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diff --git a/src/Sysprepping_Server_2008.ascii b/src/Sysprepping_Server_2008.ascii new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0d3ac4f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/Sysprepping_Server_2008.ascii @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +Sysprepping Server 2008 +======================= +:author: Aaron Ball +:email: nullspoon@iohq.net + + +== {doctitle} + +Hello all, + +This my first post on this blog (if it wasn't obvious enough), but I'm going to +spare you all the boring 'welcome to the blog' and get down to business before +I forget what I am blogging about here. + +I do need to mention a few things before getting started though + +My name is Dirk and I work at the College of Business in my university, +specifically on the web development team. I program for SharePoint but also +enjoy building and maintaining servers. My current project is to build and +maintain ten virtual (Hyper-V) Server 2008 development servers for the team. +Each team member needs a semi-isolated development environment with a unique +SharePoint instance so if their tests crash it, it does not affect any other +people. + +Alright, now that that's out of the way, here's the good stuff... + +Now, continuing along the same lines as the subject of this post, I have been +researching the unattend.xml file for sysprepping a system for the last week in +an effort to find a template I could fill out for our latest Server '08 builds. +A guy from another section of our IT department has a sysprep file from Windows +XP, which apparently doesn't work for Server 2008 (well...it was worth a try +though). + +All week I have been Googling things like 'create unattend.xml', 'generate +unattend.xml', 'sysprep unattend.xml', 'sysprep unattend file', and various +other searches that escape me now. Today I thought I'd try sysprep.xml because +I recalled seeing that somewhere. Low and behold, I discovered (as the first +search result), the exact website I needed. It has a template sysprep.xml file +that was actually designed for my exact circumstance (incredible, yes?). + +Here's the link: + +http://msmvps.com/blogs/ad/archive/2008/03/18/windows-server-2008-sysprep-xml-help.aspx + +To use the sysprep.xml file, I have a batch file I created that runs the +command... + +---- +C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown /unattend:C:\ProgramData\sysprep\sysprep.xml +---- + +/generalize:: Removes all unique identifiers of the machine. + +/shutdown:: Specifies that the machine shutdown after the sysprep process + rather than restarting + +/unattend:: Process after reboot. + +Many thanks Brian. You brought my seemingly endless search for a sysprep +template file to an end. + +To end on an even more positive note, after sysprepping the server build, I did +not have to respond to a single prompt with the exception of logging in as +Administrator. It did everything for me. + +Regards, + +Dirk + + +Category:Windows + +Category:Microsoft + + +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: |