physical disk2 If you use a partition as game disk it should be F Auto Update Cache Update game disk cache automatically For more information please refer to Chapter 11 2 Update Cache Time Update game disk cache at the specified time For more information please refer to Chapter 11 2 6 2 4 Other Settings CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Start iSCSI Service iSCSI Port 3260 C Enable Super Client Update Game Disk Auto Add Client Computer Name Prefix Pe Server and Client Disk Mapping Figure 6 9 Start iSCSI Service Start the iSCSI target service iSCSI Port Define the iSCSI target service port Enable Super Client Update Game Disk If you want to update game by super client you need to select this option to lock the read and write operations of the game disk Auto Add Client All clients on the LAN will be added into CCBoot with the Client Default Settings automatically Computer Name Prefix Define the computer name prefix Server and Client Disk Mapping Define the client s disk letters Normally used to define the game disk letters For example the game disk letter is F on the server and you want to share it to the client with disk letter G Disk Mapping Server Disk
19. e a small MBR partition about 40G size and leave the rest unallocated Format the 40G partition with NTFS Install Windows XP and the latest SP into this partition 3 After complete Windows installation open the local area connection network properties and configure as bellow Local Area Connection Status General Support Connection Status Connected Duration 16 44 04 Speed 1 0 Gbps Activity Sent a Received ES ah 358 589 1 224 445 Properties Figure 5 7 Click Properties 4 Local Area Connection Properties General Authentication Advanced Connect using E9 VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Ad This connection uses the following items ll Client for Microsoft Networks a File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks 5 005 Packet Scheduler Internet Protocol TCP IP Description Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Show icon in notification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity Figure 5 8 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click Properties Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General Altemate Configuration You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the approp
20. e to the CCBoot Client Setup Wizard This will install CCBoot Client v2 1 Build 20110602 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel Figure 8 1 CCBootClient v2 1 Build 20110602 Client Install Upload Image Install Cache Driver System Disk Image C 46 Start Cache After Login Windows Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 C Save Cache When Shutdown Image File Name xPO vmdk Install CCBoot Client Upload Image Cache Settings Cache is Stopped Figure 8 2 Install Cache Driver Install cache driver for client Start Cache After Login Windows If checked the client cache will be unavailable until the windows login onto the desktop If it s unchecked the client cache will be available at the beginning Save Cache When Shutdown If checked the client will write the cache data back to server when the client shutdown Install CCBoot Client Press to install CCBoot client s drivers and applications System Disk Image Select the system disk Server IP Address Input the CCBoot server s IP address VMDK File Name Define the VMDK file name Upload Image Press it to upload image Start Cache Press it to start client cache function Stop Cache Press it to stop client cache function After you have diskless boot a client PC please launch CCBoot Client tool If you have enabled
21. eate hardware profiles AAAA BBBB CCCC and so on Shut down this client and go back to server Save to Image for this client Set AAAA for PC A and check Keep Write back File diskless boot PC A CCBoot Client Client Properties Enabled Computer Name MAC Address 00 14 92 78 46 B9 IP Address 192 168 0 101 C Enable Upload Image PXE gpxe pxe Keep Write back File Gateway Disk Group C CCBoot XPO1 vmdk Clear Write back Hardware Profile AAAA Server IP Address 192 168 0 201 write back File Path C CCBoot writeback O Write back Limitation 200 m C Enable Client Cache o M C Enable Set Resolution AE width height bit frequency Super Client Enable Update Image Enable Update Game Disk Figure 13 4 Install drivers for sound and display restart to make new display settings and then run CCBootPnP exe press Save Drivers gt lt CCBootPNP v2 1 Build 20110602 Hardware Profile Local NIC Instance PCI WEN_10228 DEW_20008 SUBSYS_2000102 Figure 13 5 9 Shut down PC A then on the CCBoot server open PC A s properties window press Save to Image button to save modifications done in previous steps 10 Do the same as step 8 and step 9 for PC B PC B1 and PC B2 use the BBBB hardware profile 11 Do the same as step 8 and step 9 for PC C PC C1 and PC C2 use the CCCC hardware profile 12 Now you may get many packages like XPO1 001 vm
