dewin

Hi Erik,

It Works!

Thanks.

Gr Dewin.

Hi Erik,

Thanks for your reply.

I am just back from holiday and will run you advice.

I let you know what turns out.

Gr Dewin.

Hi Erik,

Thanks for your reply.

I am just back from holiday and will run you advice.

I let you know what turns out.

Gr Dewin.

Hi Dewin,

Could you please try and run the task using cmd /c %SmartDeploy_media%\z\name.vbs and let me know how it turns out.

Thanks,

Erik

Hello,

I've installed SmartDeploy Enterprise v1.1.1930 and created a offline deployment media.

When i deploy i've get the following message: The Postimage Task "%SmartDeploy_media%\z\name.vbs"could not be found.

Cancel deployment?

I checked the media and name.vbs is on de media in \z\.

With SmartDeploy 1.1.1910 i did not get this message.

Can someone help me?

Kind Regards.

dewin

Hello Erik,

Thanks for your reply.

It works great

Kind regards,

Dewin

Hello Erik,

Thanks for your reply.

Can i force (unattended) in any way that when i deploy a system, SmartDeploy asks me for a name even when there is a existing name present?

Kind regards,

Dewin

Hello Dewin,

SmartDeploy offers a number of ways to name target devices during deployment. The default way is to use the existing name from the current OS on the device. If the existing name cannot be found it defaults to a randomly generated name. The other options you have are to name based on a WMI query on the local machine, or to use a prefix with randomly generated characters. These options can be accessed by clicking Advanced on the welcome page of the Deploy Wizard.

Thanks,

Erik

Hello,

Is it posible to create you own Computer Name, Example (WI001) or is it posible to stop the SmartDeploy.xml so the Computer name can be manualy given?

<!-- 0 = Use the existing computer name, 1 = Use the following naming method -->

<naming_mode>0</naming_mode>

<naming_methods/>

<custom_naming_scheme/>

Thanks for the reply.

Kind regards

Dewin

Thanks it works !

Kind regards

dewin

Hi Dewin

Try using [AnswerFolder]\z\xp.wim this is what Media Wizard will automatically update the path to when specifying an answer file during the creation of boot media. This assumes that the SmartDeploy.xml is on the root of the USB drive. You will still want to use %SmartDeploy_Media% to specify the VBS task.

Thanks,

Erik

Hello Erik,

Thank your for your reply. When i change the unattended file i get the message "Please specify an image file" when i manualy point SmartDeploy to the image %SmartDeploy_Media%\z\xp.wim i get the message that it is not a image file. But when i point him to E:\z\xp.wim the deployment continues.

Any suggestions

Thanks

Dewin

Hello Dewin,

You cannot assign a specific drive letter to the USB drive. It will vary with every machine that is booted due to different drive configurations. The easiest thing would be to use the %SmartDeploy_Media% environment variable to address the USB drive. This variable is assigned the drive letter in which SmartPE was booted from. You can then change the image and task path to %SmartDeploy_Media%\z\XP.wim and %SmartDeploy_Media%\z\Part.vbs.

Hope this helps,

Erik

Hello,

I'm deploying a .wim image to workstation pc's and i'm using a unattended file (see below) from a USB key.

The <image_file> is pointing to the usb drive, this can vary. Is there a possibility to assign a static drive

letter for the usb key?

Thanks for the reply.

Kind regards

Dewin

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<smartdeploy version="1.1" version_debug="1.1.1910">

<deploy_wizard>

<welcome>

<hide_options_button>false</hide_options_button>

</welcome>

<select_image>

<image_file>E:\z\XP.wim</image_file>

<image_name>Windows XP SP3</image_name>

</select_image>

<disk_options>

<!-- 0 = Recreate drives, 1 = Wipe & load drives, 2 = SmartMigrate -->

<disk_option>1</disk_option>

</disk_options>

<product_key>

<product_key/>

</product_key>

<end_user_license_agreement>

<accept_eula>false</accept_eula>

</end_user_license_agreement>

<user_information>

<full_name>Company</full_name>

<organization_name>Company</organization_name>

</user_information>

<regional_settings>

<time_zone>(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna</time_zone>

<input_locale>Dutch (Netherlands)</input_locale>

</regional_settings>

<display_settings>

<resolution>Auto Detect</resolution>

<color_depth>Auto Detect</color_depth>

<refresh_rate>Auto Detect</refresh_rate>

</display_settings>

<network_tcpip_settings>

<ipv4>

<!-- 0 = Obtain an IP address automatically, 1 = Use the following IP address -->

<static>0</static>

<ip_address/>

<subnet_mask/>

<default_gateway/>

<preferred_dns_server/>

<alternate_dns_server/>

<preferred_wins_server/>

<alternate_wins_server/>

</ipv4>

</network_tcpip_settings>

<network_identification>

<computer_name/>

<!-- 0 = Domain, 1 = Workgroup -->

<membership>1</membership>

<domain/>

<organizational_unit/>

<workgroup>WORKGROUP</workgroup>

</network_identification>

<join_domain_credentials>

<username/>

<domain/>

<password/>

</join_domain_credentials>

<wds_credentials>

<server/>

<username/>

<domain/>

<password/>

</wds_credentials>

<summary>

<hide_export_button>false</hide_export_button>

</summary>

<completion/>

<advanced_options>

<general>

<platform_pack>[imageFolder]\Default.ppk</platform_pack>

<system_properties/>

</general>

<identification>

<!-- 0 = Use the existing computer name, 1 = Use the following naming method -->

<naming_mode>0</naming_mode>

<naming_methods/>

<custom_naming_scheme/>

<prefix/>

<wmi_query/>

</identification>

<migration>

<protected_folder>Backup</protected_folder>

<virtualization_platform>VMware Workstation 6</virtualization_platform>

<create_desktop_shortcut>true</create_desktop_shortcut>

<files_to_exclude><exclude>$ntfs.log</exclude><exclude>$Recycle.Bin\*</exclude><exclude>[systemRoot]\CSC</exclude><exclude>[systemRoot]\Temp\*</exclude><exclude>hiberfil.sys</exclude><exclude>pagefile.sys</exclude><exclude>RECYCLER</exclude><exclude>System Volume Information</exclude></files_to_exclude>

</migration>

<tasks><task><phase>PREIMAGE</phase><command>E:\z\Part.vbs</command></task></tasks>

</advanced_options>

<settings>

<active_directory/>

<network_shares/>

<proxy_server>

<proxy_server_url/>

<username/>

<password/>

</proxy_server>

<session_id/>

<unattend_delay/>

</settings>

</deploy_wizard>

</smartdeploy>

Thanks Erik it works great !

Gr dewin

Hello,

i'm new at SmartDeploy, can someone tell me how to automate 2 partitions on the destination PC?

I thinking of diskpart but how can i merge the command into the unattended file?

Please help

Thanks dewin