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Computer’s Model Type from a WMI Query

HI Guys, Recently I was working on OSD and came on a point where i had to apply a specific script/Action/Task Sequence step to specific set of laptops. I achieved this with Computer Model p roperty, Which gives you model information of workstations If You  want to filter driver installs as part of your OSD deployment using a WMI Query and a  SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE Model LIKE “%<MODEL>%” statement. To know what your computer model is : run a WMIC command and type in the following command: CSProduct Get Name This will output the model name and you can insert this into your SELECT statement. Cheers!!

DHCP, WDS, PXE Boot and Common Issues

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Hi Guys, Again i am back with very common information about DHCP,WDS & PXE and issues troubleshooting and their solutions. DHCP, WDS, and PXE are the main and needed components which plays very important role in SCCM OSD. They function and provide a very cool and automatize the OS installations (Network based). So why is the Need? DHCP : DHCP offers automatic ip address assigning functionality to machines at both booting state and online state. DHCP Scope options are one main key component. WDS : WDS offers the PXE functionality (Not SCCM) for network based OS installation (boots machine in to windows installation mode from network) So when we install the SCCM PXE service Point on WDS Server, It just overrides the settings of WDS PXE. Now Common PXE Boot Issues: ·         PXE-E53: No boot filename received   ·         PXE-T01: File not found ·    ...

SCCM + Boot Images + WDSNBP + Operating System Deployment (Oh..Yah...)

Hi Guys, In this post  we will focus on about boot images & OSD Process In SCCM. So quick questions are  What are boot images in SCCM? Boot Images are the image used to boot the machine. The two types of largely used Boot images WinPE Boot Images:   These are used to boot the machine in to Windows Pre Execution Environment or we can say that Windows Installation Mode. OS Boot Images:   These are the boot images used to boot the machine to load the Operating System. Boot Images can contain Drivers like storage drivers, network drivers or any drivers you want to have in boot images, you can simply add or inject those drivers. You can customize the settings of Boot Images or can create your own new Boot Images by integrating MDT with SCCM. Now   How SCCM OSD actually works OSD is a very cool feature of SCCM. Once you do the configuration for OSD, you are ready to do Operating System Deployments. Apart from Boot Imag...

How to resolve OSD Error :Failed to run task sequence Error 0x80004005 or 80072ee7

Hi guys, I have seen that while  working on OSD. lots of guys get error  0x80004005 or 80072ee7. I have also suffered in this issue This Error Stats about -- 1. Failure to get the policies 2. Failed to get information for MP: http://sccm I had configured everything properly & just satrted my machine to boot in to PXE. Machine booted properly, Got IP from DHCP Contacted to SCCM Server Booted in to Win PE Published the available Task Sequences But when i selected a task sequence & hit the Run. i got the Error. Failed to run task sequence Error0x80004005 or 80072ee7 Reason:Because OSD PXE boot is totally dependent on DHCP and machine receives the DNS server that is specified in the DHCP Scope. Solution:-  Go to the  DHCP  -> DHCP Scope Options -> Right-click -> Configure Options Just Check & Configure  DHCP Scope Options 003 Router IP or Gateway IP 006 DNS Servers (IP Address) 015 DNS Domain Name ...

SCCM OSD & OSD Scenarios

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Hi guys, This time we will talk about   SCCM   Operating system deployment (OSD).  So first thing  What is SCCM OSD ? Operating system deployment Provides a tool to create operating system images. You can then use these images to deploy them to computers that are managed by Configuration Manager and to unmanaged computers, by using PXE boot or bootable media such as a CD set, DVD, or USB flash drives. Components of  Operating system deployment (OSD) Boot Images Computer Association OS images OS Install Packages Task Sequence  Drivers  Drivers Packages on my fingers  If i start to count tasks which i can do, Boot images creation ( Using MDT Integration ) + Recreation Using WAIK Computer Association B/w One or More OS deployment from OS Packages (Only build Scenario) OS deployment from OS Packages & Capture Images( Build + Capture ) OS deployment from OS Images (Captu...