22. enabling write caching on the device but a power outage or equipment failure might result in data loss or comuption Tum off Windows write cache buffer flushing on the device To prevent data loss do not select this check box unless the device has a separate power supply that allows the device to flush its buffer in case of power failure More information about write caching settings Figure 9 3 4 Press OK to save 5 Implement step 3 4 for other disks The function of Enable write caching on the device of Windows 7 is good for disk write performance So we don t need to use CCBoot write back cache Please refer to the following cache settings in CCBoot Server Physical RAM Image Cache Game Cache Write back Cache 2G 256M 512M 0 4G 512M 1024M 0 8G 1024M 4096M 0 16G 1024M 4096M 0 32G 1024M 4096M 0 9 1 3 RAM Cache on Windows 2008 If you use Windows 2008 please choose Windows 2008 64 bit R2 and install CCBoot server 64 bit version Make sure you have enabled the Enable write caching on the device for every disk Click Start right click Computer and select Properties 1 In the left panel click Device Manager 2 Expand Disk Drives and right click on one of the disks 3 Click the Policies tab and check Enable Write Caching on the device and Enable Advanced Performance to enable WDC WD2500BEVS 75USTO ATA Device Properties hing on the al In W
23. er IP address it should be the IP address of the PC on which CCBoot server has been located Input the image file name as you want in the Image File Name Press the Upload Image button to upload the image to the CCBoot server Then CCBoot will create an image in the server Image Save Path Note CCBoot supports two types of image file format It supports VMDK image file format if you are using Windows 2003 as CCBoot server system It will support both VMDK and VHD image file format if you are using Window 7 or Windows 2008 As you can see in Figure 12 the image file format depends on the file extension you have set for the Image File Name For example if you set XP01 vmdk as the Image File Name it means you will use VMDK image file format while if you set XP01 vhd it means you will use VHD image file format 5 4 Diskless Boot Client 1 On CCBoot server double click PC101 Figure 5 10 to open the master PC s properties dialog box uncheck Enable Upload Image and Keep Write back File 2 Remove the HDD from the master PC set it firstly boot from LAN or network PXE rom or some similar settings in BIOS settings so that it will start network boot Figure 5 13 Network boot from AMD Am 79C976A Copyright C 2883 2885 UMware Inc Copyright C 1997 2000 Intel Corporation CLIENT MAC ADDR 66 BC 29 BA 37 25 GUID 564DAE87 527B8 1BD6 8944 CC9B4A8A3725 CLIENT IP 192 168 1 181 MASK 255 255 255 8 D
24. gy allows a diskless boot of most Windows OS from an iSCSI target machine remotely located over a standard IP network CCBoot offers a seamless diskless boot Eliminating the need for a local hard drive opens a wide range of possibilities for network management Using this configuration the disks for many network computers can be centrally managed thereby facilitating backup redundancy and dynamic allocation of valuable storage resources while at the same time reducing cost to the enterprise Booting from iSCSI makes system administration considerably easier Freeing a server of its boot volume allows administrators to manage investments in their iSCSI SANs attaining improved data security integrity and recovery higher availability quicker server deployment amp repurposing and more efficient utilization of storage resources Benefits Significantly reduce initial capital and implementation costs Reduce power and cooling requirements Accelerate deployments upgrades and server repurposing Reduce complexity and risk Improve critical system availability Implement enhanced Disaster Recovery solutions 3 Features Boot Windows XP Windows 2003 Vista Windows 7 and Windows 2008 from iSCSI storage target Inside DHCP gPXE TFTP Image Upload and iSCSI Target It s all in one solution for iSCSI boot Support physical drive volume drive and VMWare disk file Support upload boot image to the server and save with VMDK format
25. isk RAID with 2 SATA HDD Client Write back Disk 2 SATA HDD 120G Main Board With RAID support Network 1000Mb Ethernet CPU 2 8G RAM 8G System Image Disk RAID with 2 SATA HDD Client Write back Disk 4 SATA HDD Main Board With RAID support Network 1000Mb Ethernet 2 3 NICs 100 clients gt 100 clients Using multiple servers and load balance 5 Quick Start 5 1 Install CCBoot Server Download CCBoot server installation package from http www ccboot com download htm Launch ccbootsetup exe on the server and keep press the next button to the end Figure 5 1 ie Setup CCBoot Welcome to the CCBoot Setup A Wizard This will install CCBoot v2 1 Build 20110602 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel Figure 5 1 CCBoot will use the following ports 67 DHCP 69 TFTP 3260 SCSI 1000 Image Upload 8001 Service Control You need to open these ports on the server firewall Since CCBoot v2 1 you also need to open port 66 V2 1 uses port 66 as DHCP backup Note Please shut down the other DHCP services on the LAN especially the DHCP service in the router Launch CCBoot and you will get the main interface as bellow Figure 5 2 2 CCBoot v2 1 Build 20110602 File Options Client Help Add Client Delete Client Options Stop Service Refresh Cache Help Close Co
