We must install this role first before continuing to add the other roles, so lets select it and click on next. We will then be informed that installing AD requires us to run dcpromo.
Click install to continue. This will open up the Roles section of Server manager, and we'll see a summary which says This server is not yet running as a domain controller. Click on next to continue. Next we will get a screen telling us that older versions of Windows pre Vista Sp Now we get to choose what type of domain we will setup, and for the purpose of this lab, we will select the second option, Create a new domain in a new forest.
Note: if you have not already given this server a good computername, then cancel this process and do so now. The computername will be prepended to whatever FQDN you enter, so if you enter corp.
As this is only a test lab, we are not concerned that we can only add Windows or later servers to this forest. Clicking next will give some addtional options, leave them as they are DNS Server selected and click on Next again. Click yes to continue. Next we are asked where to store the AD database, logfiles and sysvol, stay with the defaults and click next.
Now that we are in server manager lets click on Add roles again followed by next. Click next and notice the two role services listed, Deployment Server and Transport Server, make sure they are both selected and click next to continue. Step 4. Configure the Windows Deployment Services gui mmc snap in. I then chose to respond to all known and unknown computers by default it's set to Do not respond to any.
Please note, if you want to set this option to only respond to known computers, then you can do so, but you will have to prestage your computers in Active Directory to do so. Note: You should use only the boot. If you use the boot. If you have the Windows Vista SP1 dvd, you can safely use that for the boot.
Look forward to your reply. Use the following commands to start the installation process replace the samba network address location and network drive letter accordingly and continue with the installation process as you normally do it from a local DVD media.
If you want to install the bit architecture, map the specific bit network path using a different letter and continue the installation procedure by following the same steps explained above. In case the installation sources are configured with authentication use the following command switch to specify the username. After both architectures installation sources had been mapped you can change between them by switching to the designated network drive letter as presented in the screenshot below.
Thats all! Performing Windows installations over PXE and network has a lot of advantages, such as cutting down the installation time drastically, allowing the installation process to take place the same time on multiple machines without the need to use a physical installation media.
This protocol has no means of security, authentication or management. PXE booting makes it both easier and cheaper to manage a network, and the ability to serve custom Ubuntu images from a Windows Server can help make your environment more robust. You can use these images to give users the same basic environment to work from, have an easily-restorable system just power-cycle the machine , perform diagnostics on a malfunctioning machine, and more. Also, by serving these images from a Windows Server, it would be possible to serve both Windows and Ubuntu images from a single location, though that is beyond the scope of this guide.
This is because the server refers to Active Directory as the authority on what are known and unknown devices. Download and extract a copy of syslinux one possible source is here. Specifically, for pxelinux 5. After copying the files, the architecture directory should look similar to this there are slight differences between x86 and x64, but not for pxelinux.
Here, the architecture directories are located under the directory that was specified to hold the WDS files when customizing the WDS role. At this point, we will have no more use for any other syslinux files, so the syslinux directory can safely be removed.
The pxelinux config file can be heavily customized to provide a unique boot menu for different computers based on a hardware type and hardware address, or based on an IP address or range of IP addresses more on that here , and can provide quite a few boot methods and a fairly robust menu system more on that here.
At this point, the architecture folder should look something like this:. Creating an NFS share is pretty simple on Windows server as well, and can be done by following the steps here. There are a few things to note with regards to Permissions, however. First, NTFS permissions on the share folder are going to have to be changed, as the Everyone group will need to have Read and Execute permissions. Also, all machines will need to have anonymous access, and the Everyone NTFS permissions will need to be applied to anonymous users.
However, it is also possible to serve up a customized LiveCD. If you are planning to do some basic configuration to the LiveCD, you can follow the article:. Creating a new custom image is easy. Create a new virtual machine, select Linux as the Type and Ubuntu or Ubuntu 64 bit as the Version, depending on your preference, click Next. Finally, set the size of the virtual hard drive. Download Ubuntu Make sure you select the same version you selected in step 2.
Run the following command to copy the base Windows PE files into a new folder. The script requires two arguments: hardware architecture and destination location. If the directory does not already exist, it will be created. The script creates the destination directory structure and copies all the necessary files for that architecture. In the previous example, the following directories are created:. Mount the base Windows PE image winpe. Mounting an image file unpacks the file contents into a folder so that you can make changes directly or by using tools such as DISM.
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