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]

32 or 64bit windows ?

[lucent6408d]

Hi guys,

 

I've done everything is instruced on this page and btw (very good page,very detailed) however im stuck at a point where im getting this error messge:.Windows PE cannot start because the actual SYSTEMROOT directory(X:\Windows) is different from the configured one (x:\Windows~BT\Windows). This can be configured with the dism /set-targetpath command. Please consult the documentation for more details. Press the OK button or close this message to reboot.

 

Where do i go from here?

[MarcoX]

i checked my DNS, is OK, and it work,

 

i can see in the log "[Found network adapter "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet" with IP Address 192.168.5.132.]LOG]"

So Networkcard is Loaded on winPE, and IP delivered by DHCP....

 

but still this error about "Unknow Host"

 

maybe it's about that i deploy on collection "Unknow Computer" ...maybe something is missed in SCCM2007 ... :/

 

if you have an idea

 

 

well, i found the prob...finally was not my DHCP or DNS..all good here..

 

i do that :

 

http://www.myitforum.com/forums/tm.aspx?high=&m=177318&mpage=1#177318

 

 

If you open the Site Systems properties for your PXE server, you will see a checkbox that is enabled by default. It is the Specifiy a Fully Qualified Domain Name... If the path specified here is not resolvable in your PXE client's F8 command window, then you are dead.

 

so i unchecked in my ConfigMgr Site System "Specifiy a Fully Qualified Domain Name for this site system on the intranet"...

and now it works !...

 

but i don't know exactly the consequence to unchecked this box ...

 

why it work now with this box unchecked..maybe i missed someting in the AD or something like that.

 

what do you think ?

 

 

Regards,

[Rus]

Hello

 

When setting up my TS for Windows 7 Professional, it always fail if i enter in the license key as part of the TS. If i remove it, it runs fine. Any idea why?

 

Thanks

 

-Rus

[anyweb]

don't specify the key if you are using Enterprise media

[MarcoX]

Hello everybody,

 

 

I used the sources/install.wim from the DVD of WIndows 7 , to add an Images in "Operating System Images".

 

I created a TS to "install an existing image package" and i chossed this one (install .wim)

 

but i got this common eeror about depencies when deploying

 

"Failed to resolve selected task sequence dependencies"

 

 

it looks curious, do you think i can deploy with the install.wim ? only from a captured image ?

 

 

 

Regards,

[MarcoX]

Hello everybody,

 

 

I used the sources/install.wim from the DVD of WIndows 7 , to add an Images in "Operating System Images".

 

I created a TS to "install an existing image package" and i chossed this one (install .wim)

 

but i got this common eeror about depencies when deploying

 

"Failed to resolve selected task sequence dependencies"

 

 

it looks curious, do you think i can deploy with the install.wim ? only from a captured image ?

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

it works, looks i got install pending status for some OS composnets

[anyweb]

great stuff, with SCCM, patience is everything

[MarcoX]

great stuff, with SCCM, patience is everything

 

 

yep indeed.

but Looks with the R3 release coming soon, we'll works faster

[Moibe]

I think that I've just missed out the part when we created the Client Installation Package:

 

"click browse and pick your configmgr Client Installation Package (from definition) which we created before"

 

 

When we did that??

 

Help please