To configure RIS is realy pain... I've searched all the technical web site even in Microsoft but didn't get any reliable info about how to install and configure RIS server. I've windows 2003 installed with SP2. DHCP, DNS, Active Directory and Windows Deployment Service is installed and configured. Now how to use WDS and how to create images or other features & install Windows XP or 2003 on remote clients is realy pain...! That's why I need your expertise to teach me that how can I do this...! Please do help me experts and tell me step by step method to configure RIS. Not even a single web site gives a complete info, so please guide me. I will highly appreciate your guidance.
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Note that WDS is the new version of RIS. If you want RIS, which supports legacy clients such as Windows 2000, then you cannot deploy WDS. RIS does not support Vista or 2008 however.
See this article for RIS:
http://support.microsoft.c
Hi,
to explain a bit more. WDS came with W2003 R2 or when you install SP2 on the server. It replaces original RIS.
The good thing is that in administrative tools you have 2 admin consoles: one is for WDS and one is for WDS (legacy). This "WDS legacy" actually behaves the same way like RIS. So you can use your images of XP, 2000, 2003 easily without need to re-create them or so.
But if you want to use pure WDS, it's much more complicated. You need to create some boot images, OS images and it's not that easy. But it's maybe the only way to deploy Vista.
There is not much to configure about RIS/WDS legacy. You will run the config wizard at the beginning, it will create CD-based image of client OS and that's it.
Now it depends from 99% on the answer files which you can create and use in unattended installation. The process can be fully automated so ideally you will configure RIS the way, that the client will boot his machine from network, enter his credentials and in 1 hour or less (or more) he will have fully installed PC with configured OS, applications and personal settings.
If you don't need to deploy Vista, try to learn RIS first as it's easier, and when familiar with it, jump into WDS (it works completely different way).
We actually use ImageX. It is really easy and does not even require the use of a server. http://www.windowsdevcente
We boot onto a WinPE disk with imagex on there and run it. We have an external drive attached with our images on there. It takes the place of costly tools such as Ghost as Microsoft is giving it away for free with Windows. It works really well, as long as you do not need to image many machines at once. If you do, then I would set up WDS. Honestly, Ghost Solution is probably the best for deploying many machines at once, if you can afford the licensing.
I have configured DNS, DHCP and RIS Legacy and it made the image of Windows XP. Now when I boot from Remote Computer's NIC (PXE) it is getting IP from DHCP server but it gives error like "TFTP Error or File not found error" what are these errors...? What should I do now? Please help me!!! There are 30 Computers waiting to be installed Windows XP. I could have used GHOST but they all Motherboards are from diffrent manufacturers. So please help me
Do you have the clients on the same subnet as the RIS server or is there some router between them?
Also try to pre-create the computer account in AD first. Create the computer account as "managed computer" and enter the correct GUID there (you will find it when you start the client from the network - on a first few lines displayed is the GUID, re-type this one to the dialog box on server - without dashes).
Try if this helps.
If not, check the DHCP options:
option number 60 - value = PXEClient
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by: ScraigfamilyPosted on 2008-03-29 at 07:02:55ID: 21236566
Here is a good article that provides step-by-step instructions on Windows Deployment Services.
http://technet2.microsoft.
I hope this works for you.
Steve