Launching a Test Deployment via a Test Project

After you have configured your OSD Manager and all other requirements you can start by creating a test project. A test project is a fully built project that can be installed on target as a dry run. It is like a ghost and its objects are real OSD objects that can be reused by other projects later on.

1. Go to the OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Configuration node.
2. Select an entry in the table and then click Properties .
3. Click Create New Test Project at the bottom of the window.
    The Create a New Test Project window appears.
4. Enter the subnet mask for the targets of this test project into the Scope field, for example,192.168.1.*. . Make sure this subnet includes your test device.
5. Click OK .
6. The build process is launched and the focus of the console is moved to the OSD Dashboard .
7. You can follow the build process in the first lines above the table. The project is finished when the Build Status Build completed successfully. appears.
8. If an error message is shown instead you need to return to your configurations and correct the issue encountered during the build.
9. Then relaunch the test project build from step 2.
10. After the build is successfully done, boot a device within your scope with PXE activated.
11. The device will "install" the project without actually making any modifications.InformationYou can follow the actual process and the results on the Dashboard .