File Menu
Figure 1
Installation Folder:To open CCBoot installation directory.
Start Service: Start DHCP, TFTP, and iSCSI Service.
Pause Service: DHCP Request is not replied by CCBoot on LAN.
Stop Service: Stop CCBoot All Service.
Lock UI: To lock CCBoot main interface with password protection
Close UI: To close CCBoot Main Interface but the Server is still running.
View Menu
Figure 2
View All Cols: In the details pane of the main interface displays all columns.
View Log: View running log of CCBoot Server application.
View Fatal Log: View error log of CCBoot Server application.
View DHCP Users: Opens DHCP User dialog box with list of DHCP users on the network and their DHCP lease time. (this is available in version 20160707 and above)
Select All: Selects all the listed items in the CCBoot, (clients list / disk list / image list)
Chart Options: Allows you to change the colour scheme of the CCBoot cache chart in the main interface.(this is available in version newer than 2014)
Tools Menu
Figure 3
Options: Open the Server Settings dialog box.
Hardware Profile: You can add or hardware profile items here.
Import Clients: Importing the clients from a CSV file. One client data per line. The first column is computer name, the second column is IP address, the third column is MAC address (12 letters) and each column divided by comma(,).
Toolkits: Open toolkit folder with few tools make administrating CCBoot easier (VHD resize, VHD mount, Disk2VHD, etc.)
Create USB: Make USB startup disk (for the NIC that without PXE chipset).
How to create USB for diskless booting client?
Sometimes, the client's NIC doesn't have PXE chipset but we still want to diskless boot with that NIC. We can use USB to boot the client, load the PXE code from USB and then diskless boot from the server.
1) Insert a USB in the server machine.
2) Click "File" menu.
3) Select "Create USB". It will popup "Create Bootable USB" dialog box.
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4) You can select the USB drive letter and click the "Create" button.
Notes: Because most of the up-to-date onboard NICs support PXE boot, we DO NOT recommend using this method for diskless booting. For this method, it only supports several old network cards, such as some earlier Realtek NIC.
Create Child Disk: You can use this function to create a child disk (differencing vhd) for your parent image (main image).
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1. Click the " >> " button to select your parent disk (main image).
2. Enter the desired name for you child disk in "Disk Filename"
3. Press "OK" to create child disk.
4. Now, you can add the image in CCBoot like a normal image and boot client from it (Please refer Add boot image to add image to CCBoot)
Create VHD USB: Make Windows To Go USB driver which you can use to make image for the client PC.
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How to create Windows To GO USB?
1) Insert a USB in the server machine.
2) Click "Tools" menu.
3) Select "Create VHD USB". It will popup "CCVHDUSB" dialog box.
4) Click the browse button and select ‘Install.wim’ or "install.esd" file for your choice of Windows. ("esd" files support is available from 20160707 version only)
5) Click the Windows edition drop down and select your desired Windows.
6) Target USB disk, needs to you your USB drive.
7) Click “Create” to start the bootable Windows To Go USB drive.
Notes: You can use this tool to make hard disk bootable with Windows OS as well. To to that,choose your hard disk partition as Target USB disk.
Added: Optimize Server Nic for server nic optimization
Added: Optimize Server Nic for server nic optimization
Client Menu
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Create Group: Allows you to create Client group for the clients.
Edit Group: Allows you to change the name and description of the Group
Delete Group: Deletes the selected Client Group
Add Client: Add client.
Edit Client: Edit the selected client.
Delete Client: Delete the selected one or more clients.
Enable Super Client: Allow you to put client in Super Client mode and make changes which can be saved when mode is disabled.
Disable Super Client: Disables Super Client mode and allow you to save the changes to the image.
Refresh Client Info: Refreshes Client information in the columns which are not showing.
Copy Client Info: Copies the selected client’s information to use for making CSV or other use.
Auto Scan: To Scan the client "Start IP" and "End IP" and to automatically add the client list.
Wake on LAN: The Server can remotely wake up the selected Client/s.
Shutdown: ->
Shutdown: Shuts down the selected client PC/sReboot: Reboots the selected Client PC/sLog Off: Logs Off the selected Client PC/sMagic Shutdown: Put the selected Client PC/s to sleep mode like state, clients can be woken from this state using Wake on LAN command.
Remote Control:->
Remote Control: Allow you to remote control yoru client through VNDRemote Monitor: Allows you to remotely monitor your client’s usage without hindering their experience
Delete Write-back: Clear the client "Write-Back File".
Open Write-back Path: To show the client Write-Back drive location.
Delete All Write-back: Clear all Client Write-Back File.
Auto Allocate Boot Server: Intelligently assigns automatically the Boot server IP for all clients.
Help Menu
Figure 8
Home Page: Opens CCBoot home page.
User Forum: Opens icafeman forum.
Facebook: Click to visit Youngzsoft facebook to get more information about CCBoot.
Bug-Reports: Click to submit a question or bug report to Youngzsoft.
Check update: Checks online for any new version that is available.
Change Log: Will open the History.txt file to show you the new changes of the current CCBoot application.
Remote Me: Open the new "Remote me" window, that will provide you with remote session id. This id is what we require to remote your server. So, you can click the "Remote Me" button to request a remote support session with our technical staff.
About and Register: Opens "About CCBoot" dialog box that show CCBoot current version information, your license user number and login form for email verification.
Figure 9
Refer to "Manage license in CCBoot" for signup, login, forget password, etc procedures.
Toolbar Button
Options
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Configure server settings button.
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Start
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Start DHCP, TFTP and iSCSI services.
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Stop
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Stop all services, the service is stopped, the button will be disabled by the system.
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Pause
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Pause the service. In fact, it's only stop DHCP service and the other services are still running. The option will prevent the new client boot from this server.
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Help
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Open the user manual button.
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Close
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Button to close CCBoot main interface, but CCBoot service is still running.
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Tree List
There are three nodes in the CCBoot Server Main Interface "Disk Manager, Image Manager and Client Manager".
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Right click "Disk Manager" with one of the disk selected, to "Edit Disk" or "Open Disk Path"
Right click "Client Manager", to create "Client" and "Group".
Right click “Image Manager”, to “Add”, “Edit” and “Delete”new image for clients.
