set up gold image to be deployed

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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

Qoosh · Accepted Answer

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!

RichardP · Answer

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.

set up gold image to be deployed

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