hey all! I have a few questions about some new tasks i'm taking on and my lack of knowledge lol. i've read up on capturing an image using ImageX & WinPE, as well sysprepping a machine for domain use of cloned operating systems. while i'm not understanding a few aspects of the WAIK (automated installation kit), and how it pertains to my below scenario:
I've taken on a new job with a company. They are currently using SCCM as a deployment center for OS Imaging of computers only. They arent using it to its fullest extent, but they wish to. I"ve had very little server end experience with SCCM, only the technician (helpdesk) end of imaging computers via task sequence and deployment of hte computer itself.
they do have a .wim image that is basically a captured image of windows xp sp3 with office 2007 suite. My first goal is to update this image with full updates (it takes about 6+ hours to run windows updates on the machine), a few more pieces of software installed (vpn clients & baseline software for our organization) and then sysprep it & recapture.
while i feel comfortable with the sysprep options and the ImageX capture, i'm not so easy with the readings i've come across which seem more from an "out of hte box" standpoint of sysprepping. . . . for example, using setup manager.exe to choose options of what drive partition to select, and what domain to join etc. . . . these seem like theyre the options that you set in the task sequence when you build that in SCCM Config Manager.
my utlimate question: am I suffice enough to simply image the machine using the image they already have created, update it and add what i want. . . . sysprep it from WinPE and ImageX /Capture it ??
Any critiques or guiidance is heavily welcomed. . . i'm completely new to this but i pickup fast and understand even better when someone gives me some definitive answers lol.
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hey all! I have a few questions about some new tasks i'm taking on and my lack of knowledge lol. i've read up on capturing an image using ImageX & WinPE, as well sysprepping a machine for domain use of cloned operating systems. while i'm not understanding a few aspects of the WAIK (automated installation kit), and how it pertains to my below scenario:
I've taken on a new job with a company. They are currently using SCCM as a deployment center for OS Imaging of computers only. They arent using it to its fullest extent, but they wish to. I"ve had very little server end experience with SCCM, only the technician (helpdesk) end of imaging computers via task sequence and deployment of hte computer itself.
they do have a .wim image that is basically a captured image of windows xp sp3 with office 2007 suite. My first goal is to update this image with full updates (it takes about 6+ hours to run windows updates on the machine), a few more pieces of software installed (vpn clients & baseline software for our organization) and then sysprep it & recapture.
while i feel comfortable with the sysprep options and the ImageX capture, i'm not so easy with the readings i've come across which seem more from an "out of hte box" standpoint of sysprepping. . . . for example, using setup manager.exe to choose options of what drive partition to select, and what domain to join etc. . . . these seem like theyre the options that you set in the task sequence when you build that in SCCM Config Manager.
my utlimate question: am I suffice enough to simply image the machine using the image they already have created, update it and add what i want. . . . sysprep it from WinPE and ImageX /Capture it ??
Any critiques or guiidance is heavily welcomed. . . i'm completely new to this but i pickup fast and understand even better when someone gives me some definitive answers lol.
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