mnewman Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 is it possible to deploy an image to a virtual machine in VMware ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDeploySupport Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hello, Yes, you can deploy to a virtual machine. Thanks, Devon SmartDeploy Support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewman Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 tips or tricks ? as soon as my virtual machines reboot, I lose the network and usb for deployment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDeploySupport Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Just to clarify, when is the reboot happening? Are you able to get into the SmartDeploy boot environment and apply the image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewman Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 when the vm's boot to the Smart deploy boot environment is when I lose the usb and network. (vmwareplayer15/vmwareworstation 12) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 We do have a VMware Workstation 12 Platform Pack. I would download that, and make sure it's included when you re-create your SmartDeploy ISO to re-try the deployment. Typically it's not required, however I don't have v12 to install and test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewman Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 I did include it but if I cant utilize the usb or network how can I deploy the package ? possible to install the platform pack without boot to boot environment ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 I was wrong; that Platform Pack doesn't include a WinPE node, which means it wasn't expected to need additional drivers when booted into WinPE. All you should need to do is boot the VM to the ISO, and the default network settings should allow the VM to reach your network. Is there no IP address listed in the bottom right corner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewman Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 it does retain the IP address, but when I search for image to deploy searching the network is not an option nor is searching any USB drives. let em try to grab an image for reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 If you have a valid IP, you should be able to click the Network button and specify a \\HostName\ShareName to map a network drive, then browse back through "This PC" to see the drive and pull the image off the network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewman Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 when the vm's boot to the Smart deploy boot environment is when I lose the usb and network. (vmwareplayer15/vmwareworstation 12) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Did you receive an error when you mapped a network drive to the share where your image is kept? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewman Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 error : network path not found, I can see it when the VM is running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Harris Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Please email support for more help with his issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewman Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 will do, thanks a ton Jeff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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