WES 7 OS Images

You can capture the WES 7 OS images using Legacy and Imagex capture options. This section explains how to prepare and capture a WES 7 thin client operating system image.

Task 1: Prepare the WES 7 Reference Machine

To prepare a WES 7 thin client for image capture, you will need the following:

Before you can capture a WES 7 image, you must do the following:

  1. Log on to the WES 7 device as Administrator.
  2. Install RALF and HPCA agent on the WES 7 device. See “Installing the HPCA Agent on HP Thin Client Devices” in the HP Client Automation Enterprise Installation and Upgrade Guide for details.
  3. Run a manual agent COP connect and reboot the device.
  4. Disable Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) and reboot the device to disable the EWF successfully.
  5. Customize the Unattend.xml file.

Task 2: Run the Image Preparation Wizard

The Image Preparation Wizard performs the following tasks:

  1. Checks if there is enough free disk space on the machine and verifies that the HPCA agent is installed. If there is not enough free disk space, the Image Preparation Wizard displays a message and terminates.
  2. Creates an object that contains information (including hardware and BIOS capabilities) about the reference machine.
  3. Checks if the disk size is greater than 4 GB, the user is given an option to choose between ImageX and Legacy capture methods. It is recommended to use ImageX based capture for devices with disk size greater than 4 GB. If the disk size is less than or equal to 4 GB, the capture happens through the Legacy method.

    Note: By default, the ZSTOP expression in CSDB Editor under PRIMARY.OS.PACKAGE.Local Service Boot WinPE x86 SOS has the following value:

    WORDPOS(EDMGETV(ZCONFIG,PRODTYPE),'EmbeddedNT')<>0 & INDEX(EDMGETV(ZCONFIG,HALPVER),'6.1')<>1
    

    This expression facilitates ImageX based deployments and enables the WinPE SOS files to be downloaded to WES 7 clients. For Legacy deployments for WES7, the WinPE SOS files are not be used for the deployment. To download only the required Linux SOS files for Legacy deployments, manually set the ZSTOP expression to the following value:

    WORDPOS(EDMGETV(ZCONFIG,PRODTYPE),'EmbeddedNT')<>0
  4. Restarts the reference machine into the service operating system (booted from the Image Preparation CD you created). Based on the type of the capture, the capture process boots into either Linux or Windows PE Service OS.
  5. Creates and copies the following files to this directory on the HPCA server: <InstallDir>\Data\OSManagerServer\upload.

    For Legacy capture

    For ImageX capture

    Note: While these files are transferred, network speed will be less than optimal.
    A comprehensive log (machineID.log) is available in <InstallDir>\Data\OSManagerServer\upload after the image is deployed.


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