Preparing and Capturing OS Images

In this chapter, you will learn how to prepare and capture the following operating system images for deployment to managed client devices in your environment:

To capture images of older operating systems, see Capturing Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 OS Images.

Note: If the HPCA boot loader and WINPE.WIM (by customer) files have been updated, make sure the same files are available in the HPCA CSDB, boot directory on HPCA server (<InstallDir>\Data\BootServer\X86PC\UNDI\boot), and ImageCapture and ImageDeploy CDs before you start the capture process. HPCA boot loader files gets updated if any hotfix is released by HP. WINPE.WIM file can be updated by HPCA administrators to include various drivers.

Caution: If you are prompted for the OS Manager Server's IP address and port number, you must specify the HPCA server port number (by default 3466).

Note: If you are using an existing OS WIM image (this includes the OS .WIM files on the Microsoft Windows OS installation media) or have created an OS WIM image using the Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK), you do not need to prepare or capture the image, and you and can skip to the next chapter.


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