If you have several WinPE deployment engines for the same
architecture, you must specify with which targets a given WinPE deployment
engine must be used.
About this task
If you have only one WinPE deployment engine per computer
architecture, there is no reason to modify the model patterns. Use
the default
* pattern, to match any
target known
to the
OS deployment server.
Procedure
To add model patterns associated with a deployment engine:
- Go to .
- To view the details of the deployment engine, perform one
of the following options:
- Double-click a deployment engine.
- Select a deployment engine, and then select View
engine details in the contextual menu.
- In the Matching models section,
click Add a new model pattern.
- Enter the pattern and click OK to
save your new pattern. The ? character is used
as a wildcard replacing one character.
Note: If WinPE 3.x
deployment engines are already available on the OS deployment server,
WinPE 4.x deployment engines are not bound to any model pattern automatically.
Results
When deploying a
target, if
there are several WinPE deployment engines available, a search is
performed in the list of model patterns for all WinPE deployment engines
available. The WinPE deployment engine selected has the most restrictive
pattern matching the
target model
being deployed.
If there is no matching pattern, deployment cannot
proceed.
Note: In a multiple server architecture, a WinPE deployment
engine that is not fully replicated from a parent server is
not yet available on the child server.
Example
Consider that you have two WinPE deployment engines,
WinPEa and
WinPEb.
WinPEa has
the following patterns:
IBM Server *, and
lenovo
*, while
WinPEb has
lenovo
m/55 *,
lenovo T*, and
*.
A target with
model lenovo T61 is deployed with WinPEb because
its model matches the lenovo T* pattern, because
it is more restrictive than lenovo *.
A target with
model lenovo ThinkCenter A58 is deployed with WinPEa because
its model matches the lenovo * pattern, because
it is more restrictive than the generic * pattern.
A target with
model HP Server is deployed with WinPEb because
its model matches only the * pattern.
What to do next
You can check which WinPE deployment engine is used with
a given target by
looking at the Windows specific info section
in . If you are dissatisfied with the selected WinPE deployment
engine, you must adapt the target models
for your WinPE deployment engines.