NOTE Since you specified the creation of a 10GB partition in your unattend file, the server must
have at least a 10GB hard drive for the partition creation to be successful.
CHAPTER SUMMARY
The ability to automate the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2008 can make
or break a Windows Server 2008 rollout strategy for many organizations. Windows Deployment
Services is an excellent in-box solution that can ease deployment of Windows Server
2008 in your organization by providing a mechanism for managing various Windows
Server configurations and loading them over the network. Although significant improvements
have been made in both functionality and performance of WDS when compared to
RIS, the end-to-end process of loading, installing, and then configuring your server through
WDS is still fairly lengthy when compared to some other third-party imaging solutions.
That said, although the entire process can be lengthy, it can also be fully automated, so while
the duration may be long, the actual effort required by you, or whoever will be loading the
Figure 5-21. Selecting the unattend file for the Windows Server 2008 image
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images onto your servers, is minimal. This will work well in many organizations: You can
start loading images onto your servers and do other things while the images load. When
you return, all your servers will be completely set up and ready for any post-installation
tasks.
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