Re: windows 7 sysprep???[Resolved]

2011-04-04 Thread Andy Kurth 
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:

http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State";
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>

32
120
800
72
600

*
Eastern Standard Time
*MyProductKeyforUltimate*


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:

http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State";
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
- 
32
120
800
72
600

*
Eastern Standard Time
33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH




- 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
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]

2011-03-28 Thread James Patrick Sigmon 
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:
> 
>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";>
> 
> 32
> 120
> 800
> 72
> 600
> 
> *
> Eastern Standard Time
> MyProductKeyforUltimate
> 
> 
> 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:
>> 
>> > publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" 
>> xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"; 
>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
>> - 
>>  32 
>>  120 
>>  800 
>>  72 
>>  600 
>>  
>>  * 
>>  Eastern Standard Time 
>>  33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> - 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  
>> 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
>