26. ivers some clients with particular NIC still cannot boot In that case you need to collect NIC driver manually Suppose PC B and PC C cannot boot from the image uploaded from PC A 1 On CCBoot server select Keep Write back File for PC A then diskless boot it 2 Windows Start gt All Programs gt CCBootClient gt Folder to open CCBootClient install folder copy CCBootPnP exe to a USB Key 3 On PC B install the same Windows edition as you have installed on PC A Plug this USB Key on PC B and run CCBootPnP exe Press Collect Local NIC button when finish it will create a folder in this USB Key named Drivers including NIC driver of PC B 4 On PC C install the same Windows edition as you have installed on PC A Plug this USB Key on PC C and run CCBootPnP exe Press Collect Local NIC button When finish NIC driver of PC C will also be saved in folder Drivers 5 Plug this USB Key back on PC A copy folder Drivers to CCBootClient install folder run CCBootPnP exe located in CCBootClient install folder then press Merge Collected NIC When it s OK shut down PC A 2 lt CCBootPNP v2 1 Build 20110602 Install Known NIC I Collect Local NIC Merge Collected NIC Hardware Profile Local NIC Instance PCINVEN_10228DEV_20008 5UBSYS_2000102 Figure 13 3 6 On the CCBoot Server open PC A s properties window press Save to Image button When finish please uncheck Keep Write back File Now you can boo
27. lient RAM instead of writing back to server Press the Recommend button to get recommended cache settings based on the client physical RAM size The cache works as the following steps 1 Write into the client cache 2 If client cache is full write back to server cache 3 If the server cache is full write back to the write back path Sometimes client cache will be disabled for more information please refer to Chapter 9 2 Enable Set Resolution Define the resolution of client For example 1024 768 32 60 Enable Upload Image Enable the client to upload its system image to the server Keep Write back File Keep the write back file after reboot the client Clear Write back Manually clear write back file of client Clear Private Manually clear private package of client Save to Private Save the client s current system state to a package The client will keep the state when reboot even delete the write back file Save to Image Save the client s current system to the boot image You d better stop the client cache and shutdown the client PC before you click Save to Image Enable Update Image Enable update the image directly as a super client For more information please refer to Chapter 10 1 Enable Update Game Disk Enable the client to update the game disk directly as a super client If you want to enable update game disk you need to select Enable Super Client Update Game Disk in Options gt Other Settings first F
28. mputer MAC Address IP Address Rea Writ Ima Disk Priv Update Time lt Disk Upload Receiving ad SCS Boot Server www ccbhoot com Oline Total MemfImage Disk 55D _0 0 13M OM OM OM Service During Time ODay OOH 01M 295 Update Image Game Enable Upload Keep Write back Cache Last Update Time Figure 5 2 5 2 Configure CCBoot Server Demo Environment Server IP 192 168 1 10 Gateway 192 168 1 1 DNS Address 192 168 1 1 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP Range 192 168 1 101 192 168 1 254 Menu Options gt Options Wizard and configure step by step as bellow DHCP Settings Start TFTP DHCP Server IP 192 168 1 10 IP Allocated Start 192 168 1 101 IP Allocated End IP Mask 255 255 255 0 IP Gateway 192 168 1 1 DNS Address 1 DNS Address 2 Scan DHCP Figure 5 3 You need to select the correct local IP address as DHCP Server IP Press Scan DHCP to check if there are other DHCP services on the LAN You need to stop other DHCP services on the LAN Client Default Settings Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Write back File Path E CCBootWriteback Enable Cache 0 M C write back Limit 201 M Image Save Path D CCBoatImage Set Server IP Address Normally it s the same as DHCP Server IP Set Write back File Path and Image Save Path as you want Write back File Path is used
