Posts Tagged MDT 2010
MDT 2010: Injecting Intel storage drivers into a XP WIM
Posted by Lars Krogh in Tips and Tricks MDT on 21/07/2010
This is GREAT news for admins working with MDT and Windows XP deployments – a script that can inject Intel storage drivers into a XP WIM.
So build your base XP image using Virtual PC and do a capture. Now deploy the WIM and during the deployment use the script to inject the storage drivers like you would do in SCCM.
If I count the hours that I’ve spent on written the perfect sysprep.inf file to build my XP Master image and at the end do a capture … damn
Get the script here and give the man some love and respect!
MDT 2010: Trace32 replacement?
Posted by Lars Krogh in Tips and Tricks MDT, Tips and Tricks SCCM on 15/07/2010
Looks like Specops is working on a Logviewer for use with MDT and SCCM.
Could this be a replacement for Trace32 (SMS Trace)?
Get the Beta here (Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 is required to install and run the Specops Logviewer)
MDT 2010: Properties that are available
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 25/06/2010
Here is a .PDF with all the properties that are available for LTI and ZTI deployments in MDT 2010
Enjoy …
MDT 2010: Troubleshooting MDT 2010 LTI – 2
Posted by Lars Krogh in Tips and Tricks MDT on 24/06/2010
In Johan’s presentation on Troubleshooting MDT 2010 LTI (go to 55:16) Johan shows how to troubleshoot your CustomSettings.ini file
He creates a folder called MDT, copy the files ZTIDataAccess.vbs, ZTIGather.wsf, ZTIGather.xml, ZTIUtility.vbs, CustomSettings.ini and Microsoft.BDD.Utility.dll to the folder and then creates a batch (Gather.cmd) that run cscript.exe ZTIGather.wsf /debug:true
This is a great trick for troubleshooting your CustomSettings.ini file without actual doing an OS deployment
I added the following bits to the trick:
I’ve copied Trace32.exe (from the SMS 2003/ConfigMgr 2007 Toolkit) to the MDT folder
Created a .reg file called Trace32.reg that set Trace32.exe as the default logfile viewer and placed it in the same folder
Then I’ve added these 4 lines of code to Johan’s batch
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mkdir C:\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS\ & echo. 2>C:\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS\BDD.log
regedit /s “%~dp0Trace32.reg”
start /max “%~dp0Trace32.exe” C:\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS\BDD.log
start “ZTIGather” /min cscript.exe “%~dp0ZTIGather.wsf” /debug:true
—
You can download Trace32.reg and Gather.cmd here
Now SMS Trace (Trace32.exe) will start maximized and show BDD.log will it’s being written to
MDT 2010: Troubleshooting MDT 2010 LTI
Posted by Lars Krogh in Hints on 22/06/2010
Check this session from TechEd North America (2010).
Johan Arwidmark (of TrueSec) gives you the tools and processes to use when troubleshooting OS Deployments using MDT 2010 LTI.
Good stuff …
MDT 2010: Friendly names when Selecting the Domain OU
Posted by Lars Krogh in Tips and Tricks MDT on 21/06/2010
I use this tweak from Xtreme Consulting to get friendly names when Selecting the Domain organizational unit (OU) in MDT 2010.
But how do I get the correct format into DomainOUList.xml?
I run these commands:
Dsquery ou –name “*Desktop*”> “%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\DesktopOU.txt”
Dsquery ou –name “*Laptop*”> “%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\LaptopOU.txt”
(Based on an Active Directory structure with desktops placed in an OU called Desktop and laptops placed in an OU called Laptop)
More on Dsquery here
MDT 2010: Script to create the folder structure
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 01/06/2010
I just started creating a MDT kit for personal use.
My goal is to be able to setup MDT ready-for-use within minutes.
The first script is a ps script that will create my folder structure below the MDT Deployment Share. You can download the script here (Before using the script remember to edit the script and match $rootPath to your Deployment Share).
The result will look like this:
and save you from a lot of typing …
MDT 2010: New (deployment) book from TrueSec
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 05/05/2010
Johan Arwidmark and Mikael Nyström has written a book on Windows deployment using MDT 2010 (LTI) and WDS.
If I was new to MDT and Windows (7) deployments, then I would definitely buy this book.
Buy it here and support some true MVP’s
MDT: MDT Web FrontEnd Version 1.0 released
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 02/03/2010
Maik Koster has released MDT Web FrontEnd v.1.0.
If you are using MDT, then goto Codeplex and check up on Maik’s Web FrontEnd … it’s awesome!
MDT 2010: Have questions about MDT 2010?
Posted by Lars Krogh in Hints on 17/02/2010
As a big fan of MDT 2010 check out this open forum – hosted by Microsoft and overseen by Michael Niehaus.
Quote: no question is too simple or too advanced …
