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Have questions about Ghost? Visit our Technical Knowledge site and Search the Knowledge base, view an article or post a question to our Forum.

 
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 Symantec has released Ghost Solution Suite version 2.5.1.  Below are their recommended Best Practices for updating from your current version to their latest release.  This information is also available on their forums, but is provided here for your convenience.

 

Question/Issue:


You have Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 installed and want to update to Ghost Solution Suite 2.5.1.

Cause:

This article covers the "Best Practice" recommendations for updating to Ghost Solution Suite 2.5.1.

Solution:
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IMPORTANT! If Ghost Solution Suite and Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager are installed in the same machine,
refer first to this article:

Updating Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 to Ghost Solution Suite 2.5.1 on a machine running Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
results in both programs not working.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/on-technology.nsf/docid/2010010713154260

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The latest LiveUpdate for the Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 (version 11.5.1.2266) provides full support for Windows 7 and
Windows Server 2008 R2. Prior to running LiveUpdate, we recommend the following:

1. Backup your Ghost Console database, if you use the Ghost Console. You can do this by going to
C:\Program Files\Symantec\Ghost\Scripts and double-clicking backupdb.wsf;
this will create a GSSBackup folder in your MyDocuments directory.

2. Note whether or not the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) is installed. If so, review the note above and
follow the steps in that article.

This is a large update and takes a while to download; this update can easily take twenty minutes to complete, and, in some
cases, well over an hour. Please do not stop the LiveUpdate while it is still running.

Additionally, in some cases we have seen an error dialogue appear referring to build 2125. This is not a problem; please
ignore the message and verify the build number is update in Help → About on the Ghost Boot Wizard and Ghost Console.

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