In this example, the size of the .wim file is 5.5 GB. However, bootable USB flash drives are formatted with FAT32 file system, which limits the file size to 4.0GB. You can place the image on another drive (for example, E:DeployOperating SystemsW10EX64RTMREFW10X64-001.swm), and then modify E:DeployControlOperatingSystems.xml to point to it. You can also split the .wim file to continue using the USB flash drive, which can be done with DISM: Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:D:MDTOfflinemediaContentDeployOperating SystemsW10EX64RTMREFW10X64-001.wim /SWMFile:E:sourcesinstall.swm /FileSize:3800. Windows Setup is automatically installed from this file, assuming you name it install.swm. The file names of the following files contain numbers, for example: install2.swm, install3.swm. To enable split image in MDT, the SkipWimSplit value of the Settings.xml file in your deployment share (for example, d:MDTProductionControlSettings.xml) is false. By default, this value is set to True, so it must be changed and offline media updated. If you are creating offline media, you must first create the destination folder.
It is important not to create a subfolder in the deployment shared folder, as this will damage the offline media. In the previous example, you still configure the rules to set the computer name to a prefix (PC-) followed by the serial number. However, by adding the Left-VBScript function, you configure the rule to use only the first 12 consecutive pound signs for the name. Also change the SetupUILanguage parameter in Pass 1 WindowsPE to International Core so that it corresponds to the language of your installation/deployment media: The ISO file you received when updating the offline media can be burned to a DVD and used directly (it is bootable), but it is often more efficient to use USB sticks instead because they are faster and can store more data. (A dual-layer DVD is limited to 8.5 GB.) Your tour was the only reason I succeeded in this task. However, I have a question. I`m trying to create offline media that works for two different systems. I have both task sequences, but one machine has one drive and the other has two. This causes the drive letter assigned to the USB media to switch between the two. I complete all the steps, when I start a media, go to the Select Task Sequence page, but write it down to view it. But if you use pxe boot, the task sequence will display normally.
To filter what is added to the media, create a selection profile. When creating selection profiles, you quickly see the benefits of having created a good logical folder structure in the Deployment Workbench. You have now configured offline media delivery sharing, but the share has not yet been populated with the files required for deployment. Now that everything is ready, fill out the content folder for deployment sharing and generate the ISO file for offline media. All you have to do now is burn that image to a DVD or Blue Ray media and boot the computers you want to mount from that media. Select the platform type and let it load the WinPE environment. Now you should see that the new media has been created, and when you right-click on it and select Properties, a window similar to DeploymentShare should appear. The MDT production rules file can use the following properties: To avoid assigning a computer name longer than 15 characters, you can configure the rules by adding VBScript functions as follows: MDT production deployment share rules are different from MDT Build Lab deployment share rules. The main differences are that you deploy the computers in a domain instead of a workgroup. Right-click the MEDIA001 media and select Update Media. The Update Media process now generates offline media in the D:MDTOfflineMediaContent folder. The process may take a few minutes.
Select the Rules tab and replace the existing rules with the following information (change the domain name, WSUS server, and administrative credentials to suit your environment): Offline media has its own rules, .ini bootstrap, and CustomSettings.ini files. These files are stored in the Offline Media Control folder. They can also be accessed from offline media properties in the Deployment Workbench. Before you add advanced components such as scripts, databases, and Web services, review the commonly used configurations below. They demonstrate the power of the rules engine. Now take a look at the root of the folder you specified in the Media Creation Wizard (mine was D:MDTMedia). You should see an ISO image of a few GB. We are preparing for this deployment by creating an MDT deployment share that will be used exclusively for image deployment. Separating reference imaging processes from the processes used to deploy them to production provides greater control over both processes. We configure Active Directory permissions, configure deployment sharing, create a task sequence, and add applications, drivers, and rules. Here is the screen where you choose what you want to include in the media.
Now you see why I told you earlier to be granular with folders. Because I only want to deploy Windows 7 and Windows 8 in these branch offices, I will only select operating systems and task sequences. If you select a root of the folder here and later create another folder below it in Deployment Workbench and import operating systems, applications, drivers, or whatever, that folder (or subfolder that we can calculate) will automatically be included in the selection profile. In this example, you configure the rules to set the computer name to a prefix (PC-) and then to the serial number. If the serial number of the device is CND0370RJ7, the previous configuration sets the computer name to PC-CND0370RJ7. Note Nice walkthrough! Is it possible to recover media from a remote server? We have our main site with WDS and MDT, and there are remote sites that don`t have that. I was thinking of creating a bootable disc that would essentially copy from the remote server instead of dragging data gigs across the country. But I don`t know how. To create a bootable USB flash drive from offline media, follow these steps: Rules have built-in properties that use a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query to determine whether the computer you are deploying is a laptop, a desktop, or a server. This example assumes that you want to add laptops to different organizational units in Active Directory. Note that ByLaptopType is not a reserved word. Rather, it is the name of the section to be read.
Now that we have a selection profile for our branch computers, it`s time to create deployment support. Right-click the Media folder and select New Media. Hi, you can`t. If you want to have two ISO images that work differently, you must create another deployment share, but you can use one in your case.