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Unanswered Capturing an image using Transport Server

  • Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:06 PM
     
     
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    I want to capture an image using Transporter Server in PXE mode, any walkthroughs available on this?

    I'm not on a domain and haven't installed WDS except for the Transport Server role.

    Collin Farmer IT Support Specialist Neumont University

     

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  • Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:17 AM
     
     
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    Hi!

    Using WDS, you import a boot.wim image from either Win7 or Server 2008 installation DVD into the WDS console. You then right-click the boot image in WDS and choose to create a capture image.

    Using MDT you can configure a "sysprep and capture" task sequence in MDT deployment workbench.

     
  • Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:54 PM
     
     
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    But if I already have an image configured and syspreped without using MDT or WDS is there a way to capture the image off another machine via PXE mode?

    Collin Farmer IT Support Specialist Neumont University

     
  • Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:25 PM
     
     
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    But if I already have an image configured and syspreped without using MDT or WDS is there a way to capture the image off another machine via PXE mode?

    Collin Farmer IT Support Specialist Neumont University

    Capture it to where? And redistribute it using what?

    You need to deliver some kind of boot image through PXE to the client machine. That image ought to be capable of performing the tasks you require.

    If you already have an image file, why not just import it to the PXE server using file copy? You then need something that deploys the reference image to other clients you wish to install. With WDS and/or MDT this is ready to go.

    Please provide more details.