29. ngs Server Cache Settings Other Settings Enable Cache Available Physical Memory System Image Read Cache ame Disk Read Cache lients Write back Cache Enable SSD Cache Auto Update Cache Enable Huge Memory Access m Gaza 55D Path Gu SSD Size C CCBoot image1 M C Update Cache Time Figure 9 1 Suppose the CCBoot server Windows 2003 has 8GB physical RAM the recommended cache settings are as bellow CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Enable Cache Available Physical Memory ame Disk Read Cache Clients Write back Cache Enable 55D Cache Auto Update Cache Y Enable Huge Memory Access s Cece 4096 2048 55D Path Gl SSD Size update Cache Time C CCBootlimagel M pa Figure 9 2 9 1 2 RAM Cache on Windows 7 If you use Windows 7 please choose 64 bit OS and install CCBoot server 64 bit version Make sure you have enabled the Enable write caching on the device for every disk Click Start right click Computer and select Properties 1 In the left panel click Device Manager 2 Expand Disk Drives and right click on one of the disks 3 Click the Policies tab and check Enable Write Caching on the device and Turn off Windows write cache buffer flushing on the device to enable improves
30. nt PCs can load the client cache settings from here If you want to apply this client cache setting for exist clients please press the Apply to All Clients button and choose Yes when you get the window as bellow CCBoot 2 Are you sure to apply the default settings to the all clients Figure 9 8 Note the Apply to All Clients function will apply all settings here for all exist clients so please be careful when you use this function There s another way to specify client cache separately for every client On CCBoot server select a single client from the client list and double click it to open the Client Properties window as bellow then set the client cache size manually here CCBoot Client Client Properties Enabled v Computer Name PC101 MAC Address 6 F0 49 C8 48 ED IP Address 192 168 1 101 PXE gpxe pxe Keep write back File Gateway Disk Group D CCBootImage XP01 wvmdt Clear Write back g Hardware Profile Clear Private Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Save to Private Write back File Path E CCBootWriteback Save to Image C write back Limitation 200 C Enable Set Resolution width height bit frequency Super Client Enable Update Image Enable Update Game Disk Figure 9 9 If any one of the Keep Write back File Enable Upload Image and Super Client options is checked in the client properties the client c
31. nts 6 2 3 Cache Settings CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Enable Cache Enable Huge Memory Access Available Physical Memory 326 M System Image Read Cache 10 M Game Disk Read Cache 10 Clients Write back Cache 9 C Enable SSD Cache SSD Path SSD Size Auto Update Cache Update Cache Time Figure 6 7 Enable Cache Enable cache function For more information please refer to Chapter 9 1 Enable Huge Memory Access CCBoot can access memory over 2G if enable this option Available Physical Memory The current free physical memory of the server System Image Read Cache The image read cache size for all clients Game Disk Read Cache The game disk read cache size for all clients Clients Write back Cache Cache size for write back Enable SSD Cache SSD Solid State Disk is a new technology hard disk that disk read and write speed than normal disk CCBoot can use SSD as the cache storage If the clients request data from the game disk CCBoot will search it from SSD first if existing it will read the data from SSD If non existing it will read from the physical game disk and store it into SSD SSD cache will improve the disk read speed SSD Cache Settings Disk D CCBootImage xPO1 vmdk D CCBootImagewin7 wmdk 2 ssDSize M 4096 4096 50000 s0000 m Figure 6 8 SSD Path Define th
32. o Image will create a new file xp nnn vmdk If you want to recover to the last image state please stop CCBoot service and delete the latest XP01 nnn vmdk file That s to say Save to Image is recoverable 10 3 Merge Image If you have created many XP01 nnn vmdk files with method 1 mentioned in Chapter 10 1 that will degrade operation performance of the image In this case you need to use Merge Image function to merge all of them and the original image file XP01 vmdk to a single image 1 Stop CCBoot service 2 Backup the image you plan to merge When backup OK start CCBoot service 3 Options gt Settings gt Client Default Settings gt Disk Group gt press gt gt button to open the window as bellow CCBoot Disk Group System Image Selection D CCBootImage XPO1 vmdk v Other Image Merge Image Game Disk Selection Local Disk List Game Disk List e Disk 0 C D lt gt F S Disk 1 F Disk 2 G Recommend game disk as NTFS and cluster size 32K Figure 10 3 4 Choose the image you want to merge then press Merge Image button to merge it When completed you will find a new image file named XP01 vmdk_new vmdk Note If the image is XP01 vhd the new image file name will still be XPO1 vhd and all files like XP01 001 vhd will be removed after merged 5 Boot clients with this new image if all OK you can delete the old image files 11
