Windows Server 2008 : Using Windows Deployment Services - Adding Install Images Using wdsutil, Configuring Server Properties Using wdsutil

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1. Adding Install Images Using wdsutil

After you create an image group on the WDS server, you can add images to the group. The following table shows how to identify images within an image file and add images to the image group.

Viewing and Adding Install Images with wdsutil

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View images in an image file.

wdsutil /get-imagefile
/imagefile:image-file-path-and
-name
C:\>wdsutil /get-imagefile
/imagefile:d:\sources\
install.wim

The /get-imagefile switch enables you to get a listing of images in an image file. You can use this output to add images to a system. In the example, a listing of all the images in the installation DVD install.wim file is retrieved and listed.

Add an install image.

wdsutil /add-image
/imagefile:image-file-path-and
-name /imagetype:install
[/imagegroup:image-group-name]
[/singleimage:image-name-in-
image-file] [/name:image-name-
in-wds]
C:\>wdsutil /add-image
/imagefile:d:\sources\
install.wim /imagetype:
install /imagegroup:training
C:\>wdsutil /add-image
/imagefile:d:\sources\
install.wim /imagetype:install
/imagegroup:training
/singleimage:"windows longhorn
serverstandcore" /name:"Server
2008 Server Core"

You can add install images with the /add-image switch and the /imagetype:install switch.

The first example installs all the images from the install.wim file into the Training image group.

The second example installs only a single image from the install.wim file (identified with the /singleimage switch) and renames it with the /name switch. Figure 1 shows the WDS console with this image added to the Training image group.

Note

The image name is created using the exact case you use in the command. If you want it displayed with uppercase letters, you must use uppercase letters here.

Figure 1. Adding an install image to an install group on WDS

Tip

This section covers some basics with wdsutil and the /add-image switch. To dig deeper, check out the /add-image page on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc742159.aspx.

2. Configuring Server Properties Using wdsutil

Set
Configure DHCP option for PXE support. wdsutil /set-server /dhcpoption60:yes \| no C:\>wdsutil /dhcpoption60:yes	Specifies whether DHCP option 60 should be configured for preboot execution enabled (PXE) support. The example sets the option to yes. Tip If DHCP and Windows Deployment Services are running on the same server, set this option to yes and set the /usedhcpports option to no.
Use DCHP ports. wdsutil /set-server /usedhcpports:yes \| no C:\>wdsutil /set-server /usedhcpports:yes	Specifies whether the WDS server should use the DHCP port, port 67. If DHCP and Windows Deployment Services are running on the same computer, you should set this option to no to enable the DHCP server to use the port, and set the /DhcpOption60 parameter to yes. Figure 2 shows these settings in the WDS server properties page.
Name prestaged computers with MAC. wdsutil /set-server /prestageusingmac:yes \| no C:\>wdsutil /set-server /prestageusingmac:yes	This setting specifies whether Windows Deployment Services should use the MAC address rather than the GUID/UUID when creating computer accounts in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Configure PXE settings. [/answerclients:{all \| known \| none}] wdsutil /set-server /answerclients:all \| known \| none C:\>wdsutil /set-server /answerclients:known	Specifies which clients this server will answer. If you set this value to known, a computer must be prestaged in AD DS before it will be answered by the Windows Deployment Services server. Figure 3 shows these settings in the WDS Server properties page.

Tip

This section covers some basics with wdsutil and the /set-server switch. To dig deeper, check out the / set-server page on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc816898.aspx.

Figure 2. DHCP settings in WDS server Properties

Figure 3. PXE Response Settings in WDS server Properties

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