I use debian linux as a deployment share and rsync. Works beautifully! George
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:26 PM, ODONNELL Aaron M < [email protected]> wrote: > DFS sounds like it would probably be the best solution for something that > scale.. We have a primary MDT distribution point and 5 remote Linked > Deployment Shares, and I recently started using powershell with scheduled > tasks to automate things. The downside is there’s no log to see if > something failed but that hasn’t been an issue (yet). > > > > Here is the powershell script I use to start a linked deployment share > copy to one of those sites. I just copied it from the output from the “View > script” button in the status window after manually updating a linked > deployment share. The “DS905” is based on part of our server naming > convention. I think it starts at DS001 if you just use MDT’s powershell > output verbatim, but I changed it so each powershell script (I have one > script per configured linked deployment share) would have a unique DS > identifier so the multiple scripts could run at once. > > > > *Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment > Toolkit\bin\MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit.psd1"* > > *New-PSDrive -Name "DS905" -PSProvider MDTProvider -Root "D:\MDT > Deployment Shares\Production"* > > *Update-MDTLinkedDS -path "DS905:\Linked Deployment Shares\LINKED005" > –Verbose* > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Aaron O’Donnell > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *David Landry > *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2016 1:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] Best methods to replicate MDT content > > > > Hi All, > > > > I need to automate replication across 3 different regional MDT servers > located in three different regions of the world and then down to 47+/- > local MDT servers at various sites scattered among the three regions. The > flow of data needs to be one way, all downstream. Nothing can go upstream. > Nor do I want to delete files on downstream MDT servers that may be > specific to that particular site. > > > > I am partial to DFS but am getting substantial pushback from a manager in > another department in IT. > > > > Before I set up a test environment to prove DFS is the best method, I am > curious as to what everyone else uses with their pros and cons. Replicating > through Linked Deployment shares is not cutting it at this point …. I need > to automate it. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Dave > > > > > > >
