Windows Deployment Services – Part 1
Sysprep ships with all Vista and Server 08 images
Setupmanager has been replaced by Windows System Image Manger (WSIM) the entire set of deployment tools have been replaced, it is all xml file based and much easier to manage.
This got me interested in the Windows Deployment Services
Windows Deployment Services – Part 1
Assumes you have a Domain, DNS, and DHCP server configured.
Definitions:
Windows OEM Pre-installation Kit (OPK) – this facilitates the creation of answer files, build configuration sers and Windows PE images.
Windows System Image Manager (SIM) – creats
Distribution Share – contains the source files for Windows products you will be deploying
Windows Deployment Services (WDS) – support PXE boot PC only. This is the delivery mechanism for deployment of the OS.
Install Windows Deployment Services
1. Install the WDS Server Role and Restart
2. After restart open the WDS console and right click on the server choosing “Configure Server”
3. Click Next
4. Add a Path for the remote Installation Folder (if you choose C:\, you will be prompted with a recommendation that says to place it on a drive other than system)
5. For my install I chose to “Do Not Listen on Port 67” and “Configure DHCP Option 60 to ‘PXE Client’”
6. Click “Respond to all (known and unknown) client computers
7. Click Finish – and uncheck the Add images to WDS – Click Finish again
Windows Vista OPK
https://oem.microsoft.com/getopk
You will use a Vista workstation for this installation, that will be used for creation of the answerfiles, configuration sets and Windows PE images.
With this setup you will need to install .Net Framework and XML Core Services.
I choose all normal installation options w/o issue.
The installation creates the following directorys:
C:\Program Files\Windows OPK \Docs Contains online help files (.chm) and white papers.
C:\Program Files\Windows OPK \Recovery Contains Windows Recovery-specific files.
C:\Program Files\Windows OPK \Samples Contains all Windows OPK samples.
C:\Program Files\Windows OPK\ SDKs Contains software development kit (SDK) resources.
C:\Program Files\Windows OPK\ Tools Contains all deployment tools, including Windows SIM, Windows PE, and ImageX.
Distribution Share
1. Launch Windows Systems Image Manager from Start > All Programs > Microsoft Windows OPK > Windows System Image Manager
2. Choose a folder for the Share
3. The following folders are automatically created
C:\Folder\$OEM$ Folders
C:\Folder\Packages
C:\Folder\Out-of-Box Drivers
4. From Windows Explorer share this folder and give the Everyone group Full Control
Add files to the Distribution Share
Now we need to add Windows Vista install files, the mass-storage driver and logo file so that he Unattend.xml can install Vista over the wire. Additionally, a set of optional folders can be used (in conjunction with the Unattend.xml) to install additional applications and drivers. These are created in the $OEM$ folder. Listed below are the folders and their function:
$OEM$ Root Folder for additional apps and drivers
\$$ Contains files that will be copied to the %WinDir% folder during installation
\$$\System32 Contains files that will be copied to the %WinDir%\System32 folder
\$1 Contains files that will be copied to the root drive (C:)
\$1\Drivers Contains new or updated Drivers – you must specify this in the Unattend.xml
\DriveLetter\Subfolder You can have multiple instances of this type of folder
1. Copy Vista files to the Distribution Share
2. Copy Drivers to the \Drivers folder as required
Part 2. WinPE...