Users Guide

Preparing for operating system deployment

Before deploying Windows operating system on the managed servers, update the WinPE image, create a task sequence, LC boot media le,

and task sequence media bootable ISO le. The steps vary for SCCM and SCVMM console users. Refer the bellow section for more details.

For deploying non-windows operating system remember the points mentioned in Preparing for non-Windows OS deployment section.

Topics:

• About WinPE image

• Preparing for operating system deployment on SCCM console

• Preparing for non-Windows operating system deployment

About WinPE image

Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) image is used for deploying operating system. Use an updated WinPE image for deploying

operating system as the WinPE image available from SCCM or SCVMM may not contain the latest drivers. To create a WinPE image having

all the required drivers, update the image using DTK. Ensure that relevant operating system-related driver packs are installed in Lifecycle

Controller.

NOTE

: Do not change the lename of boot.wim le.

Providing WIM le for SCCM

Copy the boot.wim le from the following location \\shareip\sms_sitecode\OSD\boot\x64\boot.wim, and then paste it to a share

folder accessible by

OMIMSSC.

For example, location of shared path: \\shareip\sharefolder\boot.wim

Providing WIM le for SCVMM

1 Install Windows Deployment Server (WDS) role on a server, and then add the PXE server to SCVMM.

For information about adding the WDS role on a server, and adding a PXE server to SCVMM, see Microsoft documentation.

2 Copy the boot.wim le from the PXE server present at the following location C:\RemoteInstall\DCMgr\Boot\Windows\Images, and

then paste it to a share folder accessible by OMIMSSC.

For example, location of shared path: \\shareip\sharefolder\boot.wim

Extracting DTK drivers

A DTK le contains the necessary rmware versions that are required for servers on which you are deploying the operating systems.

About this task

NOTE

: While using the latest version of DTK for creating a WinPE ISO image, use the Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit

for Windows le. The Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit for Windows le contains the necessary rmware versions that

are required for systems on which you are deploying the operating systems. Use the latest version of the le, and do not use the

Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Windows Driver Cabinet le for the WinPE update.

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