8 Replies Latest reply on Dec 20, 2018 5:39 AM by abnranger6789

Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

Richards2 Jun 23, 2017 7:02 AM

Hi All ,

we are just looking at rolling out windows 10 using out new core, our plan for provisioning is to have, out windows 10 image, then update to the latest feature pack during provisioning.

there is a system configuration option for windows 10 update, where you point it to the latest ISO and it works. The problem being it expecting a UNC Path. it there anyway of getting this to use the preferred server (as there is no preferred server option mentioned)

1. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

bcstring Jun 23, 2017 7:20 AM (in response to Richards2)

The deploy image action will automatically try to locate the specified image on a preferred server before going back to source. You just need to make sure the share paths are the same. For example if the source location is \\source\images\image.wim, then the UNC path on the preferred server must be \\preferred\images\image.wim.

Bryce
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2. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

Richards2 Jun 23, 2017 7:26 AM (in response to bcstring)

Hi Bryce, i understand that for the deploy image actions (which mentions about the prefered server config), but this is for the "Update windows 10" actions in the system configuration stage (mentions nothing about preferred servers. i can map a preferred server through a map to preferred server, but i cant use it for the "update windows 10 action" as it requires a UNC path rather than a mapped drive
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3. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

bcstring Jun 23, 2017 11:02 AM (in response to Richards2)

Richards2,
I have confirmed that it should look for the ISO file on both Peer and Preferred Servers before downloading from Source. That is not made apparent in the UI, but it does happen. You have to turn on the XTrace logging reg key for it to be logged on the client machine.
Thanks,

Bryce.
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4. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

Richards2 Jun 26, 2017 4:27 AM (in response to bcstring)

ok brilliant , thanks
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5. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

DKWAK Aug 22, 2017 2:27 PM (in response to bcstring)

Does this work for Windows 7 to Windows 10 or only 10->10?

Also what command line is being used? If you have encryption you may need to adjust the command line to handle encrypted devices?
like for McAfee EEPC we have to run "setup.exe" /auto upgrade /noreboot /ReflectDrivers "C:\Program Files\McAfee\Endpoint Encryption\OSUpgrade"
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6. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

arozalski Oct 2, 2017 8:25 AM (in response to Richards2)

Hi all, i have a questions, what option do you use to deploy using an ISO not wim file.
We use a wim at the moment for win7 and doing some testing on win10 but i want to get away from using a gold/static image file for imaging.
Thanks
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7. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

DKWAK Oct 2, 2017 8:35 AM (in response to arozalski)

The problem I found was there was no easy way to Mount the ISO natively in the Windows 7 world. So you can copy the file locally but then will need some tool to extract it and run the commands you need to perform your install. I now use 7-Zip to extract a 7z file of the install folder structure and then run my install commands. thinking about it now I probably could have used 7-Zip to extract the ISO.
So you can copy the file locally to Sdmcache but then will need some tool to extract it and run the commands you need to perform your install. I now use 7-Zip to extract a 7z file of the install folder structure and then run my install commands. thinking about it now I probably could have used 7-Zip to extract the ISO.
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8. Re: Update windows 10 during provisioning from preferred server

abnranger6789 Dec 20, 2018 5:39 AM (in response to Richards2)

Hi did you ever got to work upgrading from W7 to W10? If so, did you use the Windows 10 upgrade action? Appreciate any insight on this,thanks in advance.
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