Deployment Server’s Linux automation is a light-weight and versatile imaging environment. Being less than a tenth of the size of the WinPE automation options, it is an attractive choice for those desiring to leverage PXE imaging across their enterprise. ...
When it comes to imaging, Deployment Server 6.x's Hidden bootworks partitions are impressive. They provide an astoundingly efficient zero-touch mechanism to re-deploy computers at disk-to-disk speeds that bypass LAN bottlenecks. The only downside I ...
Sometimes when looking at client connectivity issues, we need something a little more tunable than Ping's response times using I nternet C ontrol M essage P rococol (ICMP) packets. Some troubleshooting scenarios for example require ...
In today's enterprise, application administrators are increasingly required to be IT generalists with knowledge spanning far beyond the application layer. Applications demand performance and when an application underperforms, we are increasingly ...
For those that still have to maintain XP images, today's article shows my trick for testing the validity of new mass-storage drivers. This enables me to confirm mass-storage support in sysprep in minutes rather than hours.
Introduction
The ...
PCExporter is a little app which allows you to export Deployment Server 6.x computer groups to a comma delimited list. This list can then be used in the DS computer import process to selectively migrate your estate to a new server. This release and adds ...
If WAN Nirvana seems a thousand miles away to you in your deployments, grab a coffee and immerse yourself here for the next half-hour. The tricks I'll be showing today will not only potentially save you many days of work, it just might make your ...
Many moons ago I was asked to setup a scratch folder for other admins. It's primary purpose was to serve as a temporary dumping ground for backup images whilst a machine was being serviced. It was also useful as a readily available temporary ...
This download details a DS shortcut accelerator with T-SQL improvements over the previously published v1.0 . This version narrows down in SQL more definitively our job shortcut definition and improves on the previous documentation.
1. Introduction ...
This download is for SQL junkies who need to output SQL tables as HTML tables. This is very useful for generating reports as it allows you within your own T-SQL code to directly transform SQL tables into a format suitable for HTML presentation.
This ...