Managing Windows-based Dell Wyse Thin Clients using System Center Configuration Manager Administrator’s Guide October 2020 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 4 About this guide................................................................................................................................................................... 4 SCCM system requirements............................................................................................................................................. 4 SCCM features.
1 Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a system management software by Microsoft to manage large groups of Windows-based computers.
● Windows Deployment Services (WDS)—If enabled, WDS helps to deploy any Windows-related updates. ● Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)—WSUS is also used to enable the Windows-related updates. ● Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK 10)—This is a development kit and you must install this kit on the SCCM server. ● System Center Configuration Manager (version)—This is the console to access SCCM.
2 Imaging Dell Wyse thin clients with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Topics: • • • • Creating driver packages for imaging Preparing the operating system image for capturing Creating capture media task sequence Capturing Windows image from reference system Creating driver packages for imaging Perform the following steps to create a driver package for imaging the thin client: 1. Click Start > All Programs > Microsoft System Center > Configuration Manager Console.
Figure 2. Locate driver NOTE: The driver must be available in the local share path of SCCM. 5. Select the option for duplicate drivers from the Specify the option for duplicate drivers drop-down list. 6. Click Next. 7. On the Driver Details page, select the drivers you want to import.
Figure 3. Driver details 8. If you want to install the selected drivers on your system, select Enable these drivers and allow computers to install them check box. 9. Click Next. 10. On the Add Driver to Packages page, select New Package. The Create Driver Package window is displayed. 11. In the Create Driver Package window, enter the package name, and browse to the network UNC path where you want the Configuration Manager to store the drivers added to the package. Click Ok.
Figure 4. Create driver package 12. Select the packages to which you want to add the driver and click Next.
Figure 5. Select the packages 13. On the Add Driver to Boot Images page retain the default options and click Next. 14. On the Summary page, verify the details, and click Next. 15. After the configuration is complete, click Close. 16. Click Software Library. 17. Expand Overview > Operating System > Driver Packages. 18. Right-click the imported driver package, and select Distribute Content. The Distribute Content wizard window is displayed.
Figure 6. Distribute content 19. On the General page, click Next. Figure 7. Review selected content 20. On the Content Destination page, click Add, and then select Distribution Point from the drop-down list.
Figure 8. Content destination The Add Distribution Points window is displayed. 21. Select the available distribution points, and click Ok. On the Content Destination page, click Next.
Figure 9. Add distribution points NOTE: SCCM uses distribution points to store files needed for packages to run on client computers. These distribution points function as distribution centers for the files used by the package and enable you to download and run files, programs, and scripts when a package is advertised. 22. On the Summary page, verify the details, and click Next. 23. After the configuration is complete, click Close. 24.
Figure 11. Properties 28. In the Properties window, select Drivers, and add the relevant client driver. 29. Click Apply, and then click Yes. 30. Right-click the appropriate boot image, and select Update Distribution Points. 31. In the Update Distribution Points page, click Next and then click Close. 32. Refresh the Boot Images window, and ensure that the Success message is displayed on the Content Status page.
7. To run the complete script, restart the thin client. 8. To open the Services window, press Windows+R, and type services.msc in the Open field. 9. Press Enter. 10. Ensure that the SMS Agent Host service is running. If the service is not active, right-click the service, and click Start. The image in the thin client is ready for capturing. NOTE: If you restart the thin client during capturing, all the Configuration Manager related customizations are reverted.
Figure 13. Media type 6. On the Media Type page, select the media type which you want to use for capturing media. ● To use a removable USB drive for the image deployment, select the Removable USB drive radio button, and from the drop-down list, select the drive. ● To use a CD/DVD set for the image deployment, select the CD/DVD set radio button, and browse to the media file.
Figure 14. Create task sequence media wizard 7. Click Next. 8. On the Boot Image page, browse to the appropriate boot image and distribution point.
Figure 15. Boot image NOTE: You must include Ethernet/ SFP driver in the boot image. You can contact the Dell Wyse support team for the respective driver. 9. Click Next. 10. On the Summary page, verify the details, and click Next. The captured media or ISO is created. 11. After the installation is complete, click Close. 12. Extract and copy the ISO to a removable USB drive. Capturing Windows image from reference system To capture the Windows image from a reference system, do the following: 1.
Figure 16. Image capture wizard 5. On the Image Destination page, browse to any of the following: ● A shared location on the remote network—recommended ● A local USB drive path along with the .wim file name extension Figure 17. Image destination 6. Click Next. 7. On the Image Information page, click Next. 8. On the Summary page, click Finish. The installer takes 5–10 minutes to start the capture process.
image is captured. After the image capture, the .wim file is generated and stored to the location specified in the Capture Wizard page. NOTE: After the image is captured, the reference thin client will not be in the same state as it was before the capture. To bring the reference thin client back to its original state, see msdn.microsoft.com/library/. For a media creation standalone deployment, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\i386, and open the command prompt.
