We did look at putting multiple images on the disk but it's not supported by
Prestaged media as there can only be a single image referenced.
We could go down the custom scripts route but we really want to keep it as
simple as possible.
Dave
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of Andreas Hammarskjöld
Sent: 19 January 2015 14:48
To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com; mdt...@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [mssms] RE: SCCM 2007 Prestaged Media with Multiple Task Sequences
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
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[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Dave West
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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
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