Edit a system image

You can rename, replace, remove, or edit K-Images and WIM images.

Before modifying a system image, make a backup copy.

The System Image Detail page allows you to view the image settings, add a boot action, download the log files for the image, and set the options for how the appliance responds to errors. For Windows K-Images and WIM images, it also indicates if an image is sysprepped.

You can only edit system images on the appliance that captured them. For example, if you view the details of a system image captured by the appliance, you can edit that image on the System Image Detail page in the appliance Administrator Console, but not in the KACE Remote Appliance Console. If that system image is captured on the appliance and synced to the RSA, the System Image Detail page in the KACE Remote Appliance Console only allows you to review the system image details, but not to edit them. A link appears on this page that allows you to quickly navigate to the System Image Detail in the appliance Administrator Console, and edit the system image, as required.

The Installation Plan enables you to create a task sequence by adding the available pre-installation, mid-level, and post-installation tasks to run in the order that you place the tasks for the deployment.

The Browse Files option is only available for system images.

1.	Select the name of the image to display the System Image Detail page to edit the image.

2.	Click Browse Files to open the Browsing Files dialog box to edit the images with the following options:

◦	K-Images only.

▪	Click Add Drive to add a partition. The drive name must contain an uppercase letter with a colon at the end.

▪	To rename or remove a drive, click the appropriate icon next to the desired drive letter.

◦	Windows K-Images an WIM images only.

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To add the contents of a ZIP file, navigate to the directory where you want to add the files, click Add Zipped Files, navigate to the desired ZIP file, and click Submit, then click Commit. The contents of the zipped file are extracted to the selected location. To verify the contents of the system image after committing the change, when the dialog box closes, on the System Image Detail page, click Browse Files and review the list of files.

▪	To rename or remove a drive, click the appropriate icon next to the desired drive letter.

◦	All images.

▪	To add a directory, click Create Directory, then type the name of the new directory that you want to add.

▪	To add a file, click Add File, navigate to the desired file, and click Submit.

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To add the contents of a ZIP file, navigate to the directory where you want to add the files, click Add Zipped Files, navigate to the desired ZIP file, and click Submit, then click Commit. The contents of the zipped file are extracted to the selected location. To verify the contents of the system image after committing the change, when the dialog box closes, on the System Image Detail page, click Browse Files and review the list of files.

▪	To rename, delete, or replace files, hover over the file name, and click the appropriate icon.

▪	To rename, delete or download a directory, click the appropriate icon next to the desired directory.

▪	To download a file, click the file name.

▪	To drill down to the directory contents, click the directory name.

NOTE: When you replace a file with a different file, the appliance replaces the contents of the files, but retains the original filename.

3.	Optional: WIM images only. Obtain additional system image information from the Windows registry.

a.	Next to Registry Info, click Show.

b.	Review the contents of the Windows registry items for the selected system image.

4.	Optional. Review the latest log file recorded during the system image capture, if applicable.

◦	Click Server Log to see what the server recorded during the image capture.

◦	Click Client Log to see what the server recorded during the image capture.

If size of the log file is greater than 500 kb, you can also download the log file.

5.	Optional: Configuration files only.

a.	Next to Config XML, click Show, and review the file contents that appear. The contents of the file are read only.

b.	To download the file, under the file contents, click Download XML File.

6.	Optional: Task files only.

NOTE: Read-only users do not have access to this field.

a.	Next to Task XML, click Show, and review the file contents that appear. The contents of the file are read only.

b.	To download the file, under the file contents, click Download XML File.

7.	Optional: Under Deploy Options, select Remove local files not in image when restoring the original image to a device, and when files have been added or modified on the device that is not in the original image.

8.	Assign tasks to the system image, as required. For more information, see Assign tasks to system deployment.

9.	When you finish your edits, click Cancel to roll back the changes, or Save to apply the changes to the image.