Stu Fox
Microsoft New Zealand
http://blogs.technet.com/stufox
MDT Overview
Vista Deployment – 5 minute refresh
Lite Touch Deployment of Vista
MDT Integration with Config Mgr
Troubleshooting
Some cool stuff (time permitting)
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Not just another TLA
A Solution Accelerator which provides THE
tools and processes to deploy Vista
(And XP, Server 2003, Server 2008)
The latest evolution of BDD
Microsoft
Deployment
Microsoft
Deployment
Toolkit 2008
BDD 2007
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 is the continuation of
the line, replacing BDD 2007 and Microsoft Deployment
No further updates to BDD 2007 or
Microsoft Deployment are planned
BDD 2007 Update 2 was released to add Windows Vista SP1
support
Microsoft Deployment
Lite Touch
•Aligns with ConfigMgr
•Simple upgrade from
BDD 2007
•Evolutionary
refinements
•Adds server support
Zero Touch
with SMS 2003
•Aligns with ConfigMgr
•Simple upgrade from
BDD 2007
•Evolutionary
refinements
Zero Touch
with Configuration
Manager 2007
•New!
•Fully integrated
experience
•Single console
•Adds server support
•Extends and enhances
Leverages core deployment tools
Provides process and tool guidance
Support for Vista SP1
Support for server deployment
Full support for Windows Server 2003
Support for Windows Server 2008, including Server Core installation
option
Install Server Roles – Hyper-V, AD etc
Lite Touch enhancements
Support for multicast deployments with Windows
Server 2008 Windows Deployment Services
Enhanced disk configuration and NIC configuration capabilities
Shift from builds to task sequences to better align with ConfigMgr
Support for multiple task sequence templates,
including those that don’t deploy an operating system
System Center integration
Full support for ConfigMgr 2007 deployments,
adding additional capabilities and features
Dynamic user state determination, unknown
computer support, offline patching, language packs,
etc.
Seamless integration into the ConfigMgr 2007
MMC, with new wizards, actions, and
templates
A single console for (almost) all operations
Support for OpsMgr 2007 via
a new management pack
Lite Touch enhancement
Designed to make Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003 deployment easier
Two separate capabilities
For unattended installs, automate the
handling of TEXTMODE driver support
For image deployments, automate the population of the
sysprep.inf [SysprepMassStorage] section for all available mass
storage drivers
With Lite Touch, you still need to build a new
image to support additional mass storage drivers
No support for injecting mass storage
drivers during an XP/2003 image deployment
ConfigMgr does provide this support
Support for installing updates from a WSUS server
Modified ZTIWindowsUpdates.wsf script
Requires configuring the WSUSServer variable
Support for creating new boot images in
ConfigMgr
New wizard on the Boot Images node
Support for additional task sequence conditions in
Deployment Workbench
Registry, file, installed software (MSI)
Support for OEM scenarios (partial builds)
Image based installation format (install.wim)
Multiple images, single file, single instance
Offline servicing
Hardware independent
Windows PE based setup
Unattend.xml
Replaces multiple files (unattend.txt,
winbom.ini, sysprep.inf, cmdlines.txt)
WAIK
System Image Manager
ImageX
Configuration Passes
WindowsPE
offlineServicing
Generalize
Specialize
auditSystem
auditUser
oobeSystem
Software
Windows AIK 1.1
USMT 3.01
Infrastructure
DNS, DHCP
Windows Deployment Services
Active Directory
Bootstrap.ini
Customsettings.ini
Scripts
Task Sequences
Unattend.xml
All stored in the distribution share
Distribution – shared as Distribution$
$OEM$
Applications
Boot
Captures
Control
Operating Systems
Out-of-Box Drivers
Packages
Scripts
Servicing
Tools
Standard INI file containing
Sections
Properties
Settings
[Settings] <- Section
Priority = Default, MACAddress
<Property> = <Setting>
Priority is a special property, defines the
sequence of sections
[Settings] section is mandatory
Sections can be applied to groups of
computers or individual computers
[DefaultGateway]
[LocalDataName]
[Custom Section]
[DefaultGateway]
LocalDataName
E.g. [02:00:54:55:4E:01]
E.g. [HP]
CustomSection
[DefaultGateway]
172.16.0.3=AKL
172.16.1.3=AKL
172.16.111.3=WLG
172.16.112.3=WLG
172.16.116.3=CHC
172.16.117.3=CHC
[AKL]
UDShare=\\AKL-AM-FIL-01\MigData
SLShare=\\AKL-AM-FIL-01\Logs
Packages1=NYC00010-Install
Packages2=NYC00011-Install