3 Deploying operating system image by using Operating Systems Deployment (OSD) Configuration Manager provides two default boot images. Capture an image of the operating system that you want to deploy by using a task sequence. Distribute the boot image, operating system image, and any related content to a distribution point.
Figure 18. Configuration Manager Properties The thin client is added to the Configuration Manager server. 5. On the Configuration Manager server side, go to Asset and Compliance > Device Collections. 6. Right-click Device Collection and select Create Device Collection.
Figure 19. Create Device Collection 7. In the General page, enter the name of the collection, and from the Limiting collection drop-down list, select All Systems. Figure 20. General 8. Click Next. NOTE: Add a rule when multiple clients are available. For more information about rules, see how to create collections in configuration manager in https://technet.microsoft.com.
Figure 21. Membership Rules 9. On the Summary page, click Next. The selected settings are applied.
Figure 22. Summary page 10. Click Close. 11. In the Devices list, right-click a device, and click Add Selected Items > Add Selected Items to Existing Device collection. Figure 23. Devices 12. In the Device Collections window, select the device to add to the collection, and click OK.
Figure 24. Select device collections Figure 25. Device collections In the Asset and Compliance section, click Device Collections and verify whether the device is added. The Member count is displayed as 1. Importing a captured Windows reference image into Configuration Manager To import a captured Windows reference image into Configuration Manager, do the following: 1. Expand Software Library > Overview > Operating Systems. 2. Right-click Operating System Images, and click Add Operating System Image.
Figure 26. Add operating system image 3. Enter the network path (UNC), and click Next. Figure 27. Data source 4. Enter the necessary information, and click Next. 5. Verify the information that you have provided and click Next. The settings are applied. 6. Click Close. 7. Expand Software Library > Overview > Operating Systems, and select an operating system image.
8. Right-click Distribute Content, and click Next. 9. In the Content Destination section, add a Distribution Point. 10. Select your destination point, and click Next. 11. When the wizard installation is complete, click Close. 12. Refresh the Operating System screen. Ensure that the content status displays Success before proceeding to the next task. Creating task sequence to deploy Windows reference image To create a task sequence, do the following: 1. Expand Software Library > Overview > Operating Systems.
Figure 29. Task sequence information 5. Enter the package name and image index and click Next. The Index number may vary depending on the configuration of your thin client.
Figure 30. Install Windows 6. On the Configure the network page, specify your preferred configuration, and click Next.
Figure 31. Configure network 7. On the Install the Configuration Manager Client page, click Browse, and select Configuration Manager Client Package and then click Next.
Figure 32. Install configuration manager 8.
Figure 33. State migration 9. On the Include Software Updates page, select Do not install any software updates check box, and click Next. 10. On the Install applications page click Next.
Figure 34. Install applications 11. On the Summary page, verify the information that you have provided, and click Next.
Figure 35. Summary page The selected settings are applied. 12. Click Close.
13. Right-click the deployment task sequence, and click Edit.
Figure 36. Task sequence 14. In the Task Sequence Editor window, click Capture Files and Settings. 15. In the Options tab, select the Disable this Step check box and click Apply. 16. Click Install Operating System, and do the following: 17. Click the Properties tab, and add the following command line for mapping the network drive: net use \\IPAddress\share\PrepareOS_WIE10 password /user: domainname\User name NOTE: Copy the PrepareOSPartition.wss file available in the C:\windows\setup folder to the Configura
Figure 37. Mapping DEW 20. Enter the command line to map the network drive of the SCCM Server share where the DEW files are copied. 21. Create cmd scripts execute-DEW-script.cmd and Task-sequence-dew-script.ps1, and copy to the DEW folder in share path. For more information, see Pre-requisites to capture and deploy an operating system. 22. Click Apply and then click OK. 23. Click Install Operating System, and click Add. 24. In the Properties tab, enter DEW_Directory in the Name field.
Figure 38. DEW_Directory 25. Enter cmd.exe /c md C:\DEW\Temp in the Command line field. 26. Click Apply and then click OK. 27. Click Install Operating System, and click Add. 28. In the Properties tab, enter CopyFiles_DEW in the Name field.
Figure 39. Copyfiles_DEW 29. Enter xcopy L:\ C:\DEW_Temp /c /d /e /h /i /k /q /r /s /x /y in the Command line field. 30. Click Apply and then click OK. 31. Click Install Operating System, and click Add. 32. In the Properties tab, enter Invoke_DEW_Script in the Name field.
Figure 40. Invoke_DEW_Script 33. Enter cmd.exe /c "C:\DEW_Temp\execute-DEW-script.cmd" in the Command line field. 34. Type C:\DEW_Temp in the Start in field. 35. Select the Run this step as the following account option and set the account to the domain administrator. 36. Click Apply and then click OK. 37. Click Install Operating System, and click Add. 38. In the Properties tab, enter Restart in Windows PE in the Name field.
