When I install servers I like to have a second drive to put data on. In this case we created servers based on ESXi so I created a single disk for the operating system (Windows 2008 R2) and a separate second disk for the data. When deploying via WDS/MDT the OS is installed on the first disk but the second disk had to be formatted and I had to assign a drive letter manual.
Archive for Automation Manager
RES Automation Manager, server installations and automated diskpart
Category: Automation Manager, Citrix, MDT, Microsoft |
Tags: Automation Manager, Diskpart, MDT, RES Software
Add Computers Automatically into the MDT Database with Powershell and RES Automation Manager
Yesterday I was at a customer who uses WDS, MDT in combination with RES Automation Manager to roll out Windows 7 workstations. We created a database in MDT to store the serial number, the mac address and the host name of a machine. This is used when deploying a workstation so the sys admins don’t have to fill in the computer name during deployment. One of the sys admins asked me if we could automate the action of putting the data in the MDT database so when a new machine is deployed it registers in the database without interaction.
Category: Automation Manager, MDT, Microsoft |
Tags: Automation Manager, Database, MDT, Powershell, RES Software
Change CDrom drive letter with PowerShell
Here’s just a little Powershell script to change the CDrom drive letter to another drive letter, most customers use a standardized drive letter for this type of drive.
Category: Automation Manager, Microsoft |
Tags: Automation Manager, Microsoft, Powershell, RES Software
