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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.0 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

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Add DiskPart Script

Add DiskPart Script

Common DiskPart command-line options

You can add and run a DiskPart script as a pre-installation task on a Windows device that has booted in to the KACE Boot Environment (KBE) to erase all the data on a hard drive or partition, create new partitions, and assign drive letters.

Back up the components that you want to save before running this task.

For more information, see Common DiskPart command-line options.

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On the left navigation pane, click Library to expand the section, then click Pre-installation Tasks to display the Pre-installation Tasks page.
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Select Choose Action > Add DISKPART Script to display the Pre-installation Task Detail page.
3.
In Name, enter a name to identify this task. For example, Single NTFS Partition C.
The name is the identifier for the tasks that display on the Scripted Installation Detail and System Image Detail pages.
4.
In DISKPART Script, enter the script according to the partition that you are creating on the device, for example:
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select disk 0

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

active

assign

exit

5.
In Expected Return Code, enter a code that the task should return, if applicable. Otherwise, leave the default value of zero '0'.
In general, most tasks exit with a zero '0' code, indicating success, but you can set it to any positive value, as applicable. Some installers exit with a different code, even when the install is successful. For example, anti-virus installers are typically successfully installed but exit with a different return code because they require a device reboot.
6.
In Notes, add a note to identify the task.
7.
Click Save.
See Assign tasks to scripted installation deployment or Assign tasks to system deployment.

Common DiskPart command-line options

Common DiskPart command-line options

You can use DiskPart scripts to select objects, remove partitions for a disk, create a partition, make partition active, and to assign drive letters.

Selecting objects

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select disk=[n]
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select partition=[n]
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select volume=[{n|d}]

Use the parameter n to specify the number of the object to select. You can also select Volumes by the drive letter, specified as d.

Cleaning a disk

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clean [all]

Removes all partitions from a disk. The all parameter specifies that every sector on the disk is zeroed.

Creating partitions

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create partition primary [size=n] [offset=n]
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create partition extended [size=n] [offset=n]
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create partition logical [size=n] [offset=n]

Creates a primary, extended, or logical partition. If size is not specified, the partition consumes the remaining available space. If offset is not specified, the partition is created in the first available space. After the partition is created, it is selected.

Making the Boot partition

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active

Marks the currently selected partition as the active or bootable partition.

Assigning drive letters

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assign [letter=d]
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Assigns a drive letter to the currently selected partition. If a letter is not specified, the first available letter (starting with C) is used.

Adding Managed Installation tasks

Adding Managed Installation tasks

Link appliances
View and import Managed Installations
Edit Managed Installation task

On the KACE Systems Management Appliance, Managed Installations (MI) are the primary mechanism for deploying applications to managed devices. Each Managed Installation is associated with a specific application title, version, and its command line. For complete information about Managed Installations, see the KACE Systems Management Appliance Administrator Guide.

The KACE Systems Deployment Appliance has a mechanism to install applications as part of the deployment process. Importing a Managed Installation from the KACE Systems Management Appliance allows you to quickly add it to a system deployment task sequence, when needed.

Link appliances

Link appliances

To enable importing of Managed Installations, you must link the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance with the KACE Systems Management Appliance that contains Managed Installations that you want to import.

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Complete the following configuration steps on the KACE Systems Management Appliance:

Step

For complete details, see this topic in the KACE Systems Management Appliance Administrator Guide:

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Link the KACE Systems Management Appliance with the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance and enable access to the Federation API settings.
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In the KACE Systems Management Appliance System Administration Console, click Settings.
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On the Control Panel, click Link Settings.
3.
On the Linked Appliance Enablement page, select the following check boxes:
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Enable Appliance Linking
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Enable Federation API access settings

Enable appliance linking

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Enable Federation API access to the linked KACE Systems Deployment Appliance.
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In the KACE Systems Management Appliance Administrator Console, select an Organization associated with a linked KACE Systems Deployment Appliance, and click Settings.
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On the Control Panel, click Federation API Settings.
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On the Federation API Settings page, select Enable access.
4.
Grant the Administrator role to the linked KACE Systems Deployment Appliance.
5.
Repeat these steps for each Organization associated with the KACE Systems Management Appliance.

Enable access to Federation API settings

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