adding finalized boot images

[ADB]

Hi all.

First of all I am veeery happy having found this forum! Congrats to all!!

 

I have had a Windows Server 2008 R2 with SCCM, MDT and WDS (as well as DHCP, AD DS and so on).

Having managed to install all of these components I'm not able to add Boot Images! Allthough they have been finalized.

 

Meanwhile the SCCM is corrupt and i have to restart installing the whole thing. :angry:

 

My first question: Is it better to install the SCCM, MDT and SQL on Server 1 and AD DS, DNS, DHCP on Server 2 or doesn't it make any difference? Because I'm always asked for an UNC-Path for getting the install- and boot.wims into SCCM.

 

second question: Are the boot images created or saved by default in \\Server\Share\OSD\boot\i386? Or can I store them in another Share?

 

My goal is a Zero-Touch-Installation of Windows 7 Enterprise on a VM in a Testlab.

 

Any suggestions/help?

 

Cheers Anna

[anyweb]

hi Anna and welcome to the ever growing forum,

 

to your questions:

 

My first question: Is it better to install the SCCM, MDT and SQL on Server 1 and AD DS, DNS, DHCP on Server 2 or doesn't it make any difference?

 

yes, keep them separated even in a lab, it's better practise and with virtualisation (vmware or hyperv) it's easy to create new servers.

 

second question: Are the boot images created or saved by default in \\Server\Share\OSD\boot\i386? Or can I store them in another Share?

 

by default the i386 boot images are in \\sccm_server\sms_XXX\OSD\boot\i386

 

where XXX is the SCCM Site Code

 

cheers

niall

[ADB]

Hi Anyweb

 

Thanks for your reply. I find your knowlegde and your passion for this forum is incredible!

 

I'll now prepare the SCCM, SQL and MDT on a different Server.

 

The boot images in the mentioned folder were no in there... I pasted the finalized ones in the i386 Folder.

 

Let's see how it is, after having reinstalled SCCM.

 

Greetings to Sweden and enjoy

 

 

Anna