33. ofile Local NIC Instance PCINVEN_10228DEV_20008 5UBSYS_2000102 Figure 13 1 4 Press Install Known NIC button you will get an NIC drivers list as bellow Select drivers you need and press OK to install if you are not sure about which drivers you need please Select All NIC Drivers Please select the NIC drivers that will be used in this image NIC Service Hardware ID VMware PCI Ethernet Adapter wmsnet WEN_10224DEW_2000 SiS 900 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter SISNIC WEN_10398DEW_0900 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET34 WEN_10DE8DEW_0037 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET34 WEN_10DE8DEW_0038 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET34 WEN_10DE8DEW_0056 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET34 WEN_10DE8DEW_0057 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NVENET34 VEN_1O0DE amp DEV_O066 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NVENET34 WEN_10DE8DEW_0086 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET34 WEN_10DE8DEY_008C NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET34 WEN_10DE8DEWY_00D6 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET34 WEN_10DE8DEY_00E6 NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller NWENET56 WEN_10DE8DEW_0268 AMARA wlan Mahinda Canteallar MIEMETEC WEM 10NC MNC NACO Tal gt Figure 13 2 5 Reboot PC A then upload image must Enable Upload Image for this client on CCBoot server Now this image can be used for all clients with various NIC Sometimes even you have installed all known NIC dr
34. or more information please refer to Chapter 11 1 7 Game Disk Settings Game disk is in fact a virtual disk It s a physical hard disk or just a partition on CCBoot server Game disk is almost used for game disk on CCBoot server install games into this disk on client side you will get this disk and run games directly just like a local disk Of course you can also use this function for other intentions 7 1 Add Game Disk You can add game disk from two locations Go to Options gt Settings gt Client Default Settings gt Disk Group All new added clients will load game disk settings from here CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings Server IP Address write back File Path Enable Cache C write back Limit Image Save Path Disk Group Apply to All Clients 192 168 1 10 EN CCBootwWriteback o f D CCBootImage C CCBoot init vmdk Figure 7 1 Go to Client Properties gt Disk Group It s just for a single selected client CCBoot Client Client Properties Enabled Computer Name PC101 MAC Address 6C F0 49 C8 48 ED IP Address 192 168 1 101 Enable Upload Image PXE gpxe pxe Keep Write back File Gateway Hardware Profile Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Write back File Path E CCBootWriteback O write back Limitation 200 Enable
35. other servers It will do nothing for clients already boot from current server File gt Stop Service Stop all services File gt Close UI Close the main interface but the service is still running File gt Close Unused Images and Disks Close the unused images and disks so that you can implement some operations for them Options gt Settings Configure server settings Options gt Options Wizard A Wizard for a beginner Options gt Show All Columns Show all columns even if you have hided some of them Options gt View Performance To view the performance of image saving disk and write back file saving disk PercentIdleTime the more is the better PercentDiskReadTime and PercentDiskWriteTime the less is the better ClusterSize recommend 32K Performance Type Percentldl PercentDis PercentDis ClusterSize Image 99 0 0 32K Writeback 99 D 0 32K Figure 6 1 Options gt View Fatal Log To view fatal logs when clients get errors such as cannot boot successfully Client gt Add Add a new client Client gt Edit Edit the property of a selected client Client gt Delete Delete a selected client or clients Client gt Auto Scan Retrieve all power on clients MAC address IP address and computer name You can set an IP range for auto scanning CCBoot Auto Scan Low IP Address High IP Address 192 168 1 1 192
36. re profile You can set different hardware profile for clients with different hardware Hardware Profile ID Hardware Profile ID ABBA Hardware Description AMD Clients Figure 8 5 Save Drives After you have installed sound and display drivers press this button to save drives For more information please refer to Chapter 13 2 This Hardware Profile function will be used only in certain particular situations For example you have 2 sound cards or 2 display cards same brand but different type Sometimes the driver file name for these 2 sound cards are the same but they are different driver files this will cause problem So we need to create different hardware profile for these 2 sound cards 9 Cache Settings Reference 9 1 Server Cache There are 2 types of cache for CCBoot server RAM cache and SSD cache 9 1 1 RAM Cache on Windows 2003 Different system will use different cache policy If install CCBoot server on the Windows Server 2003 please use the following settings Server Physical RAM Image Cache Game Cache Write back Cache 2G 256M 512M 256M 4G 512M 1024M 1024M 8G 1024M 4096M 2048M 16G 1024M 4096M 4096M 32G 1024M 4096M 10240M Suppose the CCBoot server Windows 2003 has 4GB physical RAM the recommended cache settings are as bellow Options gt Settings gt Server Cache Settings CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Setti
