To add a new OEM extension, follow the steps below:
1) Using Windows Explorer, browse to ‘<install drive>:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\bootwiz\oem’ on the Notification Server
2) Create a directory called ‘ADO’ and populate it with the following folders. Note: the file structure is also found under the ‘oem\DS’ folder.
x64
base
tools
x86
base
tools
3) Browse to the ‘<install drive>\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\ghost’ directory.
Copy ‘ghconfig32.exe’ to the ‘ ..\x86\base\tools’ directory and rename the file ‘ghconfig.exe’
4) Browse to the ‘<install drive>\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\ghost\x64’ directory.
Copy ‘ghconfig64.exe’ to the ‘ ..\x64\base\tools’ directory and rename the file ‘ghconfig.exe’
5) Browse to the ‘<install drive>\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\bootwiz\oem\ado ’ directory.
Create a file called ‘default.bdc’. Populate it with the following information:
[PACKAGES]
ADO=True
[Application]
Compress=True
OEMRequired=DS
Note: This file instructs Boot Disk creator to add the ‘WinPE-MDAC-Package(ADO)’ to the preboot
6) Browse to the ‘ <install drive>\Program Files\Altiris\Deployment\Config’ directory and locate the file named ‘Altiris.Deployment.config.
Open the file with Notepad and search for the text ‘Adding OEM extension’.
Copy out the following section of text to a new instance of Notepad:
<!--Adding OEM Extension-->
<items>
<item guid="CBB5C0E6-AEDE-4905-8D58-41F762E3DB0A" classGuid="BEB44BED-F526-4c4b-A97B-0E4D9F788F6B">
<name>OEM Extension Item</name>
<description>Class for adding OEM Extension</description>
<itemAttributes>Hidden</itemAttributes>
<OEMExtension>
<OEMExtensionName>DS Agent</OEMExtensionName>
<OEMExtensionLocation>ds</OEMExtensionLocation>
<OEMIsDefault>1</OEMIsDefault>
</OEMExtension>
</item>
</items>
Change the text as follows (changes marked in bold):
<!--Adding OEM Extension-->
<items>
<item guid="CBB5C0E6-AEDE-4905-8D58-41F762E3DB0B" classGuid="BEB44BED-F526-4c4b-A97B-0E4D9F788F6B">
<name>OEM Extension Item</name>
<description>Class for adding OEM Extension</description>
<itemAttributes>Hidden</itemAttributes>
<OEMExtension>
<OEMExtensionName>ADO</OEMExtensionName>
<OEMExtensionLocation>ado</OEMExtensionLocation>
<OEMIsDefault>0</OEMIsDefault>
</OEMExtension>
</item>
</items>
Copy the updated text back into the file so that the resulting section of the file looks as follows:
<!--Adding OEM Extension-->
<items>
<item guid="CBB5C0E6-AEDE-4905-8D58-41F762E3DB0A" classGuid="BEB44BED-F526-4c4b-A97B-0E4D9F788F6B">
<name>OEM Extension Item</name>
<description>Class for adding OEM Extension</description>
<itemAttributes>Hidden</itemAttributes>
<OEMExtension>
<OEMExtensionName>DS Agent</OEMExtensionName>
<OEMExtensionLocation>ds</OEMExtensionLocation>
<OEMIsDefault>1</OEMIsDefault>
</OEMExtension>
</item>
<item guid="CBB5C0E6-AEDE-4905-8D58-41F762E3DB0B" classGuid="BEB44BED-F526-4c4b-A97B-0E4D9F788F6B">
<name>OEM Extension Item</name>
<description>Class for adding OEM Extension</description>
<itemAttributes>Hidden</itemAttributes>
<OEMExtension>
<OEMExtensionName>ADO</OEMExtensionName>
<OEMExtensionLocation>ado</OEMExtensionLocation>
<OEMIsDefault>0</OEMIsDefault>
</OEMExtension>
</item>
</items>
Save the file. This file instructs Boot Disk Creator to create two OEM extensions: DS Agent and ADO. When a preboot configuration is made using the ADO OEM extension, all of the DS Agent setting along with the ADO setting will be included in the configuration
7) From a command prompt browse to the ‘ <install drive>\Program Files\Altiris\Notification Server\Bin’ directory and type the following:
‘aexconfig /configure “c:\program files\altiris\deployment\config\altiris.deployment.config”’
The Deployment Solution will be reconfigured with two OEM extensions.
-Aditya