1. Ensure system is up to date (apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade) and that all applications we care about behave as expected. In particular, make sure the VMWare kernel modules load properly at boot - they must be rebuilt every kernel change, even minor revisions.
2. Clean out /var/log - old syslogs, etc.
3. Clean everything out of /cscf-adm except for the .ssh directory.
4. Ensure /home is empty except for the lost+found directory.
5. Run an fsck on all filesystems.

Image Deployment using Acronis

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