Deploy Windows 7

[anyweb]

Please note that this guide is designed to get you Deploying Windows 7 with SCCM in a LAB Environment as quickly as possible. This guide is provided as is, if you find any errors please report them in the forums.

 

 

 

In a production environment please consult Technet for best practise, see below links:

 

Operating System Deployment:

 

Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager

Overview of Operating System Deployment

 

Configuration:

 

System Center Configuration Manager 2007

 

Best Practices:

 

Configuring Configuration Manager Sites for Best Performance

Checklist for Security Best Practices

Best Practices for Central and Primary Site Hardware and Software Configuration

Best Practices for Operating System Deployment

 

 

 

This guide assumes that you've installed and configured SCCM 2007 already and that you have set it up to deploy operating system's such as Windows Vista SP1. In addition you must have installed SP2 for ConfigMgr. It is available for download here.

 

The most up to date version of this Guide will always be found in the Deploy 7 section of the windows-noob.com forums.

 

For best practise information about deployments using SCCM you should always consult with Microsoft Technet.

 

 

 

Step 1. get the ISO

 

I chose the 64bit Enterprise version which was en_windows_7_enterprise_x64_dvd_x15-70749.iso.

 

Now that you have the ISO, mount it or burn it to DVD and copy the contents of it (all files and folders) to a network share on your SCCM server.

 

 

Step 2. Add Operating System Install Package

In System Center Configuration Manager 2007 expand the Operating System Deployment node and right click on Operating System Install Packages, choose add operating system install package.

 

 

 

When the Add Operating System Install Package wizard appears, point it to the path where the Windows 7 operating system files can be found eg:

 

\\SCCM\sources\os\7\rtm\x64\ent\

 

 

fill in the name, version and a comment about the image

 

 

review the summary

 

 

and verify the confirmation

 

 

 

Step 3. Create Distribution Point for the Image

 

Now that we have added the operating system files to our available operating system install packages, we need to create a new distribution point for it so let's do that.

 

Expand the newly added Windows 7 image you just added in Operating System Install Image Packages and right click on Distribution Points, select New Distribution Points. Click next on the Welcome screen.

 

 

As this is not a boot image (it's an Entire Operating System), select only the first distribution point (do not select the PXE one)

 

 

click next and close.

 

Step 4. Update Distribution Point

 

now that we have created a distribution point, let's update it, so right click on distribution points and choose update distribution points, answer yes when prompted.

 

[anyweb]

if you just want to capture it then yes disable the entire BUILD section of the build and capture ts,

 

here's a guide for Capturing Windows 7

 

cheers

niall

[ChandanOmkar]

I have started working with SCCM. I am facing a problem. After Starting the Task Sequence (Windows is Starting up) the screen shot is mentioned below, the system gets restarted. It is not moving to formatting disk, as per mentioned in this site.

Hey Niall Please help.

 

[anyweb]

then you probably need to load the network drivers for windows 7 into the windows pe boot image, or something else,

 

we need to see your SMSTS.LOG file from the client to be sure..

[ChandanOmkar]

then you probably need to load the network drivers for windows 7 into the windows pe boot image, or something else,

 

we need to see your SMSTS.LOG file from the client to be sure..

 

 

Thanks Niall for your reply. Please find the attached smsts.log file from the client.

 

Thanks

Chandan

smsts.log

[ChandanOmkar]

Hi Niall, Have you checked the log.

[matty3021]

Hi,

 

Your post is very helpful and im so close to getting this working, i know have my PC booteing to PXE but it seems to display the following every time

 

:angry:TFTP Download: smsboot\x64\abortpxe.com

 

And then aborts the pxe bootup. I have tried editing the registry key as described in other posts, cleared the last PXE advertisement and adding a membership rule to the collection. I have also restarted the WDS service. None of these are working and i'm getting very very annoyed by it all now :angry:

 

Any help would be massively appreciated.

 

Thanks

[qaisar]

Hi

I just setup my lab environment as follows;

 

Windows 2008 Server SP2 (domain controller, isolated network...not connected to the internet)

SCCM 2007 SP2, SQL 2005 SP3, WSUS 3.0 SP2 (also on the same server)

Windows XP Pro SP2

Windows Vista Bus SP2

 

As far as I can tell, it is a fully functional SCCM environment.

 

I am going through the "Build and Capture" part of Windows 7 deployment and I am stuck at the "Browse and pick your Config Client Installation from definition"....when I click "browse" I do not see and "Client Installation" package.

What am I missing, any help is appreciated......

 

regards

[anyweb]

select Microsoft as the manufacturer, do you see it then ?

 

if not post a screenshot of what you see

[qaisar]

select Microsoft as the manufacturer, do you see it then ?

 

if not post a screenshot of what you see

 

 

I see an empty box....attached is the screenshot....thanks

[Eswar Koneti]

Do you have config mgr client package ? if not ,please create new package.