Administrator1=WOODGROVEBANK\AKL Help Desk Staff
[CHC]
UDShare=\\CHC-AM-FIL-01\MigData
SLShare=\\CHC-AM-FIL-01\Logs
Administrator1=WOODGROVEBANK\CHC Help Desk Staff
Build
Capture
Deploy
Install MDT
Create the distribution share
Add OS Source Files
Add Device Drivers
Create a Task Sequence
Create a deployment point
Configure Windows PE options
Update the deployment point
Create LTI Bootable media
Or configure WDS
Start Reference computer with LTI bootable
media/PXE
Add captured OS image
Create a task sequence
Start target computer with LTI bootable
media/PXE
MDT Workbench Overview
MDT Driver Management
MDT Lite Touch OS Management
MDT Lite Touch Multicast Deployment
Install MDT on Config Mgr Server
Configure integration
Install USMT 3.01
Create folders & shares
Add OS Source Files
Add Device Drivers
Create driver packages
Import a MDT Task Sequence
Follow the wizard
Customise the MDT Configuration Files
Distribute packages to DP’s
Customise the task sequence
Advertise the task sequence
Boot the reference computer with bootable
media/PXE
Add captured OS image
Import a MDT task sequence
Follow the wizard
Customise the MDT Configuration Files
Distribute packages to DP’s
Advertise the task sequence
Start target computer with LTI bootable
media/PXE
MDT Integration with Configuration
Manager
Task Sequence Deployment
Use deployment workbench
Can configure based on:
Site – defined by IP gateways
Make/model – defined using WMI information
Computer – defined by MAC, asset tag, or SMBIOS
UUID
Role – arbitrarily assigned to sites, make/model,
and computers
Stores:
General settings
Applications to install (list)
Administrator members to add (list)
Roles to assign (list)
Contents maintained by the
Deployment Workbench MMC snap-in
Initially created by a wizard
New entries added by a wizard
Queries performed by “Gather” step early in the task
sequence
Wizard to add the rules to CustomSettings.ini, indicating what to
query
Generally, first value found wins, so order of queries might be
important (and computer and collection variables would normally
win)
Global variables set as a result of the queries
Global variables consumed by the task sequence steps
as they execute
Site
Configure a specific area code for all users at a
site
Make/model
Specify a package to install on
all Dell Latitude D600 computers
Role
Configure an “Accounting” role that specifies a
list of packages to install on all computers with
that role
Computer
Assign the “Accounting” role to a computer
Creating the MDT Database
MDT 2008 “Gather” action can query any
SQL Server database
Select queries or stored procedures
Named pipes or TCP/IP
Integrated (Windows) or standard security
Columns returned should match
the variable names, or can be remapped
Can also query Web Services
Can customise Wizard screens (or create
your own new ones)
Querying Another Database
Customising the Wizard screens
Each script generates its
own log file in the log path
The log path will change based
on the type of deployment and phase
Common Log Paths:
X:\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS
C:\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS
C:\_SmsTaskSequence\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS
BDD.log contains a summarized
view of all other MDT log files
SMSTS.log.
Created by the Task Sequencer and
describes all Task Sequencer transactions.
Depending on the deployment scenario, it
may reside in %TEMP%,
%WINDIR%\System32\ccm\logs,
C:\_SmsTaskSequence\Logs, or
C:\SMSTSLog.
Windows Vista
Netsetup.log. Resides in %WINDIR%\Debug;
useful when troubleshooting domain join
issues
Setupact.log. Resides in %WINDIR%\panther;
lists installation actions and is useful
when investigating failed installations
Setupapi.dev.log. Resides in %WINDIR%\inf;
useful when investigating failed driver
installations
Setuperr.log. Resides in %WINDIR%\panther;
details errors that occurred during installation
MDT is THE way to deploy Vista (and XP,
and Server 2003, and Server 2008)
LTI for when you don’t have Config Mgr
ZTI for when you do (or SMS 2003)
We have only scratched the surface of what
you can do
Download Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
2008
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Blogs
Team blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment
Mike Niehaus:
http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus
Deployment Guys:
http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
Tools
MDT Wizard Editor:
http://www.codeplex.com/MDTWizardEditor