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Altiris on Windows Server 2008 R2 with HP G7 servers.

by DeploymentSwede | Mar 25, 2011 | Deployment | 2 comments

Yesterday we set up an Windows Server 2008 R2 on a HP DL380 G7 to run Symantec Altiris for deployment. However, whatever we did, it just didn’t work! The computers couldn’t PXE-boot. After a lot of googling and testing, we finally found the problem: On the...

Install Java and Disable Java Auto Update

by DeploymentSwede | Feb 20, 2011 | Deployment | 4 comments

Java has become a little bit of a nightmare to deploy and looking for answers on Google doesn’t make you much wiser since people states all kinds of things in different forums. Therefore, I’m going to make my best to clarify how it works in Java 6 (1.6.0). Previous...

Using MDT with XenServer as Hypervisor

by DeploymentSwede | Feb 18, 2011 | Deployment | 4 comments

On my thread about deployment on virtual hosts, someone wondered if it works on the Xen Hypervisor, the answer is… no. MDT is not able to detect XenServer as an Hypervisor. However… there’s another way get it work: Execute the following command on a...

Automatically/silent deploy Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2

by DeploymentSwede | Feb 17, 2011 | Deployment, Windows | 9 comments

Yesterday Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.  SP1 does not present any major challenges in deployment. However, here’s a short guide to how-to deploy it using silent install switches: Downloading SP1 stand alone installer...

Customizing rules for Virtual Machines in MDT 2010

by DeploymentSwede | Feb 11, 2011 | Deployment, Virtualization | 0 comments

If you’re going to deploy servers using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010(MDT 2010) you might want to add some special settings for virtual machines (VMs). For XenServer, check this post.  You can add a lot of useful settings in each Task Sequence but if you’re...
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