How to Create the Windows Image Server (Browser Interface)

After you set up the Windows RIS server, you must create a component for the server in your SPS environment. Follow these steps to create the component in the SPS browser user interface.

Steps

1. Log in to the SPS browser interface.

2. In the Common Tasks section of the browser interface main window, selelct OS Provisioning.

   The OS Provisioning page is displayed.

3. On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Create in the Windows Image Servers section.

4. On the Plans Details page, click Run.

   The WindowsServer-create plan details page is displayed.

5. Choose variables to use for this plan.

   • To use an existing variables set, select a name from the drop-down menu in the Variable Settings row of the Plan Parameters table.

   • To create a new variables set, click Select from List in the Variable Settings column of the Plan Parameters table.

     1. Click Create Set.

     2. Type a name for the variables set.

     3. Verify variables and change them, if needed.

        The image server component has only a few variables, most of which you are unlikely to change. For a list of those variables and their default values, see Windows Image Server Component Variables.

     4. To change a variable setting, click the check box for the variable.

        A check mark is displayed in the box, and a text field is displayed. Enter the new variable value in the text field.

     5. Save the variables set.

     6. Select the variables set that you just saved from the drop-down menu in the Variable Settings row of the Plan Parameters table.

   • If you want to use another component's variable settings, click Import Set From Component.

     The Import Variable Settings window displays.

     1. If necessary, navigate to the Folder that contains the component with the variable settings you want to import.

     2. Select the component version.

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        Note –

        Variable settings can vary between component versions. Ensure that the current components and the component from which you want to import variable settings share common variables. If the component from which you want to import variable settings does not share common variables with the component you want to use in your plan, the variable settings are not imported.

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     3. Click Import Variable Settings.

        The variables settings are imported, and are displayed in the table.

     4. On the Plan Details Run page, select the variable settings that you imported from the Variable Settings drop-down list, then click Select.

   • If you want to use component variable settings that are stored in a file, follow these steps.

     1. In the Import Sets from File text field, enter the path to the variable settings file that you want to use.

        To browse through the file system to find the appropriate file, click the Browse button.

     2. Click Import.

        The variables settings are imported, and are displayed in the table.

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        Note –

        If the file from which you want to import variable settings does not share common variables with the component you want to use in your plan, the variable set is not imported.

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     3. On the Plan Details Run page, select the variable settings that you imported from the Variable Settings drop-down list, then click Select.

6. In the Target Host field, specify the host created in the N1 SPS Master Server for the Windows RIS server you created in How to Set Up the Windows RIS Server.

7. Type the password for the Active Directory user in the text field in the Plan Variables section.

   Type the password in clear text only. Ensure that your password selection meets all Window password requirements. See the Microsoft documentation for more information.

8. Click Run Plan (includes preflight).

   The plan performs the following tasks.

   • The Windows RIS server component is created on the Master Server.

   • The N1ospRisUtil directory is created on the Windows RIS server in the directory that is specified in the installPath variable. This directory contains the following subdirectories.

     • N1ospScripts

     • N1ospTemplates

     • N1ospTools

     • SampleOSCFiles

     • SampleSIFFiles

9. To verify that the Windows RIS server is created successfully, click the Hosts link in the left side of the provisioning server window.

   You should see the name of the virtual host appended with -windows. For example, if you installed on host masterserver, the virtual host is masterserver-windows.