Re: windows 7 sysprep???[Resolved]
Windows 7 Sysprep is very problematic and extremely slow. I recommend not using it by configuring the setting Patrick described. As of VCL 2.2.1, you should only have to do this for bare-metal images. Sysprep will be disabled for all VMware image captures as of VCL 2.2.1. The Unattend.xml file is a chore to configure. The file included with VCL has been configured using Windows 7 Enterprise. It may fail if other variants are used. NC State has been moving away from using Win7/2008 Sysprep wherever possible. We have removed access to our bare-metal Win7 base images, only allowing users to create VMware Win7 images. We have also converted some existing Windows 7 bare-metal images which had been using Sysprep to VM images using the VMware Converter utility. -Andy On 3/28/2011 12:07 PM, James Patrick Sigmon wrote: Issue Resolved. Be sure when going through the image capture process for a Windows 7 image that Use sysprep under Advanced Options is set to No. On Mar 24, 2011, at 1:16 AM, James Patrick Sigmon wrote: Hey Gerhard, Thanks for the info. My OS is the Ultimate Edition and is 64 bit. So I made the following changes to the file: component name=Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup processorArchitecture=x64 publicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 language=neutral versionScope=nonSxS xmlns:wcm=http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; Display ColorDepth32/ColorDepth DPI120/DPI HorizontalResolution800/HorizontalResolution RefreshRate72/RefreshRate VerticalResolution600/VerticalResolution /Display ComputerName*/ComputerName TimeZoneEastern Standard Time/TimeZone ProductKey*MyProductKeyforUltimate*/ProductKey /component However, I'm still having the same issue, but the message has slightly changed: Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] for pass [specialize]. The answer file is invalid. Can you think of what else I might need to change? Thanks again, Patrick On Mar 23, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Hartl, Gerhard L. wrote: VCL 2.2 does use a unattend.xml for sysprep. It is located at /usr/local/tools/Windows_7/Utilities/Sysprep/Unattend.xml. Are you imaging Win7 x64 or x86? What version? Enterprise, Pro, Ultimate, etc? The key provided is for the Enterprise edition and would fail if you are trying to create a Win 7 Pro image. Also the processorArchitecture must equal the architecture you are trying to image. This is the section that is apparently your issue: component name=Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup processorArchitecture=x86 publicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 language=neutral versionScope=nonSxS xmlns:wcm=http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; - Display ColorDepth32/ColorDepth DPI120/DPI HorizontalResolution800/HorizontalResolution RefreshRate72/RefreshRate VerticalResolution600/VerticalResolution /Display ComputerName*/ComputerName TimeZoneEastern Standard Time/TimeZone ProductKey33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH/ProductKey /component - Gerhard Old Dominion University -Original Message- From: Alexander Patterson [mailto:alexander.patter...@csueastbay.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:20 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org mailto:vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: windows 7 sysprep??? Hello Patrick, Windows 7 doesn't use sysprep. This is only used in Windows XP. Check in your php table under Imagemeta for your Windows 7 image id # that your using that sysprep is set to 0 then give that a try. For example Your Image Id =6 CheckUser =1 Subimage = 1 Sysprep = 0 -Alex On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM, James Patrick Sigmon jpsig...@ncsu.edu mailto:jpsig...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hey Guys, I've run into a problem with captured windows 7 images. They seem to capture fine, but when you make a reservation for them they time out at the ssh step. Looking at the console, I can see why. There is a pop-up box that reads: Windows could not parse or process the unattended answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup]. I've been frantically searching for a generic answer to this, and it sounds like to could be a sysprep issue, however, the image is a virtual machine. I'm still searching for solutions on my own, but I thought it would be best to go ahead and post this issue as our pilot went live and I'm trying to figure this out ASAP. Any help is much appreciated, -Patrick Sigmon -- Thanks, Alex Patterson User Support Services Operating System Analyst California State University, East Bay
Re: windows 7 sysprep???[Resolved]
Issue Resolved. Be sure when going through the image capture process for a Windows 7 image that Use sysprep under Advanced Options is set to No. On Mar 24, 2011, at 1:16 AM, James Patrick Sigmon wrote: Hey Gerhard, Thanks for the info. My OS is the Ultimate Edition and is 64 bit. So I made the following changes to the file: component name=Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup processorArchitecture=x64 publicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 language=neutral versionScope=nonSxS xmlns:wcm=http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; Display ColorDepth32/ColorDepth DPI120/DPI HorizontalResolution800/HorizontalResolution RefreshRate72/RefreshRate VerticalResolution600/VerticalResolution /Display ComputerName*/ComputerName TimeZoneEastern Standard Time/TimeZone ProductKeyMyProductKeyforUltimate/ProductKey /component However, I'm still having the same issue, but the message has slightly changed: Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] for pass [specialize]. The answer file is invalid. Can you think of what else I might need to change? Thanks again, Patrick On Mar 23, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Hartl, Gerhard L. wrote: VCL 2.2 does use a unattend.xml for sysprep. It is located at /usr/local/tools/Windows_7/Utilities/Sysprep/Unattend.xml. Are you imaging Win7 x64 or x86? What version? Enterprise, Pro, Ultimate, etc? The key provided is for the Enterprise edition and would fail if you are trying to create a Win 7 Pro image. Also the processorArchitecture must equal the architecture you are trying to image. This is the section that is apparently your issue: component name=Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup processorArchitecture=x86 publicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 language=neutral versionScope=nonSxS xmlns:wcm=http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; - Display ColorDepth32/ColorDepth DPI120/DPI HorizontalResolution800/HorizontalResolution RefreshRate72/RefreshRate VerticalResolution600/VerticalResolution /Display ComputerName*/ComputerName TimeZoneEastern Standard Time/TimeZone ProductKey33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH/ProductKey /component - Gerhard Old Dominion University -Original Message- From: Alexander Patterson [mailto:alexander.patter...@csueastbay.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:20 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: windows 7 sysprep??? Hello Patrick, Windows 7 doesn't use sysprep. This is only used in Windows XP. Check in your php table under Imagemeta for your Windows 7 image id # that your using that sysprep is set to 0 then give that a try. For example Your Image Id =6 CheckUser =1 Subimage = 1 Sysprep = 0 -Alex On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM, James Patrick Sigmon jpsig...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hey Guys, I've run into a problem with captured windows 7 images. They seem to capture fine, but when you make a reservation for them they time out at the ssh step. Looking at the console, I can see why. There is a pop-up box that reads: Windows could not parse or process the unattended answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup]. I've been frantically searching for a generic answer to this, and it sounds like to could be a sysprep issue, however, the image is a virtual machine. I'm still searching for solutions on my own, but I thought it would be best to go ahead and post this issue as our pilot went live and I'm trying to figure this out ASAP. Any help is much appreciated, -Patrick Sigmon -- Thanks, Alex Patterson User Support Services Operating System Analyst California State University, East Bay
Re: windows 7 sysprep???
