OSD

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Last updated: Sept 14, 2011Version comment

Overview

OS Deployment is used to create scripts to deploy images through DOS, Windows, or Linux pe environments. It isn't heavily as many of its uses are more easily accomplished using Provisioning.

Using Sysprep and Setup Manager (for Windows XP, from the Landesk Users guide)

If you don't already have a sysprep.inf answer file for Windows XP, you can run Setup Manager (setupmgr.exe) to create one. A wizard will walk you through the process of creating one. Using Sysprep on your Windows XP images allows OS deployment to query the core
database for each device you're deploying and to migrate certain user settings, such as:
• Windows computer name
• GUID (the unique identifier used to identify devices in the core database)
You can also set these options globally for images you deploy:
• Time zone
• Volume license key
• Registered name and organization
• Workgroup/Domain/LDAP Organizational Unit (OU)
OS deployment uses information from the core database and from the image deployment
script to create a custom sysprep.inf for each device you're imaging. OS deployment then
injects that sysprep.inf into each device's image.

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