Install Guide

Installing Windows ADK 8.1 for OS Prep for

Windows

You need to perform the following configuration tasks before using ASM to deploy Windows OS.

NOTE: You should use Microsoft ADK 8.1 installed in the default location. Make sure to install all options during ADK

installation process.

1. Create a Windows .iso that has been customized for use with ASM using ADK and build-razor-winpe.ps1 script. You need to

locate the appropriate drivers for your server hardware or virtual machines for the operating system you are trying to install.

For Dell hardware, drivers can be obtained from support.dell.com. For other vendors such as VMware, follow the instructions

from the manufacturer to locate the correct drivers. During .iso customization it is updated to include the drivers required for

VMware virtual machine VMXnet3 NICs, any other drivers specific to your hardware, and customizations for use with ASM.

This allows you to support operating system deployment through ASM of Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, or Windows 2012

R2 to virtual machines or bare-metal servers. For more information see, Creating WinPE Image and Updating Install Media for

Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2

2. Create a Windows repository and copy Windows installation media (customized Windows .iso from step 1) on ASM appliance.

Ensure that the build directory has space available for the working build files, and the final .iso file that is created. It is

recommended to have enough space available for approximately three times the size of the .iso file. For more information, see

Adding OS Image Repositories

NOTE: Approximately four times the .iso size space (approximately 25 GB) is required to perform .iso processing on

the ADK machine.

Creating WinPE Image and Updating Install Media for Windows 2008

R2, Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2

You should have Windows Assessment and Deployment toolkit that contains the Windows PE environment used to automate the

Windows installer installed in the DEFAULT location on a Windows machine. Licensing for Windows PE requires that you build your

own customized WinPE WIM image containing the required scripts.

To create customized Windows.iso image for Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, and Windows 2012 R2:

1. Create a build folder on your ADK machine. For example, ADK machine build directory may be “c:\buildpe”.

2. Within this build folder create a directory called “Drivers”.