37. resh Cache button on CCBoot server main window 12 Load balance and redundancy CCBoot supports multiple servers on a single LAN to implement load balance and redundancy Suppose Server A 192 168 1 1 takes EACCBootWrite back as its Write back File Path Server B 192 168 1 2 takes FACCBootWrite back as its Write back File Path Settings Go to Server A open Options gt Client Default Settings 1 Add 192 168 1 1 and 192 168 1 2 to Server IP Address Figure 12 1 Server IP Address 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 2 Server List Settings Server List era 165 1 1 Cancel Figure 12 1 2 Add E CCBootWrite back and F CCBootWrite back to Write back File Path Figure 12 2 CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings 3 Click Apply to All Clients CCBoot will apply the client default settings to all existing clients Server IP Address 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 2 Write back File Path E CCBootWrite back F CCl Write back File Path Settings E CCBootWrite back F CCBootWrite back Figure 12 2 Now the clients settings become as Clients Server IP Address Write back File Path Clientl 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 2 E CCBootWrite back Client2 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 1 FACCBootWrite back Client3 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 2 E CCBootWrite b
38. riate IP settings Use the following IP address IP address Subnet mask Default gateway Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses ps fared Thi Caer Prefered UNS server ltemate DNS server Figure 5 9 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK to save On the CCBoot server you will find a client in the client list Figure 5 10 that was added by CCBoot automatically when the client PC got IP address from the CCBoot DHCP service A CCBoot v2 1 Build 20110602 DER Eile Options Client Help R R 3 o O 0O amp es Add Client Delete Client Options Start Service Stop Service Refresh Cache Help Computer MAC Address IP Address Rea Writ Ima Disk Priv ipc101 6C F0 49 C08 48 ED 192 168 1 101 Close Update Time 06 23 17 42 24 lt Disk Upload Receiving A iSCSI Boot Server www ccbootcom Online Total Mem Image Disk 5S5D 0 1 12M 0mM 0mM 0m Service During Time Cache Last Update Time ODay OOH 03M 455 Update Image Game Enable Upload Keep Write back Figure 5 10 Double click the client to edit and check both Enable Upload Image and Keep Write back File Figure 5 11 when press the save button it will ask you Are you sure to delete write back file Just press No CCBoot Client Client P
39. roperties Enabled Computer Name MAC Address IP Address PXE Gateway Disk Group Hardware Profile Server IP Address Write back File Path C write back Limitation Enable Client Cache PC101 ANC 6 C F0 49 C8 48 ED 192 168 1 101 Enable Upload Image gpxe pxe Keep Write back File C CCBoot init vmdk Clear Write back Clear Private 192 168 1 10 Sc 200 0 S E CCBootWriteback Save to Image M M Enable Set Resolution width height bit frequency Super Client Enable Update Image Enable Update Game Disk Figure 5 11 6 Download CCBoot client installation package from http www ccboot com download htm Launch ccbootsetupclient exe and keep press the next button to the end Then launch CCBoot client and you will see the main interface as bellow Figure 5 12 CCBootClient v2 1 Build 20110602 Client Install Install Cache Driver Upload Image Start Cache After Login Windows C Save Cache When Shutdown Install CCBoot Client Cache Settings Cache is Stopped Figure 5 System Disk Image C 4G Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Image File Name PO1 vmdk Es Upload Image 12 7 Press the Install CCBoot Client button After finished it will require reboot system Reboot the client PC 8 After reboot launch CCBootClient again input the correct Serv
