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To configure Windows Deployment Services

  1. Ensure that you are a Domain Administrator.
  2. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Windows Deployment Services. If there is not a server listed under the Servers node, right-click the Servers node and click Add Server to add the local computer.
  3. In the left pane of the Windows Deployment Services MMC snap-in, expand the list of servers.
  4. Right-click the server, and then click Configure Server (Note that the screenshots included in this document are from Windows Server 2008).
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  5. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
  6. When the configuration is completed clear the Add images to Windows Deployment Services now check box and then click Finish.
Now that you have configured the server, you will need to add images. For instructions, see the next section.

You must add at least one boot image and one install image before you will be able to boot to the Windows Deployment Services server and install an image.
  • Boot images. Boot images are Windows PE images that you boot a client computer into to perform an operating system installation. In most scenarios, you should use the Boot.wim file on the product DVD from one of the following operating systems:

    • Client: Windows Vista (with at least Service Pack 1 (SP1)) or Windows 7
    • Server: Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
    You can also use custom boot images that you have created using the Windows AIK (for example, for diagnostic testing).
  • Install images. Install images are the operating system images that you deploy to the client computer. You can use the Install.wim file from the product DVD to deploy images for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2. For operating systems released prior to Windows Vista, you must create a custom install image. For instructions, see Creating Custom Install Images and Deploying Earlier Versions of Windows.
To add the Install.wim from the product DVD, use the following procedures.

  1. In the Windows Deployment Services MMC snap-in, right-click the Install Images node, and then click Add Install Image.
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  2. Specify a name for the image group, and then click Next.
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  3. Browse to select the default install image (Install.wim), which is located in the \Sources folder of the product DVD, and then click Open.
  4. To add a subset of the images included in the Install.wim file, clear the check boxes for the images that you do not want to add to the server. You should add only the images for which you have licenses.
  5. Follow the instructions in the wizard to add the images.
  6. Click the image group to verify that the correct images were added.
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  7. Repeat this procedure to add any additional install images.

  1. In the left pane of the Windows Deployment Services MMC snap-in, right-click the Boot Images node, and then click Add Boot Image.
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  2. Browse to choose the default boot image (Boot.wim) on the product DVD, located in the \Sources folder.
  3. Click Open and then click Next.
  4. Follow the instructions in the wizard to add the image.
  5. Repeat this procedure to add any additional boot images. When multiple boot images are available to client computers, clients will be presented with a boot menu that displays the boot images. For more information, see Managing the Boot Menu (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=115305).
  6. If you want to modify any of the settings of the server, right-click the server in the MMC-snap in, and click Properties.
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  7. Now that you have at least one boot and install image on the server, you can perform a PXE boot on a client computer to install an operating system using the steps in the following section.

After you have at least one boot and one install image on the server, you can deploy an install image.

  • The client computer must be capable of performing a PXE boot.
  • Your user account must be a member of the Domain Users group.
  • The client computer must have at least 512 MB of RAM, which is the minimum amount of RAM for using Windows PE.
  • The client must meet the system requirements for the operating system of the install image.
Source:
Microsfot.technetsupport.com
Published By
S.G.Godwin Dinesh.MCA
Sr.System Administrator
 

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