Whether you're deploying five, five thousand, or 32,000 systems, NetRestore is the software deployment solution for you. Built on Apple's Apple Software Restore technology, NetRestore can be used to quickly and accurately restore a master disk image to a computer's hard disk while that disk image is hosted locally, on a network via AFP, NFS or multicast, or on the internet via HTTP. NetRestore can also be used in conjunction with NetBoot to fully automate the deployment of a lab full of machines. NetRestore was designed to be very easy to use, yet flexible, powerful, and extensible. NetRestore supports the deployment of Mac OS X and Windows.
NetRestore features the following:
- Restores a disk image to a hard drive via block-level or file-level copying
- Supports Mac OS X and Windows XP deployment
- Despite its name, NetRestore clones local hard drives and restores disk images located locally or across a network.
- Pre and post-restore customization tools to set computer specific information such as the Open Firmware Password, computer name, network settings, etc.
- Full automation
- Easy configuration
- Customizable
- Includes a helper tool for easily creating master disk images and NetInstall-Restore image sets (for use with a NetBoot server)
- Includes an enterprise-level database management and administration tool to manage machine-specific information and provide reports about the machines that you manage. This management tool also integrates with Apple Remote Desktop's Postgres database.
