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set up gold image to be deployed

Sophos User1175

hi all,

so i have come to sys preping my pc in preparation to capture then deploy it but obviously sophos endpoint you need to do a bit of prep work, normally i have done this in a script, in this how to

https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000035040?language=en_US

but now i have seen this

https://docs.sophos.com/central/Customer/help/en-us/PeopleAndDevices/ProtectDevices/VDIGoldImage/index.html

so instead of that hefty script, can i just do

SophosSetup.exe --goldimage

thanks,

rob



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  • +1

    Thanks for reaching out.

    Lots of development effort went into making this process easier for customers to use, resulting in the --goldimage switch, as you've found. The older content remains for reference purposes should customers have a need for it. 

    I'm glad this helped you!

  • 0 in reply to Qoosh

    so im guessing, before i sysprep the golden image, i run this and the next time i deploy the image to a new windows it wont be a clone?

  • 0 in reply to Sophos User1175

    Yes that's correct.

    When you power on the device, if the hostname remains the same as the original that the --goldimage command was run on, the device will recognize that it's the Gold Image system, and a delay will be added to the startup of services.

    I suggest performing the device rename operation within this timeout period to avoid any issues. 

  • 0 in reply to Qoosh

    once i have installed sophos endpoint with the --goldimage option

    do i have to wait 2 minutes before i sysprep windows and capture the image?

  • 0 in reply to Sophos User1175

    No, the switch tells the installer that the machine is a gold image. It then records the hostname. The next time it boots, if the goldimage flag is set, it checks the name registered. If it matches, then it waits 2 min or so to see if a name change happens. If no name change happens in the time, then it considers itself a goldimage still and doesn't reregister. if the hostname changes, it knows its a real deploy and registers itself with Central under the new name.

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  • 0 in reply to Sophos User1175

    No, the switch tells the installer that the machine is a gold image. It then records the hostname. The next time it boots, if the goldimage flag is set, it checks the name registered. If it matches, then it waits 2 min or so to see if a name change happens. If no name change happens in the time, then it considers itself a goldimage still and doesn't reregister. if the hostname changes, it knows its a real deploy and registers itself with Central under the new name.

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