KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.1 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

About the Media Manager

About the Media Manager

The KACE Media Manager is an utility that allows you to build the KACE Boot Environment (KBE), and to upload OS-related files to the appliance.

The Media Manager includes the following pages. You can select each page by clicking the appropriate button in the left pane.

Create KBE page

This page contains several tabs, each containing a group of settings that you can use to create a KBE.

Tab	Option	Description
General	Name	The name of the KBE. This value is automatically generated, but you can change it, if required.
	Architecture	Windows only. The OS architecture of the KBE. Select the 32-bit or 64-bit architecture, as needed.
	Language	The language of the KBE.
	Upload KBE	Click to upload the KBE to the appliance.
	Upload Custom ISO	Click to upload the Custom ISO to the appliance.
	Upload Custom WIM	Click to upload the Custom WIM to the appliance.
Server Configuration	Use DHCP to find SDA	Allows the Media Manager to use its DHCP server to locate the appliance.
	Use the SDA static IP Address	If the network where the appliance is located prevents it from being located through DHCP, use this option to specify the static IP address of the appliance. Boot environments created using this option will not work in an RSA (Remote Site Appliance).
	Use the RSA static IP Address	Select this option to specify the static IP address of the RSA to create boot environments for an RSA.
Device Configuration	Find Device IP Address by DHCP	Allows you to locate the target device (that is booting into the KBE) through DHCP. This is the default setting, however, it only works when the target device uses DHCP.
	Assign a static IP Address	The static IP address of the target device. Both the appliance and the target device must use either a static IP address or DHCP. You cannot assign a static IP address to a device and configure the appliance to use DHCP. If you select this option, you can only boot one device at a time.
	Set a range of static IP Address	Use this option to specify a range of static IP devices. It allows you to boot multiple devices at the same time. If you select this option, when the boot environment starts up, they can choose which address to assign to each device.
Advanced Options	NOTE: .NET/Powershell, Secure Startup, and Platform ID are installed automatically in all new KBEs.
	Scratch Space in Mb	Choose the size of the scratch space on the target device. 64 MB is the default value. If you need more space, for example, if you add more drivers or apps, increase this value, to 128, 256, or 512 MB, as needed.
	Add ADSI Drivers	Adds Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) drivers. You can select this option, for example, if you want to query Active Directory while the target device boots.
	Add ODBC Drivers	Adds ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) drivers. Select this option if you want the target device to establish a database connection.
	DCCTK/Command Configure	Indicates if Dell Client Configuration Toolkit, also known as Command Configure, is installed. This tool allows you to manipulate Dell BIOSes If it is installed, it is added to the KBE and can be used to issue commands to configure the device BIOS, such as changing the BIOS password, or change the boot order.
	UEFI ISO	Allows the KBE to create Unified Extensible Firmware Interface compliant device. This option is only supported on 64-bit systems.
	Sync KBE time with server	Synchronizes the KBE system time with the time set on the appliance.
	Set KBE Time Zone	Sets the KBE time zone. If this option is cleared (default setting), the KBE time zone is set to PST (Pacific Standard Time). If you select it, the KBE uses the time zone of the system running the Media Manager, but you can choose a different time zone, as required.
	Add files to KBE	Allows you to add custom files to the KBE. For example, you can add portable applications to the KBE, such as anti-virus scanner.
	Launch UltraVNC	Select this option if you want to launch UltraVNC on target devices. This open source tool enables the target device to access another computer remotely over a network connection.
	KACE Deployment Menu	Select this option if you want to display the KACE Deployment Menu when the target device boots, or clear it, if you do not the menu to appear.
	Run Driver Feed Advisor	Specifies the path to the driver feed for the target device model.
	Add Enhanced Storage	Allows you to add Enhanced Storage to target devices. This feature allows Windows to discover additional storage functionality and to manage the storage devices on target systems. For more information about Enhanced Storage, see your Windows documentation.
	ISO size restriction override	If your organization does not have ISO file size restrictions in place, you can use this option to create larger ISO images.
	Enable SMB v.1	Use this option if you want the target device to use this older version of the SMB protocol.
	Change KBE Background	Apply a custom image to the KBE background screen to replace the default Quest background.
Driver Options	Inject drivers from the SDA	Adds the latest downloaded drivers to the KBE. This is the default setting for new KBEs.
	Inject drivers from a local directory	Adds drivers from the local machine to the KBE. Click Browse to specify the directory.
Font Support		Select the fonts that you want to install, as required.
DOS Commands		Type the commands that you want to run after starting the KBE.
	Remember DOS Command	Select if you want these commands to run each time the KBE starts.

Upload Source Media page

This page allows you to specify and upload source media files to the appliance.

Upload USMT page

This page allows you to specify and upload USMT (User State Migration tool) files to the appliance.

General Settings page

This page allows you to specify general settings that the Media Manager needs to access the appliance. This is the initial page you see when you run the Media Manager for the first time.

Download and install Windows ADK

Download and install Windows ADK

Building a KACE Boot Environment requires installing the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows 7 and higher and Windows Server® 2012 devices.

Upload files using the KACE Media Manager

Upload files using the KACE Media Manager

You can use the KACE Media Manager to upload the operating system source and installation files to the appliance.

For more information about this tool, see About the Media Manager.

Alternatively, you can use the Source Media Import page to upload Windows and Linux .iso files to the appliance. Quest recommends that you use this page to upload .iso files for some platforms (such as CentOS) because Microsoft Windows causes the file names to become truncated. For more information, see Upload files from shared directory.

NOTE: Uploading the source files can take several hours.

NOTE: This page appears by default if this is the first time you run the Media Manager.

NOTE: If you change the Samba share password, create a KBE using the new password.

Verify that the IP address is the actual IP address of the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance, and not the RSA.

When the process completes, the image appears on the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Source Media page. If Source Media Notifications are enabled for your user account, a new notification appears. For more information, see Configure User Interface notifications.

Upload files from shared directory

Upload files from shared directory

You can use the Source Media Import page to upload Windows and Linux .iso images to the appliance.

Alternatively, you can use the KACE Media Manager to upload files. However, Quest recommends that you use this page to upload .iso files for some platforms (such as CentOS) because Microsoft Windows causes the file names to become truncated. For more information, see Upload files using the KACE Media Manager.

NOTE: Copying and uploading files can take several hours.

When the process completes, the image appears on the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Source Media page. If Source Media Notifications are enabled for your user account, a new notification appears. For more information, see Configure User Interface notifications.