Administrator Guide
Imaging Wyse thin clients with Conguration
Manager
This section explains how to capture, import, and deploy an OS image to supported Wyse thin clients running Dell Wyse Enhanced WES7
(32–bit and 64–bit) OS in a Conguration Manager environment.
Imaging includes the following phases (in order):
1 Phase 1: Capturing an OS Image from a Reference thin client
2 Phase 2: Importing the Captured OS Image (WIM File) into the Conguration Manager Server
3 Phase 3: Deploying the OS Image to the Destination Client Using the Operating Systems Deployment (OSD) Task Sequence
NOTE:
1 The steps included in this section are for administrators who are familiar with OS imaging and the Conguration Manager usage.
2 BEFORE YOU BEGIN: If you are planning for Multilingual User Interface Deployments for WES7, see Localization Requirements:
Multilingual User Interface (MUI) before you begin.
Topics:
• Phase 1: Capturing OS image from reference thin client
• Phase 2: Importing captured OS image (WIM le) into Conguration Manager server
• Phase 3: Deploying OS image to destination client using Operating Systems Deployment (OSD) task sequence
Phase 1: Capturing OS image from reference thin
client
The reference image must be captured as a Microsoft Windows Imaging (WIM) format le, so that it can be deployed with Conguration
Manager 2012 R2 Server. To capture an image in WIM format follow the steps given below.
Step 1: Prepare the Reference Thin Client for image capture
NOTE
:
To prepare a reference Dell Wyse Enhanced WES7 image, it is recommended to start with a newly imaged thin client, make any
customizations to the build you want, and then make the build ready for the Conguration Manager Image capture.
1 Be sure the thin client that you want to use as a reference thin client, is running the image you want.
2 Boot the thin client. For security, the thin client will automatically log on using the User account.
3 Log o, and log on as an “Administrator” user. Use the Logo button (Start > Log o) to log o the current desktop while holding
down the SHIFT key until the Log On window displays. Log on as an Administrator (Default Username is Administrator and default
case-sensitive Password is DellCCCvdi).
4 Disable the File-Based Write Filter by double-clicking the FBWF Disable (red) icon on the desktop (this disables the File-Based Write
Filter and reboot the system).
5 If automatic logon to a user desktop is enabled, you must log o the user desktop and log on as an Administrator (as you did in point 3
of step 1).
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