MDT support for VHD deployment February 27, 2010
Posted by examROAR in MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7 (70-686).Tags: 70-686, deployment, MDT, virtualization
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Two posts on editing the MDT task sequencer to deploy VHDs:
HERE- deploymentguys
HERE-deployment guy named Todd
understanding VHD support in Windows 7 February 27, 2010
Posted by examROAR in Uncategorized.Tags: 70-686, virtualization
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http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/05/14/native-vhd-support-in-windows-7.aspx
deploy VHD walkthrough for W7 February 27, 2010
Posted by examROAR in MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7 (70-686).Tags: 70-686, deployment, virtualization
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A great walkthrough to get you started with deploying Windows 7 using VHDs. Here’s an excerpt to get you started:
This walkthrough describes how to create and configure a virtual hard disk (VHD) running Windows® 7 for native boot. A native-boot VHD is a virtual hard disk that can be used as the running operating system on designated hardware without any other parent operating system. This is in contrast to a scenario where a VHD is connected to a virtual machine on a computer with a parent operating system.
In this release, VHDs can be applied to computers that have no other installations of Windows, for usage as a native-boot VHD, without a virtual machine or hypervisor. (A hypervisor is a layer of software below the operating system that runs virtual computers.) This allows for greater flexibility in workload distribution in that a single set of tools can be used to manage images for virtual machines and designated hardware.
on wds, wdsutil, and VHDs February 27, 2010
Posted by examROAR in Uncategorized.Tags: 70-686, deployment, virtualization, Windows Deployment Services
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WDS on Server 2008 R2 supports deploying VHD images. These images are automated with an answer file (unattend.xml). In order to deploy VHDs, your configuration must also include the following requirements:
- Only W7 Ent.\Ultimate & Server 08 R2 supported
- Single partition \ single OS VHDs only
- WDSUTIL must be used to add \ remove images (wdsutil /add-image /imagefile: c:\images\Windows7.vhd)
booting to VHD February 26, 2010
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Much has been said about this very kewl feature- VHD support in Windows 7. If you haven’t seen this feature or taken the time to try yourself, here’s a catalog of resources that I have found helpful:
- technet link
- edge videos
- sevenforums
- hansleman’s blog
- more edge videos (with keith combs)
- howard dierking’s blog post
- deploymentguys blog
There’s more to VHDs than just deploying! Here’s an edge video that explains some other secret pleasures.
And one more link here: the FAQ for Windows 7 and VHDs.
