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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.2 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

View the completed manual deployments

View the completed manual deployments

You can view the list of completed manual deployments and the details for a selected boot action to verify which image was deployed to which device.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Audit Log to expand the section, then click Manual Deployments to display the Manual Deployment Log page.
2.
Under Name, select the boot action for the deployment to display the Deployment Details page.
3.
In the Devices menu bar, click Details next to the device MAC address to view the success or failure of the tasks there were run for the deployment.

Managing custom deployments

Create or modify a custom deployment

You can use custom Windows deployments to capture and run a collection of specific tasks that you want to apply to a user's system, instead of deploying a brand-new image to the system which requires deleting the contents of the target device.

For example, you can use a custom deployment template to bring in a user's system just to capture their profile using USMT (User State Migration Tool), and to migrate it to another system, before shutting down the original system. Another example for using custom deployments is to simply upgrade a system's OS, without applying a new image.

Create or modify a custom deployment

Create or modify a custom deployment

You can create or modify a custom Windows deployment to carry out one or more specific tasks on the target device.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Deployments, then click Custom Deployments to display the Custom Deployments page.
2.
Complete one of the following steps:
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On the Custom Deployments page, click a custom deployment name to display the Custom Deployment Detail page for the selected item.
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On the Custom Deployments page, click Choose Action > New to create a new custom deployment.
3.
On the Custom Deployment Detail page, in the Custom Deployment Name field, type the name that you want to assign to this custom deployment.
4.
Click Architecture and select the target system architecture, as required.
5.
Optional. In the Notes field, type some additional information about this custom deployment.
6.
Optional: Configuration files only.
a.
Next to Config XML, click Show, and review the file contents that appear. The contents of the file are read only.
b.
To download the file, under the file contents, click Download XML File.
7.
Optional: Task files only.
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NOTE: Read-only users do not have access to this field.
a.
Next to Task XML, click Show, and review the file contents that appear. The contents of the file are read only.
b.
To download the file, under the file contents, click Download XML File.
8.
Click Task Error Handling and indicate how you want to handle errors that are encountered during task execution. You can either Continue on Errors or Prompt on errors, as required. For more information, see Set task error handling option.
9.
Under Deploy Options, select any of following options, as required:
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Force continue on errors: Select this option if you want to continue the capture and the upload process even if warnings and fatal errors occur.
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Shutdown target device after last task: Select if you want to turn off the target device when the image is installed.
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Hide Deployment from KBE: Select this option if you want to hide the custom deployment from the KACE Boot Environment (KBE).
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NOTE: Custom deployments marked as hidden from KBE do not appear in the Deployment drop-down list on the Automated Deployment Detail page when creating a boot action.
10.
Assign tasks to the custom deployment, as required. For more information, see Assign tasks to custom deployment.
11.
When you finish your edits, click Cancel to roll back the changes, or Save to apply the changes to the image.

Managing offline deployments

Create an offline deployment

KACE Systems Deployment Appliance allows you to create an offline deployment downloadable as an ISO that can be installed directly to a USB drive. WIM files are split into 3.5 Gb file so that they can be placed on a FAT32 system for UEFI deployments.

The Offline Deployments list page shows all offline deployments that exist on the appliance. From here, you can create a new offline deployment.

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