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2 * Ghost since 1999 * Almost 4500 licenses * Prior to 2007 license count increase of 5% or greater a year * Last three years license count increase less then.05% a year * Across campus over 40 images * Half within Distributed Support Services (DSS) * Most were essentially identical

3 * Request from management to consolidate images * “Can a single base image be created for everyone’s use?” * Too many people doing the same thing * Do more with less * Microsoft released Vista and its associated deployment tool Imagex * Microsoft changed the OS architecture * Hardware architectures changed

* NO licensing cost * Smaller image sizes * Mostly non-destructive * File & folder based * Single instance file storage * Disk accessible after imaging without reboot * Mount image as a folder for editing * Vista/7 offline image servicing * Multicasting needs WDS * Extra Partitioning Step * Extra Formatting Step

*Using Fast Compression

6 * Acquired Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) * Solves issues with XP on multiple system models * HAL changes * Mass storage controller changes * Provides a collection of drivers * Determined base software install * Created base image for XP, Vista, Windows 7 * Created a deployment tool

* OS * Service Packs & Updates * All Drivers for supported hardware * Lots of Software * Software Updates * OS * Service Packs & Updates * Drivers (Varies by OS, XP = UIU, Windows 7 manually collected) * Office 2007 SP2 * Security products * Firefox CE * Internet Plugins * Acrobat Reader * Cisco VPN * Cisco Clean Access * Citrix Client

8 * Install WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) on Technician machine * From “Windows PE Tools Command Prompt” * Run: copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe_x86 * Mount boot image * Copy servicing tools * Make additional desired changes * Unmount image and commit changes * Create CD ISO or copy files to USB flash drive

Nothing to be afraid of they don’t bite any more than Ghost images do. 9 * Create reference system * Sysprep * Shutdown * Boot from Windows PE Media * Capture partition(s) to image using ImageX

10 * Boot from Windows PE Media * Partition and format drive * Apply image(s) to partitions using ImageX * Update Boot Configuration Data if needed * Reboot

* Created boot media using Windows 7 PE * Creating WIM Images for System Deployment Using Windows 7 PE * Initializes the network * Authenticates user to network share * If no network or authentication assume image on local media * Launch Deployment tool * Created boot media using Vista’s Windows PE * Creating WIM Images for System Deployment Using Windows Vista PE 2

* Boot from Ghost boot media * Image machine * Reboot * Windows Mini-Setup Runs * Begin PostGhost Process * Rename system * Reboot * Join Domain * Reboot * Install MS Updates * Install Software * Further Customizations * Finish deployment * Shutdown * Deliver * Boot from Deployment tool boot media * Select imaging options * Partition drive * Apply Image * Modify Answer file (automatic) * Reboot * Windows Mini-Setup runs * GUIRunOnceEX (FirstRun) * Script Install MS Updates * Reboot * Software Installation * Finish deployment * Shutdown * Deliver 12

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15 * Multicasting * Some support areas replace large quantities of machines all at once and pre-stage all at once * Windows PE has limited application and browser functionality * Cisco NAC * Unable to authenticate a bare metal system to Cisco Clean Access via Windows PE

16 * WIM & Ghost * Additional Ghost licenses purchased last year is less than 10% what were purchased before switching * Number of images reduced by more than half * Many remaining images start with the DSS Base Image and build on from there * One image for each OS, including Virtual Machines * VMWare, Virtual PC, Fusion, VMWare View (VDI), Parallels*, Boot Camp**

17 * Ghost license count renewal to begin to drop * Ghost used only in areas requiring multicast functionality until WDS is in place * WDS brought online July 2010 * Number of images reduced to less than 10 * Not including lab images could be as low as 4 * Non direct OIT supported departments starting to use

18 * Vista is gone * No department expressed interest in deploying Vista going forward * Windows Deployment Services * Attached to SCCM (Configuration Manager) * Multicast capabilities * Wake On Lan * Networking and IT Sec may prevent this * Intel Active Management Technology * Task Sequences to further modify base image * Potentially no more “image” required

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