Windows Vista Deployment & Servicing Overview

Anders Björling Microsoft Services

Agenda

 Introduction: Vista Goals, Vista Overview  Vista Deployment Technologies  Windows Imaging Format & Tools  Windows PE  Image Based Setup (IBS)  Unattended Setup  Windows Deployment Services (WDS)  Vista Servicing

Windows Vista Manufacturing Goals

 Deliver Windows features for image creation, modification and deployment   Reduce the number of OS images required Improve PC imaging process through scripting and deployment automation tools  Enable both online and offline servicing of the OS components and or images   Single set of tools for Desktop and Server Improve documentation throughout the OS beta cycle and through post RTM of the Vista OS

Windows Imaging WIM Image Format WIM is a file based image format

 Non-destructive application of an OS image  Partial volume captures  Single instance storage of file resources  Multiple images / volumes in a single WIM container   Application to variable size target drives Archive quality images – disk or file system structures are not stored

Windows Imaging WIM Image Format (Con ’t)

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Highly compressed format

Single instance of duplicate files 

Spanned media support

WIMs can be split and applied from parts (.swm) 

Bootable Image format

 Support for booting WinPE from a WIM

Windows Imaging

Vista Image Sizes

Image

Client OS Installation (x86fre) install.wim

WinPE Image (x86fre) boot.wim

Client OS Installation (x64fre) install.wim

WinPE Image (x64fre) boot.wim

Beta 2 (build 5287)

1.7 GB

RTM Goal

1.7 GB 123 MB 2.0 GB 200 MB 100-120 MB 2.0 GB 175 – 200 MB

Windows Imaging (ImageX)

ImageX Command line tool (no GUI tool available) Basic operations include: APPEND, APPLY, CAPTURE, DELETE, DIR, EXPORT, INFO, SPLIT, MOUNT(RW), UNMOUNT Imaging APIs (WIMGAPI) Exposes all imaging functionality Enables custom imaging applications and solutions Documented within the Deployment tool kit Enabling Technology (Filters)  WIM File System Filter: Allows images to be mounted and modified

Demo WIM

Mount Vista WIM file Unmount

Unattended Setup: Answer File

    A single universal answer file for the Vista OS (Components, Servicing, and Applications installs) Standard XML file created in many ways:   Script that calls the new Component Platform Interface API Output of new Image Manager application Customizes images during setup OR offline   passed to SETUP.EXE during Vista installation passed to PKGMGR.EXE during Vista offline image maintenance All XP functionality will be supported.

  Some XP Unattend.txt settings are the same Some settings names have changed in Unattend.xml file

Answer Files In Windows XP

Windows XP Install ANSWER FILES Unattend.txt

Sysprep.inf

WinBom.ini

ooBeinfo.ini

WINDOWS SETUP Windows XP Installation Multiple text files defined custom setup changes Archaic Required Knowledge of multiple processes and tools

Answer Files In Vista

Windows Vista Install ANSWER FILES Unattend.xml

WINDOWS SETUP

Configuration Passes

windows PE Generalize Specialize auditSystem auditUser oobeSystem Windows Vista Installation Multiple Files replaced a single XML answer file Simplifies customization process Only one toll needed All passes adressed in a single location

Demo Image Manager

Windows System Image Manager

Windows Vista Modularization

   Vista OS components are installed and serviced independently Components describe their resources and dependencies in XML   Registry items Configurable Properties   Files Dependencies SKU XML Manifests define components of a product

Vista Components File System Media Player Shell Audio Net working

Modularization

    Vista is built from a set of components A Component consists of    A self describing manifest  with a unique versioned identity Resources to install the component  Files, Registry Keys, Settings, Install Actions List of other component dependencies Vista comprises of 3000+ unique components Installation and maintenance is declarative, not procedural

Vista Servicing Overview

 Setup, Optional Components, Language Packs, Hot-fixes, Out of Band releases use the same infrastructure and tools  Vista servicing is  More robust (Transactional)  Order independent (install/uninstall)  Supports Image Servicing

Demo pkgmgr

WIM PKGMGR

Windows PE

WinPE is… An operating environment built from Vista components an integrated part of the setup environment for Vista a platform enabling IT Pros to build deployment, recovery, imaging, and diagnostics applications a replacement for DOS boot disk scenarios WinPE is not…  a embedded operating system  a replacement client or server operating system

Demo WinPE

Mount WinPE Install drivers offline

Image-Based Setup (IBS)

    All Vista release will ship as a Sysprep’d image  Setup.EXE applies images Setup applies Images, using Unattend answer files for custom installation  Setup customizes the image under WinPE before applying the image to the PC Windows “Vista” Setup supports upgrading FAT/FAT32 to NTFS, with the default format type NTFS Two ways to “Install” Vista:  Apply the RTM image and use Unattend.xml to customize setup.EXE

 Install Vista, configure, capture, and deploy using Vista Imaging tools (XImage)

Image-Based Setup Phases

Offline WinPE On Line Configuration First Boot OOBE

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Offline Pass

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Adding packages

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Security bulletins

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Drivers

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WinPE Pass

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Data Entry

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Setup Selections

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Disk Prep

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Apply Image

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Prepare boot data

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Component Configuration:

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Boot to “basic” OS

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Apply license files

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Configuration

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Unattend.xml

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Generalize

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Specialize

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Make device “unique”

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SysPrep specialization

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Unattend.xml

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AuditSystem

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Audituser OOBEsystem pass Machine OOBE options and settings:

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EULA accept

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Registration

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Machine name

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Users

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Connectivity

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Regional Settings

Demo WIM

Different Phases

Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

 Replaces Remote Installation Services (RIS)  RIS cannot deploy Vista  Will be available for WS2003 when Vista client RTMs   Can install Vista, XP, WS2K3, and W2K images Uses WinPE as the boot environment on target PC  WinPE can be customized  WinPE is deployed as a compressed WIM image with RAMDISK boot support  WinPE-based WDS Client provides image selection  Native support for WIM images

WDS Operation Modes

Legacy RIS Boot environment = OSChooser Image Types: RISETUP and RIPREP Administration experience = RIS toolset WDS Mixed Boot environment = OSChooser & WinPE Image Types: WIM, RISETUP, and RIPREP Administration experience = RIS toolset and WDS MGMT WDS Native Boot environment = WinPE Image Types: WIM Administration experience = WDS MGMT This is one-and-only mode in Longhorn Server

WDS Image Store Folder Structure

RIS EXECs for Imaging PXE Boot Bin Boot.WIMs

Image Groups Install.WIMs

Database for WDS RIS Image Selection Possibilities RIS Images WinPE UNATTEND.XMLs

Demo WDS

WDS