Hello Patrick, Windows 7 doesn't use sysprep. This is only used in Windows XP. Check in your php table under Imagemeta for your Windows 7 image id # that your using that sysprep is set to 0 then give that a try. For example Your Image Id =6 CheckUser =1 Subimage = 1 Sysprep = 0 -Alex On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM, James Patrick Sigmon jpsig...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hey Guys, I've run into a problem with captured windows 7 images. They seem to capture fine, but when you make a reservation for them they time out at the ssh step. Looking at the console, I can see why. There is a pop-up box that reads: Windows could not parse or process the unattended answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup]. I've been frantically searching for a generic answer to this, and it sounds like to could be a sysprep issue, however, the image is a virtual machine. I'm still searching for solutions on my own, but I thought it would be best to go ahead and post this issue as our pilot went live and I'm trying to figure this out ASAP. Any help is much appreciated, -Patrick Sigmon -- Thanks, Alex Patterson User Support Services Operating System Analyst California State University, East Bay
Re: windows 7 sysprep???
Make sure you run /usr/local/vcl/bin/vcld -setup When Prompted Click on 3 We are using product keys Click on 2 for Add product Key Click on 1 for Global or 2 for Local This will then give you a choice Choose a Windows product: 1. Windows XP 2. Windows Server 2003 3. Windows Vista Business 4. Windows Vista Business N 5. Windows Vista Enterprise 6. Windows Vista Enterprise N 7. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter 8. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V 9. Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems 10. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 11. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V 12. Windows Server 2008 Standard 13. Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V 14. Windows Web Server 2008 15. Windows Server 2008 HPC 16. Windows 7 Professional 17. Windows 7 Professional N 18. Windows 7 Professional E 19. Windows 7 Enterprise 20. Windows 7 Enterprise N 21. Windows 7 Enterprise E 22. Windows Server 2008 R2 Web 23. Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC edition 24. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 25. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 26. Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter 27. Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems 28. Other For Windows 7 it's very picky about it's key. I went ahead and set all of my Windows 7 to the same key, I could do this due to our key working for all of these version. This fixed my Issue about not being able to image on Windows 7 Just select the number for example 19 Then copy and paste your product key. It will be saved as the congratulation for either globe or local whatever you selected. Hope this is helpful -Alex On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Hartl, Gerhard L. gha...@odu.edu wrote: VCL 2.2 does use a unattend.xml for sysprep. It is located at /usr/local/tools/Windows_7/Utilities/Sysprep/Unattend.xml. Are you imaging Win7 x64 or x86? What version? Enterprise, Pro, Ultimate, etc? The key provided is for the Enterprise edition and would fail if you are trying to create a Win 7 Pro image. Also the processorArchitecture must equal the architecture you are trying to image. This is the section that is apparently your issue: component name=Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup processorArchitecture=x86 publicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 language=neutral versionScope=nonSxS xmlns:wcm=http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State; xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; - Display ColorDepth32/ColorDepth DPI120/DPI HorizontalResolution800/HorizontalResolution RefreshRate72/RefreshRate VerticalResolution600/VerticalResolution /Display ComputerName*/ComputerName TimeZoneEastern Standard Time/TimeZone ProductKey33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH/ProductKey /component - Gerhard Old Dominion University -Original Message- From: Alexander Patterson [mailto:alexander.patter...@csueastbay.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:20 PM To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: windows 7 sysprep??? Hello Patrick, Windows 7 doesn't use sysprep. This is only used in Windows XP. Check in your php table under Imagemeta for your Windows 7 image id # that your using that sysprep is set to 0 then give that a try. For example Your Image Id =6 CheckUser =1 Subimage = 1 Sysprep = 0 -Alex On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM, James Patrick Sigmon jpsig...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hey Guys, I've run into a problem with captured windows 7 images. They seem to capture fine, but when you make a reservation for them they time out at the ssh step. Looking at the console, I can see why. There is a pop-up box that reads: Windows could not parse or process the unattended answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup]. I've been frantically searching for a generic answer to this, and it sounds like to could be a sysprep issue, however, the image is a virtual machine. I'm still searching for solutions on my own, but I thought it would be best to go ahead and post this issue as our pilot went live and I'm trying to figure this out ASAP. Any help is much appreciated, -Patrick Sigmon -- Thanks, Alex Patterson User Support Services Operating System Analyst California State University, East Bay -- Thanks, Alex Patterson User Support Services Operating System Analyst California State University, East Bay