40. sk 0 C D Disk 2 F Recommend game disk as NTFS and cluster size 64K Figure 6 12 System Image Selection Select the image from the combo box list or press the Other Image button to select other image for diskless booting Merge Image If you use Save to image in client s properties dialog box many times it will created many additional packages such as XP01 001 vmdk XP01 002 vmdk or XP01 001 vhd XP01 002 vhd It will make diskless booting slowly Merge Image can merge all those packages to one vmdk or vhd file For more information please refer to Chapter 10 3 Game Disk Selection You can select a partition or a whole hard disk as game disk Hardware Profile Specify a hardware profile for sound and display PnP For more information please refer to Chapter 13 2 Server IP Address Define the server IP of the client Pressing the gt gt button to add multiple IP addresses The client will boot from the first IP if failed it will try the next one Server List Settings Server List 192 168 1 10 192 168 1 20 192 168 1 20 Figure 6 13 Write back File Path Define the write back file path of the client Pressing the gt gt button to add multiple write back path Write back Limitation Define the maximum write back size We do NOT recommend setting a limitation here if unnecessary Enable Client Cache Define the client write cache size CCBoot clients will store disk writing data to the c
41. t both PC B and PC C from this image 13 2 PnP for Sound and Display This function will be used only in certain particular situations For example you have 2 sound cards or 2 display cards same brand but different type Sometimes the driver file name for these 2 sound cards are the same but they are different driver files this will cause problem So we need to create different hardware profile for these 2 sound cards This function is disabled for Windows 7 Vista 2008 1 Suppose you have 3 types of hardware e PC A PC B e PC C Choose a PC with the best hardware specification PC A and do as bellow Install Win XP Install all drivers except sound and display Install software you need Yo Launch CCBootSetupClient exe on PC A when installation finish run CCBootClient press Install CCBoot Client button to install If the clients are with different NIC you need to implement NIC PnP for them consulting Chapter 14 1 4 Reboot PC A and then upload image must Enable Upload Image for this client on CCBoot server 5 Diskless boot all clients with this image to make sure they can all boot successfully On the CCBoot server open PC A s properties window uncheck Enable Upload Image and check Keep Write back File delete write back files following the popup prompt then diskless boot PC A 7 Windows Start gt All Programs gt CCBootClient gt CCBootPnP press Create Profile button to cr
42. to store the diskless clients write back data You d better use a big volume hard disk as Write back File Path This disk should be formatted as NTFS and 64K bytes per cluster Image Save Path is used to store the boot images This disk should be also formatted as NTFS and 64K bytes per cluster You d better use a fast speed hard disk as Image Save Path For example use an SAS hard disk Server Cache Settings Enable Huge Memory Access Available Physical Memory 374 System Image Read Cache Game Disk Read Cache Clients Write back Cache Enable 55D Cache 55D Cache ssD Path SSD Size o M Auto Update Cache Update Cache Time Figure 5 5 Keep default values in Server Cache Settings Other Settings iSCSI Port 3260 C Enable Super Client Update Game Disk Auto Add Client Computer Name Prefix PC Server and Client Disk Mapping Figure 5 6 Keep default values in Other Settings Press the Finish button and confirm the popup dialog box 5 3 Create Boot Image Since V2 1 CCBoot can support uploading the image directly from the client that is running Vista SP1 required Windows 7 Windows 2008 It s the same as creating image for Windows XP so in this section we take Windows XP for example Choose one client PC as master PC used to create boot image Attach a hard disk on the PC 2 Delete all partitions first Allocat
43. ure 11 2 3 Diskless boot the client and update the games in the game disk 4 Shutdown the client PC Uncheck Enable Update Game Disk in its Client Properties window Now the game disk on CCBoot server has been updated 11 2 Refresh Disk Cache If you have enabled server cache Options gt Settings gt Server Cache Settings as bellow you need to refresh cache to enable the modification you have made for game disk CCBoot Options DHCP Settings Client Default Settings Server Cache Settings Other Settings SS Enable Cache Enable Huge Memory Access Available Physical Memory M System Image Read Cache Game Disk Read Cache Clients Write back Cache Enable 55D Cache S55DPath G Figure 11 3 You can enable automatically update cache as bellow Auto Update Cache Update game disk cache automatically If you have enabled this option CCBoot will monitor the game disk It will begin timing as soon as it finds a writing operation on the game disk If there s no data written into game disk for 5 minutes CCBoot will automatically refresh RAM cache and clear SSD cache file for game disk Update Cache Time Update game disk cache at the specified time The format is like 10 00 which means CCBoot will automatically update cache file for game disk at 10 00 every day If you do not want to immediately enable the modification you have made please just press the Ref
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