1 Automated Installation Windows Unattended Client PC Setup Vahid Ajimine W.M. Keck Observatory Mentor: Jason Ward Home institution: University of Hawaii at Hilo Akamai Internship Program by CfAO

2 The Problem Takes 3-5 hours to set up an operable PC Solution: Automate this process  Possible Limitations Storage Space Bandwidth Different Hardware Drivers DHCP

3 Plan of Attack Set up a Lab Structure Create the files needed for deployment Test Process Implement method to main server Add software

4 Software Requirements Deployment Software  MDT 2008 (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008) Microsoft User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) 3.0 Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (MACT) 5.0 Window Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) Server  Windows 2003 SP2 with Active Directory  DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) enabled  CD/DVD burning software  LTI (Lite Touch Installation) Lab Software  VPC (Virtual PC)

5 Minimum Hardware Requirements Server  Pentium HT  2gb of RAM  Enough Storage space for: OS (Operating System) source files and images Application files Drivers  DVD/CD Burner Client  800Mhz processor  512MB of RAM  20gb for XP  40gb for Vista

6 Lab Structure Install VPC to Lab Computer Server Setup  Install Windows Server 2003 SP1  Update  Set up a new domain separate and independent from the company New DNS Set as Domain Controller Create a DHCP Lab Computer Lab Server Lab Client

7 Lab Structure cont. Client Setup  Installation of Windows XP pro  Connect and Test Connection with Server computer Software Installation  MDT 2008  WAIK  USMT 3.0  MACT 5.0  Update Lab Computer Lab Server Lab Client

8 Deployment Process Get Source Files Create OS Image Customizing Deployment Deploy OS Applications Driver Files

9 Source Files Deployment Workbench  Create Distribution Share folder OS files Application source files OS Packages Drivers

10 Creating the OS Image Task Sequence 1 Select OS source files Modify Steps to Create OS Image Deployment Point 2 Drivers/ Driver Management Modify LTI Wizard Automate LTI Deployment Deploy Through LTI 3 Create the OS image 1 hour

11 Deployment Similarities  Same process as creating an OS image Differences  Uses the OS Image instead of source files  Uses a different Deployment Share

12 Current Implementation Server Other Observatory Client PCs Prototype Server Target Client PC

13 Test Results Bandwidth  Spikes ~ 60%  Heavy Use ~ 10-15%  Low ~ 0-1% Different hardware  Not an issue with MDT Doesn’t work with Zip Drives Bandwidth Graph Spike- % vs. time (% out of 100Mbps)

14 Test Results cont. Server Storage Requirements  1gb per image  Applications  Drivers Requires DHCP Vista migration made easy 3-5 man-hours vs:  User Interaction 0-15 minutes of user interaction  Net Deployment Time 1-2 hours

15 Acknowledgements W.M. Keck Observatory Akamai Internship Program  Lisa Hunter  Sarah Anderson  Lynne Raschke  Scott Seagroves  Center for Adaptive Optics Jason Ward Internet The Akamai Internship Program is funded by the Center for Adaptive Optic through its National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center grant (#AST )