Glenn Bristol
Articles
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Start a USB Deployment
Once you've created your USB boot media, you're ready to deploy your image. To start the deployment, insert the USB drive into the PC that you want to reimage, and restart the device. Note: It may ...
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Create USB Media
It is very important to use a brand name USB drive, like Sandisk, Samsung, PNY, etc... Using a free or generic USB stick has been proven to cause many different issues. The speed of both the Medi...
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Create an Answer File
This article walks through how to create an answer file for use with SmartDeploy deployments, using an image, Platform Packs, and Application Packs via a local network share. For information and he...
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Download an Application Pack
Download an Application Pack from the SmartDeploy Library From the Activities workspace of the SmartDeploy Console, click Deploy Applications, and then click Download Application Packs. Type the...
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Download a Platform Pack
Download a Platform Pack from the SmartDeploy Library From the Activities workspace of the SmartDeploy Console, click Reimage Devices, and then click Download Platform Packs. Type the manufacture...
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Create a Reference Virtual Machine
Note: This article covers the Build Wizard, which creates and imports a bare-metal virtual machine (VM). (ESX and Hyper-V VMs must be manually created without SmartDeploy.) If you already have a VM...
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Client Installation - Manual
Note: If you haven't already done so, please complete the steps in the Create a SmartDeploy Client Installation Package article before you continue. Install the Client Manually Browse to the locati...
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System Requirements
Workstation and Operating System RequirementsFor SmartDeploy Console Host and Client workstation requirements, as well as supported virtualization platforms, please see the SmartDeploy Release Note...
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Step 2: Install the Client
The SmartDeploy Client is a lightweight agent that can be installed manually or as part of deployment. This article describes how to create an MSI package for installing the client manually or by u...
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Can I use a physical reference machine to capture my image?
In short, no.The reason we start from a virtual reference machine with a fresh OS install onto a new, blank virtual hard disk is to keep the resulting image as free from hardware-specific customiza...