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For help with capturing the Windows 8.1 image, reference this community article.

The image to be deployed must be captured after running SYSPREP.EXE in Audit mode with the Generalize box unchecked or the image can be captured in OOBE mode with

the Generalize box checked.

1. For 64-bit Windows 8.1, copy the Winx64Unattend.xml file to a directory on theCore Server. For 32-bit Windows 8.1, copy the WinUnattend.xml file to a directoryon the Core Server. The files are in the provisioning.zip file attached to thisCommunity article.2. In the Operating system provisioning tool in the LANDesk Console on the Core

Server, click on Provisioning templates in the left pane.3. Click the Install scripts icon along the top of the Operating systemprovisioning tool.

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4. In the Install scripts window, click the Browse button and browse to thedirectory where the appropriate unattend.xml file was copied to the Core Server.

5. In the Script name box type in a name for this unattend.xml file.6. In the Description box, enter a description if desired.7. Select Windows from the Target operating system drop-down list.

8. Click the Import button to import the unttaned.xml file. The Script name willappear in the Install scripts list if it is successful.9. Click Close.



1. Copy the provisioning template to a directory on the Core Server. The templateis in the provisioning.zip file attached to this Community article.

2. In the Operating system provisioning tool in the LANDesk Console on the CoreServer, click on Provisioning templates in the left pane.3. Click the Import templates icon along the top of the Operating systemprovisioning tool.





4. Click the Browse button in the Import templates window and browse to thelocation of the provisioning template that was copied to the Core Server in step1.

5. Click the Import button.



6. Click OK.

7. Click the Close button in the Import templates window. The imported templatewill show up in the Operating system provisioning tool under Provisioningtemplates | My templates | All my templates with the name starting withDeployWindowsImage and includes a date/time stamp. The template name can be

changed after it is imported.



1. In the Operating system provisioning tool, double-click the provisioning

template that was imported in the Provisioning templates | My templates | All my

templates folder.



2. Expand OS Installation and click on Deploy image.3. Select LANDesk ImageW V2 from the image type drop-down list.4. Enter the UNC path to the Windows 8.1 image to be deployed. The image location

must be configured as a preferred server. For help with configuring preferredservers, reference this Community article. 5. Click the Validate button. This will update the Command-line parameters window

with the image location.6. Click on the Inject unattend file action.

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7. Select the unattend.xml file that was imported earlier from the Script name drop-down list.

8. Click the Apply button.9. If the image being deployed has the drivers for the computer that it will be

deployed to or you are not planning to use HII (Hardware Independent Imaging),the HII action can be deleted.10. Click the Join Domain action.



11. Enter the OU that the computer should join if required.12. If an OU is added, click the Apply button.13. Click the Install LANDesk Agent action.



14. Select the desired LANDesk Agent from the Configuration name drop-down list.This is the normal LANDesk Agent that you want installed on the computer for

everyday use.

15. Click the Apply button.16. Click the Shutdown action.



17. Select either Reboot or Shut down for the Shutdown action. Do not select theBoot to Managed WinPE(Virtual Boot) option.18. Click the Apply button.

19. Click OK to save the changes to the template.



1. In the Operating system provisioning tool, click on Provisioning templates

then click the Public variables icon along the top of the window.



3. Enter AdminPass in the Search value box. AdminPass is used in the UNATTEND.XMLfile.

4. Select Sensitive data from the Type drop-down list.5. In the Replacement value and Confirm replacement value boxes, enter thepassword that will be assigned to the Local Administrator account for thecomputer when the image is deployed.6. Click OK.



8. Enter WinProdKey in the Search value box. WinProdKey is used in theUNATTEND.XML file.

9. Select String from the Type drop-down list.10. In the Replacement value box, enter the Windows 8.1 product key.11. Click OK.12. Repeat this process to add the following variables:

a. Search Value: Domain Type: String Replacement value: Name of the domainthat the computer will join.

b. Search Value: LDUser Type: String Replacement value: The user accountused to map drives, install the LANDesk agent and join the domain. LDUser is used

in multiple actions in the provisioning template.

c. Search Value: LDPass Type: Sensitive data Replacement value: Passwordfor LDUser account. LDPass is used in multiple actions in the provisioning

template.

d. Search Value: Company Type: String Replacement value: Enter yourCompany name. Company is used in the UNATTEND.XML.



This step can be skipped if the HII action was deleted from the provisioning

template. For help with adding drivers for HII, search for HII in the Help (F1)in the LANDESK Console.

For help with injecting drivers, reference this Community article.

This section can be skipped if the computers to be imaged are already in AllDevices in the LANDesk Console.

1. In the LANDesk Console, expand Configuration.2. Right-click Bare Metal Server and select Add Devices.





3. In the Add a bare metal server window, select MAC address from the Identifiertype drop-down list.4. Click the Add button.



8. The MAC address will show up in Server identifiers. Click OK.



9. The computer added will now show up in the Add a bare metal server window.Additional computers can be added by clicking the Add button and then repeatingsteps 5 through 8 for each computer to be added. Click OK when finished addingcomputers.



10. The computer added will show up in the LANDesk Console in the Configuration |Bare Metal Server folder after the LANDesk Inventory service processes it.

Add the computer where the image is stored as a Preferred Server in the ContentReplication tool. For help with adding Preferred Servers, reference thisCommunity article.







1. Drag the computer(s) from the Bare Metal Server folder or from All Devices anddrop them on the template that was imported earlier.



2. Click Save.



1. Network boot (PXE Boot) the computer(s) in the provisioning task. When the

computer(s) are PXE booted, they will automatically start running the

provisioning template. Refer to the computers documentation if you need help withhow to do a Network Boot on the computer.2. Wait for the provisioning task to complete. The computer(s) will reboot at

least 3 times during the provisioning process. Following are screenshots showingvarious stages during the process:

Loading WINPE from the PXE representative. The IP address shown is the IP addressof the PXE representative.



WINPE has successfully loaded and is starting to run the provisioning template.The VBOOT action will always fail if you PXE Boot computers to run the template.

The VBOOT action is used when the template is scheduled to a computer that isrunning the LANDESK agent. The VBOOT action copies WINPE to the computer andreboots it into WINPE to run the template.



Provisioning template is now on the Deploy Image action.



The image has been deployed and the computer rebooted. It is going through thesysprep process.



The computer rebooted again and is continuing the sysprep process.



Sysprep has completed and it is now starting to process the actions in the SystemConfiguration section of the template. When the LANDesk Provisioning Agent windowcloses, the template is complete.

This will not work for UEFI booted computers. For this method, skip the following

sections in this document: “Add Devices to be provisioned”, “Schedule theprovisioning template and start the task” and “Network boot the computers andwait for the task to complete”.

1. Network boot (PXE Boot) the computer(s) to be imaged. Refer to the computersdocumentation if you need help with how to do a Network Boot on the computer.



2. Press F8 when this screen appears.



3. Select WinPE Provisioning and press Enter.



4. Wait for WINPE to load.



5. WINPE is initializing.



6. Enter the credentials used to login to the LANDESK Console and click OK.



7. Select the template that was imported from the list and click OK.



9. The imaging tool is running to deploy the image.



10. The image finished deploying, the computer rebooted and has started runningthe sysprep process.



11. The computer rebooted again and is now running the actions in the SystemConfiguration section of the template. When the LANDesk Provisioning Agent windowcloses, the template is complete.

The steps outlined in this document provide the user with the information

required to image computers with Windows 8.1 using LANDesk provisioning and

IMAGEW.EXE v2.



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