Lesson 1: Deploying and Managing Server Images

Question 1

WDS

Answer 1

Windows Deployment Services

performs automated network-based installations based on network-based boot and installation media.

Question 2

What can WDS be used to deploye?

Answer 2

Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, Server 2003, 2012

Question 3

Image File

Answer 3

a snapshot of a computer’s hard drive taken at a particular moment in time.

Question 4

Image Files are also referred to as

Answer 4

install image

Question 5

PXE

Answer 5

Preboot execution environment.
technology that boots computers using the network interface without a data storage device, such as a hard drive or an installed operating system.

Question 6

For client computers to communicate with a WDS server without an operating system, the client computer must have support ____

Answer 6

PXE

Question 7

PXE is pronounced

Answer 7

“pixie”

Question 8

Windows PE

Answer 8

Windows Preinstallation Environment
minimal Windows operating system with limited services.
Used to install an OS over PXE using WDS

Question 9

2 role services of WDS

Answer 9

Deployment Server

Transport Server

Question 10

WDS – Deployment Server component

Answer 10

Provides full functionality of WDS, including an image repository.

Question 11

WDS - Transport Server component

Answer 11

Allows for multicasting, which the deployment server component does not.

Question 12

Network requirements before WDS can be run.

Answer 12

Server must be a member or the DC of the domain
Must have an active DHCP server on the network
Must have an active DNS server on the network
The WDS server has an NTFS file system partition to store images.

Question 13

2 images required to deploy windows via WDS

Answer 13

Boot Image

Install Image

Question 14

WDS - Boot Image

Answer 14

image used to boot the system to start the OS install

Question 15

WDS - Install Image

Answer 15

image used by WDS to install the OS

Question 16

2 types of image formats

Answer 16

Sector based image formats

file-based image formats

Question 17

Sector-based image formats

Answer 17

each sector is stored within the file and each sector is the smallest unit of information. One common example of a disk image is the .ISO file used for a CD image and a DVD image.

Question 18

file-based image formats

Answer 18

each file is the smallest unit. The advantage of using a file-based image is that it is hardware-independent and a file can be referenced multiple times within the file system tree.

Question 19

Advantage of file-based image formats over sector-based image formats

Answer 19

By using a database, the system does not have to open and close several individual files during the data transfer.

Question 20

What file format is used by WDS

Answer 20

WIM

Question 21

WIM

Answer 21

Windows Imaging Format

File format used by WDS

Question 22

Which image format type is WIM

Answer 22

file-based

allows a file structure (folders and files) to be stored inside a single WIM database.

Question 23

Image Group

Answer 23

folder within the image repository of WDS that shares security options and file resources.

Images inherit their group’s security options and file resources

Question 24

Two components of an image group

Answer 24

Res.wim file – contains resources and security options for all images in the group.

.wim file - Each .wim image file in the group

Question 25

Besides using the install images that come on a Windows Installation disk, how do you create an image?

(For example, a customized image?)

Answer 25

Windows Deployment Services Capture Utility

Question 26

Windows Deployment Services Capture Utility

Answer 26

will create an image file and write it to the computer’s drive, which will eventually be copied to the WDS server. You can then use it to be deployed to other computers.

Question 27

If a PC does not support PXE, how can you set it up to boot to a WDS server?

Answer 27

Using a discover image, burned to DVD/CD – boot from that.

Question 28

discover image

Answer 28

image file that you can burn to a CD-ROM or other boot medium. When you boot the client computer using the discover image disk, the computer loads Windows PE, connects to a specified WDS server, and proceeds with the operating system installation process.

Question 29

Unlike other components of Server2012, you can’t use ___ to configure WDS

Answer 29

PowerShell

Question 30

What command do you use to configure WDS, since there isn’t PowerShell support?

Answer 30

wdsutil

Question 31

Answer Files

Answer 31

provide responses to the prompts that would normally appear during the Windows installation. Besides clicking the standard Next button used on most screens, the answer file can also be used to partition and format disk, install additional device drivers, and specify what Windows features to install.

Question 32

System Image Manager (SIM)

Answer 32

a tool used to create and manage unat- tended Windows setup answer files using a graphical interface. SIM can also be used to check answer files.

Question 33

DISM

Answer 33

Deployment Image Servicing and Management
a command-line tool that can be used to service a Windows image or to prepare a Windows PE image. With Dism, you can mount an image offline and then add, remove, update, or list the features, packages, drivers, or international settings stored on that image.