NIIT EBDD LAB@HOME 8 ~ GNIIT HELP

2. Acme International, Inc. is a software solution provider company in Australia. The company has its head office in Sydney. The head office of the company has 20 desktop computers with the Windows 8 OS. Recently, the company has purchased 15 brand new desktop computers. The new desktop computers do not have any OS installed on them. Therefore, the management has asked Jack, who works as a System Administrator in the company, to install Windows 8 and configure the new desktop computers. To accomplish the assigned task, Jack has created an image named Win8_64.wim of a reference desktop by using DISM. Now, he wants to deploy the image on all the new desktop computers. Help him do the same.

To deploy the image on a desktop, Jack needs to perform the following tasks:
1. Boot the EBDD_CL3_Blank virtual machine with Windows PE.
2. Format the hard drive of the EBDD_CL3_Blank virtual machine.
3. Deploy the image using the Apply-Image command.


Task 1: Booting the EBDD_CL3_Blank virtual machine with Windows PE

1. Switch to the Hyper-V manager window.
2. Right-click the EBDD_CL3_Blank virtual machine, and then select the Connect option. the Virtual machine
   connection window is displayed.
3. select Media DVD drive Insert Disk. the Open dialog box is displayed.
4. Browse to the D:\EBDD\ISO folder, and then select the WinPE_amd64.iso file.
5. click the open button.
6. click the start button in the virtual machine start booting from the winPE_amd64.iso file.once the booting
   is completed, the command prompt window is displayed. wait till command prompt displays X:\Windows\system32>
7. type ipconfig /renew, and then press the enter key. the IP address is assigned from the DHCP server.

Task 2:Formatting the Hard drive of the EBDD_CL#_Blank virtual machine.

1. type diskpart, and then press the enter key. the DISKPART> prompt is displayed.
2. type select disk=0, and then press the enter key to select disk 0.
3. Type create Partition primary, and then press the Enter key the create the primary partition.
4. type format FS=NTFS Quick, and then press the Enter key to formant the disk.
5. type select partition 1, and then press the enter key to select the first partition.
6. type Active letter-C, and then press the enter key to make the current partition active.
7. type assign letter=C, and then press the enter key to assign the drive letter C to the first partition.
8. type Exit, and then press the enter key to exit the diskpart prompt.

Task 3. Deploying the Image using the Apply-Image command.

1. type net use Z: \\172.16.0.200\iso, and then press the enter key. the Enter the user name for '172.16.0.200' message
   is displayed.
2. type the user name of the host computer, and then press the enter key. the enter the password for '172.16.0.200' message
   is displayed.
3. type the password of the host computer, and then press the enter key. the command completed successfully message
   is displayed.
4. type d: \, and then press the enter key to move to the D:\drive.
5. type Dism /Apply-image /imagefile:Z:\win8_64.wim/index:1 /ApplyDir:C:\, and then press the enter key. After 20-25 minutes,
   the opration completed successfully message is displayed.
6. type cd C:\windows\system32. and then press the enter key to switch to the windows\system32 folder of the C: drive of the virtual
   machine.
7. type bcdboot.exe c:\windows, and then press the enter key to setup boot configuration data on the C: drive of the virtual machine.
8. type exit, and then press the enter key to restart the virtual machine. After a few minutes, the License terms screen is displayed.
9. select the I accept button. the personalize screen is displayed.
10. type MyPC in the PC name text box.
11. click the next button. the setting screen is displayed.
12. click the use express setting button. the sign in to you pc screen is displayed.

1. Acme Solutions Inc. is a leading software solution provider company in Australia. The company has its head office in Sydney. James works as the System Administrator in the company. Recently, the company has opened a new office in Sydney. The new office requires 120 new desktops with the Windows 8 OS and the desktop configurations settings that are used in the head office. Therefore, James has captured the image of Windows 8 from a reference computer that is located in the head office and deployed it on all the new desktops. Now, James has been assigned a task to add a driver in the Windows 8 image. James wants to modify the Windows 8 image instead of creating a new image file. What should James do to achieve the same?

To service the image using DISM, James needs to perform the following tasks:
1. Mount an offline WIM image for servicing.
2. Add drivers to an offline image.
3. Commit changes to an offline image.


Task 1: Mounting an Offine WIM Image for Servicing.

1. Switch to the EBDD_CL_Win8 virtual machine.
2. Create a folder named Mount in the C: Drive.
3. press the windows key.
4. type computer.
5. Right-click computer tile, and then select the Map network drive icon.
6. the map Network drive dialog box is displayed.
7. type \\172.16.0.200\ISO in the folder combo box.
8. click the finish button.
9. the windows security dialog box is displayed.
10. type the user name and password of the host computer.
11. click the ok button.
12. close the ISO (\\172.16.0.200)(Z:) and computer windows.
13. press the windows key.
14. type CMD.
15. Right click the command prompt tile.
16. click the Run as Administrator: Command prompt window is displayed.
17. type dism/Get-ImageFile:Z:\Win8_64.win, and then press the Enter key. the operation completed successfully
    message is displayed.
18. type dism/Get-ImageFile:Z:\Win8_64.win/Index:1/MountDir:C:/Mount, and then press the enter key. After a few
    moments, the the opertion completed successfully message is displayed.
19. type DISM /Get-MountedWimInfo, and then press the enter key. the opertion completes successfully message is displayed.


Task 2. Adding Drivers to an Offline Image

1. pressthe windows key.
2. type computer.
3. Right-click the computer tile, and select the map network drive icon.
4. the map network drive dialog box is displayed.
5. Ensure that the Y: drive is displayed in the Drive drop-down list.
6. type \\172.16.0.200\Software in the folder conbo box.
7. click the Finish button.
8. close the software (\\172.16.0.200)(Y:) and computer windows.
9. type Dism /Image:C:\Mount /Add-drive /Drive:Y:\Drivers\sys\Win8_64\PbtMount.inf, and then press the enter key.
   After a few moments, the Opertion completed successfully message is displayed.


Task 3: Committing Change the as Offline Image.

1. Type Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDri:C:\mount\Commit, and then press the enter key. After 5-10 minutes, the oprtion completed
   successfully message is displayed.
2. close the Administrtor:command prompt window.
3. sign out and revert all the virtual machine.
4. Delete the ISO folder from your host computer.