IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Version 7.1.1.14

Creating aWinPE 3.x deployment engine

To create or deploy Windows profiles, you must have created a WinPE 3.x deployment engine.

Before you begin

Ensure that the computer from which you create the WinPE 3.x deployment engine satisfies these conditions:

Runs a Windows operating system
Has Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 in English installed. Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 in English is distributed by Microsoft and is available on the Microsoft website from the following link at the time of publication: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=696DD665-9F76-4177-A811-39C26D3B3B34&displaylang=en.
Runs the appropriate web interface extension (rbagent). If the Windows operating system is 64-bit, stop the 32-bit web interface extension and start the 64-bit web interface extension as follows:
```
C:\TPMfOS Files\global\http\rbagent64.exe -d -v 4 -s <IPServer>:<PasswordServer> 
```
where:
<IPServer>

Specifies the IP address of the OS deployment server

<PasswordServer>

Specifies the password that matches the super user password of the OS deployment server to which you link the web interface extension.

The computer from which you create the WinPE 3.x deployment engine can be:

A local OS deployment server installed on a Windows operating system. This is the recommended option.
Any computer with a Windows operating system.

About this task

From version 7.1.1.3 of the product, several WinPE 3.x deployment engines can coexist on any OS deployment server.

Procedure

Depending on what you are doing, you can create the WinPE 3.x deployment engine from:
- The Deployment engine page:
  1. Go to Server > Advanced features > Deployment engines.
  2. Click New deployment engine.
  3. Comlete the wizard.
- The Welcome page:
  1. Select Make one now from the For Windows scripted installation or from the For Windows clone installation section.
  2. Click Next.
- The System profiles page, if you do not already have a WinPE 3.x deployment engine:
  - If you run an unattended setup:
    1. Go to Server > OS deployment > System profiles.
    2. From the contextual menu, select Add a new profile.
    3. Select Unattended setup (scripted install).
    4. Select one of the Windows operating systems as the type of system profile to create and click Next.
    5. The wizard displays a warning message informing you that it did not find a WinPE 3.x deployment engine. Click Next to create one.
  - If you run the capture of a cloned system profile:
    1. Go to Server > OS deployment > System profiles.
    2. From the contextual menu select Add a new profile.
    3. Select Cloning from a reference machine.
    4. Enter the IP address of the target that you want to clone. Ensure that the reference target is ready to boot into the OS deployment server and that it is shut down.
    5. The wizard displays a warning message informing you that it did not find a WinPE 3.x deployment engine. Click Next to create one.
Specify the address of the computer on which you installed Windows AIK for Windows 7 in English and the web interface extension and click Next.

Results

You can now see the resulting WinPE 3.x deployment engines, one 32-bit WinPE 3.x deployment engine, and one 64-bit WinPE 3.x deployment engine under Server > Advanced features > Deployment engines.

What to do next

You can now indicate matching target models for your WinPE 3.x deployment engine and bind drivers to it.

After you create the WinPE 3.x deployment engines, you can create and deploy Windows system profiles.

Note: During the deployment, do not edit the WinPE 3.x deployment engine that you are using.

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