Creating a WinPE image for booting from local media
You can create a WinPE 2.0 or later image file for booting a target server from a locally available WinPE image mounted on a virtual or physical CD-ROM drive or removable media (local boot).
To create the image file, use either the image creation wizard or the BMC Server Automation script, as described in the following sections:
Before you begin
- You must prepare the machine on which images are created. See Preparing a machine for WinPE 2.0 and later image creation.
- If you plan to specify network details for the target server (static IP addresses, WINS server, DNS server) in the image, create a network.ini file. For information, see Creating a network.ini file.
To use the image creation wizard to create the image for local boot
Use the image creation wizard to create the image files for booting from media connected to the target server (local boot).
- Select Configuration > Provisioning Image Creation.
- In the Toolkit Select window, do the following:
- For the following options, provide information as you normally would in creating a WinPE 2.0 and later boot image:
- Image Toolkit Host
- Architecture
- Win AIK Directory Path
- CreateWinPE Script Directory Path
- For Image Type, select one or more of the following:
- ISO Image: Creates an image in ISO format (bootImageName.iso) for booting from media connected to the target server. You can burn this ISO image to CD/DVD or use it directly through iLO (integrated Lights-Out server management technology), virtual CD-ROM, or a mapped network drive.
- UFD Image : Creates an image in UFD format for booting from USB flash drive. The image is a directory with the name bootImageName_UFD; the directory contains the files for booting from a USB flash drive.
For Boot Image Target Directory, type the full path to the directory in which you want the image created, or click Browse
to select a location. Use NSH format for the path. The image creation process uses the name of last directory in the path as the image name. For example: //myComputerHostname/myImageDirectory/boot_2_0_x86Note
Spaces are not supported in the boot image name. (The image creation process considers the last directory in the Boot Image Target Directory Path as the image name.)
- For the following options, provide information as you normally would in creating a WinPE 2.0 and later boot image:
- In the Driver Selection window and Custom Script window, provide information as you normally would in creating a WinPE image. (For information, see Creating WinPE 2.0 and later images using the Image Creation wizard.)
- In the Configuration Details window, do the following:
- Select the network.ini file. (Click Browse.) You would specify this file if the provisioning environment does not contain a DHCP server. For information about this file, see Creating a network.ini file.
This step is optional. If you do not select a file, you can:- Manually copy the file to the root directory of the media (CD, DVD, USB) you use for local provisioning of the server.
- Provide network details during the provisioning of the target server — if there is no DHCP server present in the provisioning environment.
- Accept or change the Application Server IP address and port. (Specify this information if there is no DHCP server present in the provisioning environment.)
- Select Copy to root of ISO/UFD.
- Specify the location of Configuration Components (bmiwin.exe, RSCD agent installers, and operating system driver files) to be copied.
For information about Configuration Details options, see Creating WinPE 2.0 and later images using the Image Creation wizard.
- Select the network.ini file. (Click Browse.) You would specify this file if the provisioning environment does not contain a DHCP server. For information about this file, see Creating a network.ini file.
- Click Finish.
To use the script to create an image for local boot
You can use the CreateWinPE2_x.vbs script to create the image files for booting from media connected to the target server (local boot).
- Create the input file containing image creation parameters. In the file, specify all required parameters and all parameters labelled "Local boot image only." For parameter descriptions and an example script, see Creating the input parameters .ini file.
- Run the CreateWinPE2_x.vbs script as described in Running the CreateWinPE2_x.vbs script.
- Copy the WinPE image file to the media you plan to use for provisioning the target server. See Copying image files to a location for provisioning.
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