[THIN] Re: Ghosting Windows 2003

Microsoft recommends that you use Sysprep on the server before you image it.
This removes all the machine-specific configuration data (like the SID) so
that when you reboot it, it runs through a mini-setup which includes the
hardware detection routine (I think you might have to specify a command line
argument when you run Sysprep that tells it that you want the hardware
detection routine to run, so check the documentation). 
  Two things:

1. Your mass storage driver must be the same, or the server will
blue-screen. Sysprep has a mechanism for letting you pre-load the new
server's mass-storage driver to the source server during the Sysprep
process, but it's a bit complicated and I've not gotten that to work. 
  
   I never thought to try to load the drivers during the first boot as Angus
has indicated. How does that work? I know how to do it during an
installation, but not after the fact. 

2. Microsoft tells you to run Sysprep on your source server and then clone
it. This means you have to run through the setup wizard on both machines. As
an alternative, you can clone the machine, boot the new one (OFF THE
NETWORK), run Sysprep, reboot it, and run through the wizard, which is
cleaner, as you don't touch your source machine at all.

Jeff Durbin

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ian Aston
Sent: 22 January 2004 5:46 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Ghosting Windows 2003


I'm not sure about the hardware Greg, but make sure you've got newsid (I
think current release is 4.03, has support for w2k3) from sysinternals.com.
This does exactly what it says on the tin!

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Reese
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 21/01/2004 16:38
Subject: [THIN] Ghosting Windows 2003

I am adding a server to my farm.  An IBM x335.  My existing servers are two
IBM x330 and an IBM Netfinity 7000.  The 335 is already installed and
running with Windows 2003 and Metaframe XPa FR3.  I have some users testing
it and it may get a few more tweaks, but otherwise it is all set.

If I ghost it and restore the image onto the x330 servers, will it recognize
and fix the hardware differences?  They are not that different but there are
differences.  Then I am assuming there needs to be some renaming etc before
I plug them back into the network.  They will be keeping their old windows
2000 names.  I am just trying to get them running on Windows 2003 and I
really don't feel like re-installing everything by hand three more times.

Am I out of my mind with this approach or is this possible?

Thanks!

Greg


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