SCCM : Deploying Windows 7 on a VMware ESX environment ( howto )
Hi ,
Did you ever wanted to build a reference image of your physical workstations onto your VMware ESX environment ( yes , some customers have a firm grip on vmware …) so that people could play around ?
In my previous post , I explained already on how to perform this for Vmware workstation and the process isn’t that much different. see
http://scug.be/blogs/sccm/archive/2009/04/20/sccm2007-osd-customising-your-task-sequence-for-building-a-client-os-on-your-vmware-workstation-6-0-or-later.aspx
Well , I have a lot of customers demanding for this scenario as well and here is how you get started :
Prerequisite: Make sure that you have at least ESX 3.5 update 5 !
Step 1 : Download the drivers of the “Intel PRO Network adapter” from the Intel site ( www.intel.com)
Step 2 : Copy the drivers to a folder from the extracted VMware tools on your SCCM Primary server & import those drivers into the driver database . Make sure to assign a category to it .It could be perfectly VMware like in the example below.
Step 3 : When done , alter your Windows 7 deployment task sequence and add a “auto apply driver step”
Step 4 : Limit the driver scope to the Vmware category earlier defined as shown below.When done , click OK.
Step 5 : Make sure that your settings in your VMware are representing the following settings.
For Windows 7 32 bit :
For Windows 7 64 bit :
Step 6 : Once done , you boot your machine in PXE and start staging . That's it . However do not forget to add your VMWARE Tools into your tasksequence .
Hope it Helps ,
Kenny Buntinx