Before cloning your Windows image, run Sysprep to prepare your system to be cloned. Tivoli® Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment works with Sysprep to automate the post-cloning reconfiguration.
Sysprep cannot be used on targets that are part of a domain. The system profile image must be made on a target hat does not belong to a domain. Even if your operating system was part of the domain before you launched Sysprep, Sysprep removes it from the domain. Later, you can automatically join a domain during the deployment process.
Before running Sysprep, you must configure your target to use DHCP. Go to . Double-click on a target to view its details. Then click on Common networking info. If your target uses a static IP address, you have a high risk IP conflicts when the target boots for the first time and it has not yet applied all Sysprep settings.
Depending on how Windows was installed, you might never have logged on as an administrator. If this is the case, log out and log in again as an administrator to ensure that the administrator profile is properly created. Otherwise, you might not be able to create system snapshots affecting the administrator settings.
Sysprep for Windows XP is included on the Windows XP Professional CD, and archived in the file \Support\Tools\Deploy.cab.
To run Sysprep: