1. 14.1 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Introduce Remote Installation Services  Understand the Remote Installation Services process  Configure a RIS server  Customize RIS server properties  Customize RIS client installation options  Create a RIPrep image  Create a RIS boot disk  Verify RIS configuration Goals

2. 14.2 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Remote Installation Service (RIS) enables you to automate operating system installation  Windows 2000  Windows Server 2003  Windows XP Professional  Used to install the operating system on multiple computers simultaneously (Skill 1) Introducing Remote Installation Services

3. 14.3 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  RIS requirements  DHCP server  DNS server - Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003-compliant  Active Directory service Introducing Remote Installation Services (2) (Skill 1)

4. 14.4 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Major components  RIS servers  Information required for the installation, such as computer names, time zone settings, and network settings, is specified on RIS servers  RIS clients  The computers on which the operating system is to be installed Introducing Remote Installation Services (3) (Skill 1)

5. 14.5 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-1 Components of RIS (Skill 1)

6. 14.6 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Services added when RIS is installed on a server  Boot Information Negotiation Layer Service (BINLSVC)  Trivial File Transfer Protocol Daemon (TFTPD)  Single Instance Store (SIS) Introducing Remote Installation Services (4) (Skill 1)

7. 14.7 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Boot Information Negotiation Layer Service (BINLSVC)  Listens for client network requests  Manages the RIS environment  Controls the response to network service requests from RIS clients Introducing Remote Installation Services (5) (Skill 1)

8. 14.8 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Trivial File Transfer Protocol Daemon (TFTPD) service  Manages file transfer requests from RIS clients during a remote installation  Downloads  Initial files such as the bootstrap files  Client Installation Wizard (CIW) Introducing Remote Installation Services (6) (Skill 1)

9. 14.9 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Single Instance Store (SIS) service  Minimizes the disk space required to store the RIS installation images on the RIS server  Tries to link together all files related to the installation  Removes redundant copies Introducing Remote Installation Services (7) (Skill 1)

10. 14.10 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Two types of RIS clients  Computers that support Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) DHCP-based remote boot ROMS  Computers with network cards that the RIS boot disk supports Introducing Remote Installation Services (8) (Skill 1)

11. 14.11 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-2 RIS clients (Skill 1)

12. 14.12 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Client computers that support Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) DHCP-based remote boot ROMS  PXE technology enables computers to start an operating system installation from a remote source (like the RIS server)  PXE architecture enables computers to connect to the network and execute programs by booting directly from a network image Introducing Remote Installation Services (9) (Skill 1)

13. 14.13 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Client computers with network cards that the RIS boot disk supports  If a computer does not support PXE DHCP-based remote boot technology, you can create a RIS boot disk  Use Rbfg.exe to create a RIS boot disk  Rbfg.exe emulates PXE remote boot technology Introducing Remote Installation Services (10) (Skill 1)

14. 14.14 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-3 Creating an RIS boot disk (Skill 1)

15. 14.15 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) RIS-based remote installation process  Step 1: Locating a RIS server for RIS installation  A computer without an operating system should boot from the network  The computer then sends a DHCP discover packet to request an IP address with its GUID or UUID Understanding the Remote Installation Services Process (Skill 2)

16. 14.16 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) RIS-based remote installation process  Step 1: Locating a RIS server for RIS installation  The DHCP server allocates an IP address to the computer  The RIS server sends its IP address to the computer along with the name of the boot file  The system prompts the user to press F12 to start the installation Understanding the Remote Installation Services Process (2) (Skill 2)

17. 14.17 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) RIS-based remote installation process  Step 2: Downloading Client Installation Wizard (CIW)  The selected RIS server checks the pre-staged computer accounts in Active Directory for an account with a matching GUID  The Client Installation Wizard (CIW) is downloaded to the computer  The CIW prompts the user to log on to the network Understanding the Remote Installation Services Process (3) (Skill 2)

18. 14.18 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) RIS-based remote installation process  Step 3: Checking the account  The RIS server checks the account information  The RIS server determines the installation options  If the machine is pre-staged, the GUID/UUID is checked at this time Understanding the Remote Installation Services Process (4) (Skill 2)

19. 14.19 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) RIS-based remote installation process  Step 4: Selecting the operating system image  The user selects the required operating system image  The CIW displays a warning that the hard disk will be reformatted  The remote installation starts Understanding the Remote Installation Services Process (5) (Skill 2)

20. 14.20 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) RIS-based remote installation process  Step 5: Completing installation  CIW confirms the installation settings with the user  If the computer has not been pre-staged and its account is not created in Active Directory, the BINL service creates the computer account  The operating system is fully installed Understanding the Remote Installation Services Process (6) (Skill 2)

21. 14.21 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  There are two steps involved in configuring a RIS server 1.Add the RIS component to the server 2.Run the Remote Installation Services Setup Wizard to install and configure RIS Configuring a RIS Server (Skill 3)

22. 14.22 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-4 Tasks Performed by Remote Installation Services Setup (Skill 3)

23. 14.23 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-5 Installing Remote Installation Services (Skill 3)

24. 14.24 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-6 The Remote Installation Services Setup Wizard (Skill 3)

25. 14.25 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-7 The Friendly Description and Help Text screen (Skill 3)

26. 14.26 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-8 Completing the Remote Installation Services Setup Wizard (Skill 3)

27. 14.27 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  The RIS server can be customized in how it handles client requests  You use the Remote Install tab of the Properties dialog box for the selected server to change the settings Customizing RIS Server Properties (Skill 4)

28. 14.28 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Properties you can modify  Prevent client installation  Select the Do not respond to unknown client computers check box  Stop/start service  Select the Respond to client computers requesting service check box Customizing RIS Server Properties (2) (Skill 4)

29. 14.29 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Properties you can modify  Specify the clients to be serviced  Select the RIS server to service the pre-staged clients (this is useful for load balancing)  Specify how names for new clients will be generated  Set the location where the client accounts Customizing RIS Server Properties (3) (Skill 4)

30. 14.30 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Properties you can modify  Operating system  Platform  Language images for installation Customizing RIS Server Properties (4) (Skill 4)

31. 14.31 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-9 The Remote Install tab (Skill 4)

32. 14.32 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-10 The New Clients tab on the - Remote-Installation-Services Properties dialog box (Skill 4)

33. 14.33 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-11 The Images tab (Skill 4)

34. 14.34 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-12 The Image Properties dialog box (Skill 4)

35. 14.35 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-13 The Computer Account Generation dialog box (Skill 4)

36. 14.36 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  You can customize the Client installation options when a RIS server is configured  Use the Choice Options Properties dialog box to view and modify the RIS installation options for a GPO Customizing RIS Client Installation Options (Skill 5)

37. 14.37 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Installation options  Automatic Setup  Custom Setup  Restart Setup  Tools Customizing RIS Client Installation Options (2) (Skill 5)

38. 14.38 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Automatic Setup  The default installation option  Installation starts as soon as the user logs on  Users will not be prompted for any of the settings  Users can select the operating system images that include the applications they need to install Customizing RIS Client Installation Options (3) (Skill 5)

39. 14.39 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Custom Setup  Users can override the computer name  Users can specify the location for the client account generated by the RIS server Customizing RIS Client Installation Options (4) (Skill 5)

40. 14.40 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Restart Setup  Saves users time if there is an incomplete setup attempt  When setup starts again, users are not prompted for any values they already entered Customizing RIS Client Installation Options (5) (Skill 5)

41. 14.41 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Tools  Allows users to use troubleshooting tools before the operating system has been installed  Typical troubleshooting tools  System BIOS flash updates  Memory virus scanners Customizing RIS Client Installation Options (6) (Skill 5)

42. 14.42 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-14 RIS Group Policy (Skill 5)

43. 14.43 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-15 The Choice Options dialog box (Skill 5)

44. 14.44 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  RIPrep images  Compressed form of the operating system and applications images  They are different from the default CD-based image  CD-based images enable you to install only the basic operating system without any applications  CD-based images provide settings defined by a standard unattended answer file Creating a RIPrep Image (Skill 6)

45. 14.45 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  RIPrep images  Include various applications and desktop settings  Useful in situations in which different users require different set of applications  Files associated with each image are never duplicated  A RIS install requires more time as it is a full install Creating a RIPrep Image (2) (Skill 6)

46. 14.46 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Creating a RIPrep image using the RIPrep tool 1.Install the operating system and all necessary applications and configure the required desktop settings on a computer 2.Copy the Administrator profile to the default user profile and allow all users to use it 3.Test the image 4.Create a RIPrep image of this computer and store the image on a RIS server Creating a RIPrep Image (3) (Skill 6)

47. 14.47 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  During image creation, the system performs several tasks  Verifies the version of Windows  Analyzes partitions  Copies partition information  Copies files to the server  Copies and updates Registry information  Shuts down the computer Creating a RIPrep Image (4) (Skill 6)

48. 14.48 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Answer files  Are.sif files associated with both CD-based images and RIPrep images  Contain the answers to the various prompts that a user receives during a normal installation  Access to RIPrep images can be controlled by setting permissions for the associated.sif files  This ensures that a user selects the correct image Creating a RIPrep Image (5) (Skill 6)

49. 14.49 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-16 The Remote Installation Preparation Wizard (Skill 6)

50. 14.50 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-17 The Server Name screen (Skill 6)

51. 14.51 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-18 Specifying a folder in which to store the RIPrep image (Skill 6)

52. 14.52 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-19 Specifying a description and help text for the image (Skill 6)

53. 14.53 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-20 Viewing a summary of the RIPrep settings (Skill 6)

54. 14.54 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  If your computer does not have a PXE DHCP-based boot ROM, you must create a RIS boot disk before you can use RIS  The RIS boot disk supports certain network cards  If the network cards or the chipsets of the RIS clients are supported by the RIS boot disk, a RIS-based installation can be performed on them  You use the Remote Boot File Generator (Rbfg.exe) utility to create the RIS boot disk Creating a RIS Boot Disk (Skill 7)

55. 14.55 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-21 The Supported Adapters dialog box (Skill 7)

56. 14.56 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-22 The Microsoft Windows Remote Boot Disk Generator dialog box (Skill 7)

57. 14.57 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-23 The Microsoft Windows Remote Boot Disk Generator message box (Skill 7)

58. 14.58 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-24 RISDISK (Skill 7)

59. 14.59 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  You may need to verify the RIS server when it is not servicing RIS client requests properly  You use the Check Server Wizard to verify the configuration of RIS Verifying RIS Configuration (Skill 8)

60. 14.60 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS)  Check Server Wizard  Tests the settings of the RIS server  Records and fixes (if possible) any problems with the BINL, SIS, or TFTPD services in the event log  Displays a summary of the RIS configuration  Does not validate the RIPrep images stored on the server Verifying RIS Configuration (2) (Skill 8)

61. 14.61 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-25 The Check Server Wizard (Skill 8)

62. 14.62 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-26 The Remote Installation Services Verification Complete screen (Skill 8)

63. 14.63 © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. Exam 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Lesson 14: Implementing Remote Installation Services (RIS) Figure 14-27 Starting RIS and authorizing DHCP (Skill 8)