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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

Format C drive as NTFS

Format C drive as NTFS

You can add the built-in Format C: as NTFS pre-installation task to format and set the C drive as an NTFS file system.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Library to expand the section, then click Pre-installation Tasks to display the Pre-installation Tasks page.
2.
Select Format C: as NTFS to display the Pre-installation Task Detail page.
3.
Optional: In Name, change the name to identify the task.
4.
Click Save.
The task is now available to assign to scripted installations, sysprepped system images, and non-sysprepped system image deployments.

Create a UEFI partition

Create a UEFI partition

You can add the built-in Create UEFI Partitions pre-installation task, which uses a DiskPart script, to create a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) hard drive partition on Windows 7 x64 SP1 or higher x64 UEFI-enabled devices.

The NTFS format does not work on UEFI-enabled devices. UEFI-enabled devices use the GUID Partition Table (GPT), which uses a global unique identifier for devices that is different from the commonly used Master Boot Record partitioning style in the BIOS.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Library to expand the section, then click Pre-installation Tasks to display the Pre-installation Tasks page.
2.
Select Create UEFI Partitions from the list to display the Pre-installation Task Detail page.
3.
Optional: In Name, change the name to identify the task.
4.
In DISKPART Script, verify that the command-line options match the ones you want to use.
The KACE Boot Environment (KBE) automatically identifies the hidden EFI partition while capturing the UEFI image, and assigns the drive letter S during the capture.
For more information on DiskPart commands, see Common DiskPart command-line options.
5.
Click Save.
The task is now available to assign to scripted installations, sysprepped system images, and non-sysprepped system image deployments.
Use the Apply UEFI Partition mid-level task to apply the partition.

Apply a UEFI partition

Apply a UEFI partition

You can apply the UEFI partition that you created as a pre-installation task.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Library to expand the section, then click Post-installation Tasks to display the Post-installation Tasks page.
2.
Click Apply UEFI Partitions to display the Post-installation Task Detail page.
3.
In Name, enter a logical name to identify the task.
4.
Select a Runtime Environment. See About runtime environments.
5.
In BAT Script, verify the script and make any necessary changes.
6.
Click Save.
The task is now available to assign to scripted installations, sysprepped system images, and non-sysprepped system image deployments.

Capture System-provided WIM images

Capture System-provided WIM images

You can capture WIM images for faster deployments using automated multicast deployments to send the same WIM image to multiple devices simultaneously. You can also deploy WIM images across all devices in the enterprise, and across hard disks of any size in the KACE Boot Environment (KBE).

The device with the image that you want to capture does not have to match the target devices for deployments; however, drivers are required for each device model to which you are deploying the image.

1.
Boot the device with the image that you want to capture in to the KBE. From the KBE Main Menu on the device, click Imaging.
If the device boots in to the hard drive instead of the KBE, boot the device in to the KBE.
2.
Click Capture image of this machine.
3.
In Image Name, create a name to identify the image.
The appliance automatically adds the .wim extension.
4.
In Image Source, select the drive letter from where you are capturing the image.
The appliance automatically adds the colon to the drive letter, for example C:
5.
Select Windows Imaging Format (Fast compression) for Image type.
6.
Click Start capture to upload the image to the System Images page.
A progress bar appears at the bottom of the page, indicating how much progress has been made through the task for each selected partition. You have an option to cancel the capture, if required.
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