How do i create a wds image

You will create a new capture image by right-clicking on an existing boot image and then selecting Create Capture Image option see the following figure. The Create Capture Image Wizard will start. You should customize them to make it clear that this is a capture image rather than a normal boot image.

I am going to show you a little shortcut. The wizard will lead you to think that you should create the new WIM file in a temporary location and then add it again in a later step.

I feel like that is a bit of wasted effort. Instead, I recommend that you simply create the new capture image file in the image store location for boot images. That will eliminate the additional step. The screen in the following figure will appear when the image creation has completed successfully. This option is used when you have created the capture image in another location and want to add it to the correct location.

Returning to the WDS console, you can right-click on you server and select Refresh. Browse into Boot Images and you should see your new capture image. This is a new WIM file that is independent of the source boot image and consumes disk space. You will need to remember to update this capture image with any new driver packages that you add from this point on. Remember that you may also need to have bit and bit capture images. You will now use this capture image to boot up the reference machine and capture the generalized image.

When you boot into the capture image, the Image Capture Wizard will start. The image is used to create a capture image. Creating a capture image: Follow the steps below to have this done. Note: In this Window, you can do a lot of stuff as you can see below. Here we just want to create a Capture Image. Enter the image a name and a description as well. Now we have successfully created a capture image. Now we can see the captured file in the RemoteInstall location as shown below.

Next, you will have to upload this image to WDS. This can be done by following the steps below. In the Image Meta data window, click on Next — You can add a descriptive name in your environment.

As we can see on the WDS console, under the boot images, the Capture image we created has been uploaded successfully. Once you have boot images in place, your first step to capturing an image is to create a Capture boot image. The Capture boot image creates a boot environment that will allow you to create an Install image.

In this example, you create a Capture image for Windows Server Adding a Boot Image Although the most trivial of all the actions, this is the most crucial, since without having any boot images on your WDS server, you cannot create any other type of image.

Open the Windows Deployment Services console. Expand your server on the left pane and right-click the Boot Images folder. Choose Add Boot Image. Enter or browse to the sources folder path on the Windows Server installation media where boot.

Review the Summary page, and click Next.