- Start the Publisher. See Starting the Publisher.
- In the Publishing Options area:
- If you are publishing for thin clients, select Thin Client Publishing.
- From the drop-down menu, select OS Image.
- Click OK. The Select OS Image File page opens.
Images created using the Image Preparation Wizard are stored on the HPCA server in the following folder:
<InstallDir>\Data\OSManagerServer\upload
- Select the OS image file that you want to publish.
- Use the Description area to verify that you have selected the correct file before you continue. You can also add information to the description if you choose.
- Click Next.
- If you did NOT select a
.WIM
file in step 4—for example, if you are publishing a thin client image—skip to step 18.
- If you manually created
*.subs
and *.xml
files for this image, skip to step 10. This is not recommended. See Customizing the Windows Answer File for more information.
- In the directory tree, select your Unattended Windows Answer File (
unattend.xml
). See Prerequisites for Publishing .WIM images for additional information.
- Click Next.
- If you selected a
.WIM
file in step 4, perform either Action 1 or Action 2:Action 1: If you selected a .WIM
file that was created using the Image Preparation Wizard method for ImageX deployment:
- From the Deployment method drop-down menu, choose Microsoft ImageX.
- Ignore the Sources Directory box.
or
Action 2: If you selected a .WIM
file in step 4 that was created using the Image Preparation Wizard for Windows Setup deployment OR you are publishing a .WIM
file from DVD media:
- From the Deployment method drop-down menu, choose Microsoft Setup.
- In the Sources Directory box, use the Browse button to select the
\sources
directory from the Windows installation media DVD. This Windows installation media DVD would be the same that was used to set up the reference machine that you captured using the Image Preparation Wizard.
Caution: Always use the \sources
directory from 32-bit Windows installation media DVD, even if you are publishing a 64-bit image file.
- In the Client media location, browse to the correct path for the HPCA Agent media (this is in the
Media\client\default
folder on the HPCA media).Select the appropriate subdirectory, depending on the target platform that you are publishing for (either a regular machine or thin client).
If you have already published this, you can select Use an existing package published previously and then select the appropriate package.
- Click Next.
- Use the Package Information section to type the details about this package. Note that the Limit package to systems with section is not available when publishing OS images.
- Click Next.
- In the Service Information section, select Create new.
Caution: If you are publishing the agent, select No service.
- Enter the appropriate Application Information in the remaining fields.
In the Assignment type group box, select Mandatory.
- Click Next. The Summary window opens.
- Review the Summary information to verify the package and service information that you provided during the previous steps. When you are satisfied, click Publish.
- Click Finish to exit the Publisher when the publishing process is complete.
The service is now ready for distribution to managed devices in your enterprise.
You can view the published operating system image service in the OS Library on the Operations tab.
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