Get all your images on one part each? Then use your sequence do decide which ones to keep.
Or if you don't care about the time, include media for all images on disk, and use sequence decide?? //A From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave West Sent: den 19 januari 2015 15:45 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [mssms] SCCM 2007 Prestaged Media with Multiple Task Sequences We want to build a prestaged image for our OEM using our Windows 7 64-bit image. However, what will happen if another task sequence is selected that uses a different image, say Windows 7 32-bit, when the computer is deployed on site? I ask as the documentation says that the prestaged media will have the task sequence variable _SMSTSMediaType = OEMmedia which means that it will skip the 'Format and Partition Disk' step (assuming you add the check condition) and it will automatically skip the 'Apply Operating System Image' step. This variable does not check as to what specific image has been applied, it assumes that the task sequence you are running references the same image used when creating the prestaged media image. So, if the prestaged media image uses a 64-bit image and we select a task sequence that uses a 32-bit image, according to the documentation, the task sequence it will still skip the 'Format and Partition Disk' and either skip the 'Apply Operating System Image' step altogether, or if there is logic built in to detect the image used compared to that being applied, it will apply the 32-bit image over the top of the 64-bit prestage image already on the disk. Either way the deployment is wrong. To combat this we have tried adding a signature file to our images and then adding a task to set a task sequence variable based on the existence of the signature file. If the file matches the image used in the task sequence then we skip the 'Format and Partition Disk' step as documented, however if the file does not match (i.e. the image to be applied is not the same as the prestaged image) then we do perform the 'Format and Partition Disk' step. The problem is that even though we have formatted the disk, because the task sequence variable _SMSTSMediaType = OEMmedia the 'Apply Operating System Image' step fails as it is looking for the prestaged image. How can we use prestaged media images but still allow other images (task sequences) to be applied without having to use separate boot media? Can anyone help with this? Dave West Senior Operations Analyst Room 301 Babbage Building | Plymouth University | Drake Circus | Plymouth | PL4 8AA | UK Tel: 01752 587247<tel://+44752587247/> | Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] ________________________________ [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif]<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/worldclass> This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient then copying, distribution or other use of the information contained is strictly prohibited and you should not rely on it. If you have received this email in error please let the sender know immediately and delete it from your system(s). Internet emails are not necessarily secure. While we take every care, Plymouth University accepts no responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan emails and their attachments. Plymouth University does not accept responsibility for any changes made after it was sent. Nothing in this email or its attachments constitutes an order for goods or services unless accompanied by an official order form.
