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OS Deployment

1. What are the Operating Systems supported by OS Deployer?

Work station OS

Windows 11
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Server OS

Server OS

Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003

2. What are the ports used by OS Deployment?

Websocket port - 8443(HTTPS), 8444(HTTP)
PXE port - 69, 4011

3. Does OS Deployment support Windows Surface Pro?

Yes, OS imaging and deployment is supported on Windows Surface Pro machines.

4. Why is WinPE media required?

WinPE media is required to boot the machines in to Windows Pre-installation environment to perform deployment and offline imaging.

5. Which versions of WinPE media are supported for OS Imaging and Deployment?

Windows PE 10.0 Media - Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Windows PE 5.0 Media - Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Windows PE 4.0 Media - Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008
Windows PE 3.0 Media - Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, & Windows Server 2008
Windows PE 2.0 Media - Windows Vista, Windows Sever 2008, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

6. What are the WinPE architectures does OS Deployment support?

OS Deployment supports only X86 and X64 WinPE architecture.

7. How is OS Deployment Licensed?

OS Deployment supports machine based licensing, that is the number of workstation and server machines on which you want to perform deployment. Here the licenses are tied to the machine's MAC address and once you purchase a license for a machine, you can perform any number of deployments on that machine. Depending on the operating system, you need to have either a workstation or a server license. E.g., to perform deployment on 100 workstation machines, you need to purchase 100 workstation licenses.

8. We have Dell and HP machines in our organisation. Does OS deployment support deployment of image on dissimilar hardware?

Yes, you can deploy images on dissimilar hardware as hardware-independent imaging is supported in OS deployment.

9. How to delete a driver repository?

A driver repository is used to store the drivers which are collected during image creation process. You can delete the repository from the product console itself. However, the repository will get deleted only in the UI and the drivers in the network share has to be manually deleted by the user. It is always required to have at least one configured driver repository to store the automatically collected drivers.

10. When will the driver repositories get synced?

All driver repositories will get synced every 4 hours.

11. Where will the applications be replicated for remote office deployments?

The applications required for remote office deployment will be replicated automatically to the Endpoint Central Distribution Server installed location (<DesktopCentral_DistributionServer installed location>\replication\osdrepository) in the Distribution Server computer.

12. Where will the drivers be replicated for remote office deployments?

The drivers required for remote office deployment will be replicated automatically to the driver repository available in the remote office.

13. How to copy an image from one image repository to another?

Currently, the image has to be manually copied from one repository to another. After copying the image to a new repository, you have to modify the repository path in the image details. To modify the repository, select the image and view the image details. Here, near the image repository, select the edit icon to modify the repository path.

14. How does OS Deployer activate the Windows license?

OEM license: If the Windows OS version of the image is the same as the OEM license, then the license will be automatically activated.
Volume-based license: Let us assume you've created an image by imaging a machine with a volume-based license. Depending on the availability of the license, if you deploy it to another machine the license will be automatically activated.

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