Capture/deploy Windows Server 2008 R2 - DS6.9 SP3
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 4 comments
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Hi
I've used VMWARE and created a vanilla build of Windows 2008 R2. I've used DS 6.9 SP3 with imagex to capture the system partition (new to Win 7 and 2008 R2) and the OS partition with Sysprep.
I'm now trying to depoy the images to a Dell PowerEdge server that has a Dell Utility partition on the drive. Once the image has been deployed and server reboots, it fails with the error BOOTMGR is missing. Hit CTRL ALT DEL to restart the server.
If I reboot the server with PXE and run BCDEDIT it shows that the BOOTMGR doesn't where the boot partition is.
Any ideas on how I should be capturing the partitions or how I should be deploying the partitions?
Thanks in advance
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Try one partition?
Did you try just imaging the system with the main partition to see if that image works?
If you run the rdeploy command you have options to select which partitions to deploy. From the console, you can also right-click on the restoration job and select the advanced button at the bottom and then click on the additional options/resizing tabs.
I would prefer to use WIM
I would prefer to use WIM files over Rdeploy as the images are alot smaller.
I'm no longer capturing the system partition and just the OS partition. I put down the Dell utility partition, then create a 100Mb system partition and then use the remaining space to create a third partition for the OS.
After a reboot I receive an error stating "bad pbr signature". This happens when I try access the Dell Utility partition or when I try access the OS.
If I place just the Dell utility partition the server is able to boot into the Utility partition.
If I place just the OS then the server boots into the OS
I can't seem to get the 3 partitions to see each other...
I've also noticed that when I capture the R2 image with sysprep, sysprep is not executed on the vanilla build before the reboot takes place but that's a seperate issue. I resolved this by running sysprep manually and then booting into WinPE to capture the image.
do a search for bcdedit
do a search for bcdedit commands here in connect that will address your issue. Use the one that uses the drive letter at the end of the commands.
Nelo
We've solved it by using a
We've solved it by using a combination of
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744531(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799232(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd34934...
However we had to run sysprep manually as the Altiris job was not allowing sysprep to run before shutting the server down.
The last step to complete the deployment is to run bootsect.exe /nt60 SYS /MBR
It's all working now
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