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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.1 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

About the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Getting started Using the Dashboard Configuring the appliance Setting up user accounts and user authentication Configuring security settings Preparing for deployment Managing device inventory Using labels Creating a Windows or Linux Boot Environment Managing drivers Capturing images Capturing user states Creating scripted installations Creating a task sequence Automating deployments Performing manual deployments Managing custom deployments Managing offline deployments About the Remote Site Appliance Importing and exporting appliance components Managing disk space Troubleshooting appliance issues Updating appliance software Glossary About us Legal notices

Capturing images

You can capture UEFI images, WIM images, and K-Images after you boot the device with the image that you want to capture in to the KACE Boot Environment (KBE). The KBE Main Menu loads on to the device when the device boots in to the KBE. You capture images from the device using the KBE Main Menu. You can verify that there is enough disk space on the appliance for the image and prepare the image for capture.

Preparing for capture

Preparing for capture

Follow the best practices for capturing images, such as ensuring that the image is up-to date and that there is enough space on the appliance for the image.

The Quest KACE Support team provides best practices for capturing images. For more information, see, https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/121734.

Best practices to prepare for capturing images for deployment:

Capture system images

Capture system images

You can capture images with the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance or remote (RSA) appliances, after you boot the device in to the KACE Boot Environment (KBE).

After the device boots in to the KBE, you can access the built-in VNC remote control software to capture images from remote devices to the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance.

2.
Click Capture image of this device.
3.
In Image Name, enter a name that identifies the image on the appliance.
4.
In Image Type, select the type of the image file that you want to create, as required.
6.
Click Force continue on errors to continue the capture and the upload process even if warnings and fatal errors occur.
7.
Click Include debug output in log to enable debugging level logging and upload the logs to the Appliance Logs page.
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Click Start capture.
When the capture process is complete, a new system image entry appears on the System Images page in the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Administrator Console, and also in the Remote Site Console, if the image is captured using an RSA.

Create a single partition

Create a single partition

You can add the built-in Create Single Partition pre-installation task to create a single primary partition.

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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 Create Single Partition to display the Pre-installation Task Detail page.
3.
Optional: In Name, change the name to identify the task.
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In Notes, add a note to identify the task.
6.
Click Save.
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