ADS requires one enterprise server but can deploy other versions...

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Charlie Kaiser
MCSE, CCNA
Systems Engineer
Essex Credit / Brickwalk
510 595 5083
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Frank Abagnale
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:23 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Ghost Imaging HP Proliant Servers..
> 
> Brian,
>  
> Thanks for your response, I haven't looked into ADS. Your 
> website indicates that ADS requires Windows 2003 Enterprise, 
> because of licensing and costs, deploying 10 x Windows 2003 
> Enterprise versions would not be cost effective for us, 
> especially since we don't require the functionality Windows 
> 2003 Enterprise provides. 2003 Standard is sufficient for our 
> requirements. Does ADS Support this as well? or do does your 
> blog mean the actually ADS server needs to be Windows 2003 
> Enterprise, but it can deploy 2003 standard builds?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Frank
>  
> 
> Brian Desmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>       You have multiple problems here:
> 
>        
> 
>       The SmartArray card has no RAID config. The default 
> varies though my experience is it RAID5s the first four 
> drives and shuts down the remaining two in a DL380G4.
> 
>        
> 
>       Ghost likely does not have a driver enabling it to see 
> the scsi disk. You will need to modify the config.sys and add 
> CPQs dos driver
> 
>        
> 
>        
> 
>       If you search the Compaq support & drivers section, you 
> want he smartstart scripting toolkit. It will show you how to 
> script the hardware setup before you load your image. I would 
> recommend you instead of Ghost here use PXE boot and 
> Microsoft ADS. There's even a long post at the top of my blog 
> - briandesmond.com detailing all the steps to get it working 
> with Proliant hardware - my test environment was DL380G4s. 
> For server imaging, ADS is FAR more powerful than Ghost.
> 
>        
> 
>       --Brian
> 
>        
> 
>       
> ________________________________
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> 
>       From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Frank Abagnale
>       Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:13 AM
>       To: Active
>       Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Ghost Imaging HP Proliant Servers..
> 
>        
> 
>       Hi all,
> 
>        
> 
>       Having read a few recent mails regarding server 
> imaging, it's interesting to hear how 'easy' it has been for 
> those who have responded. I have been having difficulties 
> trying to create an image, I will explain further...
> 
>        
> 
>       I have 10xHP Proliant 380's G4, to save time I thought 
> I would configure one of the Proliant Servers (RAID 1 for 
> OS), install a basic installation of Windows 2003 Standard, 
> sysprep it then create a ghost image of this file so I could 
> install the image on the remaining 9 Proliant Servers.
> 
>        
> 
>       So I created a standard image, sysprep'd it then 
> rebooted, I ran ghost and this is where the issue began, it 
> did not recognise the disks (in RAID 1) for me to be able to 
> ghost the drive, is there any docs or drivers or steps I have 
> missed or need to look at?
> 
>        
> 
>       I know my information is vague, but I tried this over a 
> month ago so my memory is pretty poor.
> 
>        
> 
>       Anyone with some advice where I should be looking?
> 
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