Scenario 6: Deploying using Windows Deployment Services

Scenario 6: Deploying using Windows Deployment Services

 Windows Deployment Services Update Step-by-Step Guide for Windows Server 2003 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66145)

 Windows Deployment Services Role Step-by-Step Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=84628)

To deploy an image of Windows Vista with SP1, you can:

 Add the Install.wim image from DVD that contains the integrated version of Windows Vista SP1 to your Windows Deployment Services server. (This scenario is not supported until RTW.)

 Create a customized installation image from a reference computer and then add it to your Windows Deployment Services server. For instructions, use the following procedure.

1. Add the Boot.wim located in the \Sources directory on the Windows Vista with SP1 DVD to your Windows Deployment Services server. 2. Create a capture image from the Boot.wim and add it to the Windows Deployment Services server. 3. Create a reference computer that contains Windows Vista, SP1, and any programs and settings that you want to include in the image. 4. From a command prompt, change directories to the \Windows\System32\Sysprep. 5. Run the following: sysprep /oobe /generalize /reboot 6. When the reference computer restarts, press F12. 7. In Windows Boot Manager, select the capture image that you created in Step 2. 8. Choose the appropriate drive, and then provide a name and description for the image. Click Next to continue. Important You will only see drives that contain operating systems prepared with Sysprep. If you do not run the command in step 4, you will not see any drives to capture. 9. Click Browse and browse to a local location where you want to store the captured install image. Important You must enter a local location to save the new image or you will not be able to capture the image. This requirement is enforced to avoid image corruption in the event of a network malfunction. 10. Type a name for the image (use the .wim file name extension), and then click Save. 11. Click Upload image to WDS server. 12. Type the name of the Windows Deployment Services server, and then click Connect. 13. If prompted for credentials, provide a user name and password for an account with sufficient permissions to connect to the Windows Deployment Services server. 14. On the Image Group list, choose the image group in which to store the image and click Finish. 15. Now that you have the custom install image on your server, you can PXE boot a client computer and install the image. For more information, use the steps in the "PXE booting a client to install an image" section of the appropriate guide:  Windows Deployment Services Update Step-by-Step Guide for Windows Server 2003 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66145)  Windows Deployment Services Role Step-by-Step Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=84628)