Figure 41. Restart in Windows PE 39. Click Apply and then click OK. 40. Click Install Operating System, and click Add. 41. In the Properties tab, enter Mapping in the Name field.
Figure 42. Mapping 42. Enter the command line to map the network drive of the SCCM Server share where the DEW files are copied. 43. Click Apply and then click OK. 44. Click Install Operating System, and click Add. 45. In the Properties tab, enter Format in the Name field.
Figure 43. Format 46. Enter Diskpart.exe /s PrepareOSPartition.wss in the Command line field. 47. Enter K:\ in the Start in field. 48. Click Apply and then click OK. 49. Click Install Operating System, and click Add. 50. Click the Properties tab, and do the following: a. Click the Apply an operating system from a captured image radio button.
Figure 44. Apply Operating System b. Browse to the location where you have placed the image package. c. From the Image index drop-down list, select a value of the image. Ensure that the value is the highest of 1-1, 2-2, 3-3. NOTE: If only a single image exists, then by default the value is displayed as 1-1. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. Select the Use an Unattended or Sysprep answer file for a custom installation check box.
Figure 45. Apply Network Settings 53. Select the Join a workgroup radio button and specify the workgroup name. 54. Click Apply and then click OK. 55. Click Setup Operating System, and click Add. 56. In the Properties tab, enter Setup Windows and Configuration Manager in the Name field.
Figure 46. Setup Windows and Configuration Manager 57. In the Client Package field, browse and select Configuration Manager Client Package. 58. Click Apply and then click OK. Deploying Windows reference image To deploy the Windows reference image, do the following: 1. Right-click the created task sequence, and click Deploy. 2. Specify the collection to which you want to deploy the task sequence, and click Next.
Figure 47. Deploy software wizard 3. On the Specify settings to control how this software is deployed page, select Required from the Purpose drop-down list. 4. To make this task sequence available for software deployment, select Configuration Manager Clients, media and PXE from the drop-down list and click Next.
Figure 48. Deployment settings 5. On the Specify the schedule for this deployment page, click New.
Figure 49. Assignment schedule The Assignment Schedule window is displayed. 6. On the Assignment Schedule window, do one of the following: ● Select the specific time to start the deployment. ● Select the As soon as possible option to deploy the software after you complete the configuration. 7. In Assignment Schedule click OK. 8. On the User Experience page, retain the default options and click Next. 9. On the Alert page, retain the default options and click Next.
Figure 50. User experience 10. On the Distribution Points page, select the Download content locally when needed by running task sequence deployment option, and then select the When no local distribution point is available, use a remote distribution point option and then click Next. 11. On the Summary page, verify the details, and click Next, and then click Close. After the task sequence is complete, the thin client restarts in the Windows pre-installation environment.
Figure 51. Configuration manager properties 12. Deploy the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise reference image. After successful deployment, the thin client automatically logs in using the local user account, and the Dell Wyse scripts run on the destination thin client. The scripts enable the Unified Write Filter, and restarts the thin client.
4 Prerequisites to deploy software applications The following are the prerequisites to deploy the third party software applications: ● The device should be discovered in the Configuration Manager server. ● Disable the write filter. ● Obtain the latest application, and copy it to the local drive on the Configmgr site server's shared location C:\ConfigMgr_packages\apps\. ● The device should be a member of a collection that has a configured maintenance window.
5 Prerequisites to capture and deploy an operating system ● When capturing an operating system image by using capture media task sequence, ensure that the FODPacks folder is not present in the C drive. If there is any FODPacks folder, delete the folder.
A Creating software package for unattended installation You must create a software package for unattended installation. Unattended installation is an automated installation technology that you can use to install or upgrade an operating system with minimal user intervention. NOTE: Copy the C:\windows\setup\sysprep.xml file (for legacy scripts) and C:\windows\setup\tools \sysprep.xml file (for PowerShell ported scripts) with supported images to the \SCCMserver\share-folder location on the Configuration Manage
Figure 53. Information about package 4. Browse to the source folder where you have copied the sysprep files. 5. Click Next. 6. Select Program for device radio button, and then click Next. NOTE: Based on your requirement, you can select any one of the options available on the Program type page.
Figure 54. Program type 7. Enter the package device information, and click Next. 8. Enter the estimated disk space, and click Next.
Figure 55. Estimated disk space 9. Verify the information that you have provided and click Next.
Figure 56. Summary page The settings are applied. 10. Click Close. 11. In the Distribute Content wizard, right-click the software package which you have created, and click Distribute content.
Figure 57. Content destination 12. From the Add drop-down list, select Distribution Point.
Figure 58. Add distribution points 13. In Available distribution points, select the check boxes applicable to the distribution points that host your content, and click OK. 14. Click Next. Figure 59. Content status The content status is displayed in green. It may take a few minutes to complete the distribution process.
