Customsettings.ini and the Refresh / Replace Scenarios

[AaronBISSELL]

I am having a heck of a time with this.

 

What I need to be able to do is have the ability to deploy a task sequence to "Refresh" a computer (Which automatically backs up the user data using Hardlinks), and also one to Back up the data to use in a Replace - using the same customsettings.ini file.

 

This is my current .ini file

 

[settings]

Priority=Default

Properties=MyCustomProperty

[Default]

_SMSTSORGNAME=ORGNAME.

OSInstall=Y

ScanStateArgs=/v:5 /o /c /uel:90

LoadStateArgs=/v:5 /c /lac /lae /ue:* /ui:DOMAIN\*

BitsPerPel=32

VRefresh=60

XResolution=1

YResolution=1

UserID=name

UserDomain=dns.com

UserPassword=password

SkipComputerName=YES

SkipProductKey=YES

SkipTimeZone=NO

SkipComputerbackup=YES

OSDComputerName=%SerialNumber%

SkipDomainMembership=YES

JoinDomain=dns.com

DomainAdmin=admin

DomainAdminDomain=dns.com

DomainAdminPassword=password

SkipUserData=YES

UserDataLocation=AUTO

UDShare=\\location\location

UDDir=%OSDComputerName%

DoCapture=NO

SLSHARE=\\location\logs

EventService=location:port

So what's happening, is this current configuration will work when I run a backup task sequence and apply it to a new computer, but when I do the refresh, deploy the task sequence to the computer and initiate it from within the OS, it's skipping the backup part / restore phases.

I already modified the MDT Task sequence to connect to a state store / release after the install. It's just - not working?

Ideally i'd like it to backup only the user data, and not do an image of the machine. I had it working when I used the different loadstate / scanstate switches... but then the USMT backup wasn't working. So I set it to these switches, and now the back up / restore works - but the hardlink refresh does not.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Aaron

[AaronBISSELL]

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