On WDS Server, expand server name ( how to rename Windows Server), expand Install option, expand group and verify if the captured Operating System is uploaded to the WDS console or not.īefore we start with the steps of deploying captured image, ensure that DHCP server is working in your environment and client is enable for boot from network.ġ8. After the completion of capturing install image click on Finish to close the wizard.ġ7. Select the group menu from drop down menu and click on Next to start capturing.ġ6.
A “Windows Security” console would ask for domain administrator credentials. How to promote Additional Domain Controllerġ4. Enter the name of WDS server in Server Name field and click on connect. Check on “Upload image to a Windows Deployment Services Server” to directly upload this file to the WDS server. On the location console, click on browse to enter the location where this file would be saved locally. Enter name and description and then click on Next to continue.ġ3. Here, we have selected D: drive to capture an OS. Don’t get confused if you don’t see C:\ here and only see D:\ as C:\ would be used for booting and D:\ is the original drive that has all the information. On the “ Windows Deployment Services Image Capture Wizard” console, select the directory or volume to capture. On “ Windows Deployment Services Image Capture Wizard“, details about WDS and all the pre-requisites are mentioned. On “Windows Boot Manager” select the capture image and hit enter.ġ1. Power on your computer and press F12 to make your computer boot from network.ġ0. Change the boot sequence to “Boot from Network” before powering on the Server. Sysprep will start working and then shutdown the computer.ĩ. Check on Generalize and select “Shutdown” from the drop down menu of Shutdown Options. It will prepare the machine for hardware independence and cleanup. On System Preparation Tool console, we can see the importance of sysprep.
Sysprep will prepare our computer for the capturing.Ĩ. It is used to define new computer name and unique SID to the newly build computer.ħ. It is a system preparation tool and its default path is “C:\Windows\System32\sysprep”.
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In addition to that, you can install few additional software or make any other changes as per your organization’s requirement.Ħ. In this practical, we have created some folders in the C: drive and installed the role of Remote Desktop Services. Before we start with the steps of capture image using Windows Deployment Services, make some changes on the server. We can verify if Capture image is uploaded to WDS Server or not by selecting “Boot Images”.ĥ. Click on finish to upload the OS file and close the console.Ĥ. On “Create Capture Image Wizard”, when the image is successfully created check on the “Add image to the Windows Deployment Server now” to add this captured boot image to the WDS server now, you can also add this image later from the WDS console. Click on Next, this will create the capture image and saves it to the location that we have specified.ģ. Click on browse to specify the location where this would can be saved. On “ Create Capture Image Wizard“, enter the name and description of the image.
This capture image will help to boot the computer to capture computer’s OS for further deployment of Operating System to other computers either client or server.Ģ. Right click on the boot image, select Create Capture Image to create the capture image. Open Windows Deployment Services (WDS) console, expand Server name and select “Boot Images”. Steps to Capture Image using WDS (WDS Images)ġ. Change the booting sequence to “Boot from Network” and then follow the steps given below. In addition to that, ensure that DHCP Server is working in your environment. It save lots of administrative efforts required for large deployment.īefore we start with the steps of capture image, install an OS on the Server and then install all the applications that are common for your environment also know as base applications for the Production environment. In this post we’ll capture image of OS by using Windows Deployment services image Capture wizard and then we would deploy it to other computers and servers in the environment.Ĭapture Image is required for an environment where you have to deploy similar Operating System and some common applications on multiple computers. In earlier post we have learned the steps to install WDS Server 2012and install OS using WDS Server 2012 R2. Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is used to capture image and deploy operating system(OS) images also know as WDS images remotely to other computers over a network. How to Capture Image and Deploy Image using WDS Server 2012 R2
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