For more information, please refer to "Update Image" in CCBoot v3.0 Wiki.
Method 1: Use "Keep Write-back File" and "Save to Image"
Choose one client PC as the update client. Check "Keep Write-back File" in the client’s properties.
Figure 1
Diskless boot Windows on this client PC and do some modifications as you wish. For example, upgrade software in the system.
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"
Stop CCBoot service.
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 Update Image".
Figure 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 previous state.
Recover Image
With method 2 mentioned above, the client will update the image directly, so you cannot recover the image to previous state.
With method 1 mentioned above, you will find a series of vmdk files such as "XP01.vmdk", "XP01-001.vmdk", "XP01-002.vmdk" and so on. "Save to 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.