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Small WIM File While Capturing 2008 R2 Server OS Reference in a VM

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I've been trying to capture a reference image from a hyper-v VM off a 2008 R2 server OS. It seems I'm able to capture the image, but the WIM file seems very small. Its only about 8MB and that's not right. In SCCM where I imported it under Operating Systems Images and then view properties I see it listed under Select Images You Want To View as 1 - None where as in the past I've seen that section in 2012 R2 list 1-1 and 2-2. Not sure what I am missing here.


I'm running on a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 with Windows ADK 8.1, and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1.


I made the task sequence media ISO in SCCM and then went through the wizard in the 2008 R2 VM to create the WIM file.


I'm trying to see what I may have overlooked or if maybe there is a better way to make this WIM file and get it into SCCM Operating Systems?


Thanks for your suggestions.

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Hi tjwillians74,

 

Were you using a capture media created in SCCM to capture your image?

 

Not exactly sure what is happening in your capture process, but here is a good material of doing a capture if you're unsure.

https://www.windows-noob.com/forums/topic/5070-how-can-i-capture-an-image-using-capture-media-in-configmgr-2012/

 

cheers

ej

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In SCCM 2012 I select the Create Task Sequence Media Wizard, Create Task Sequence Media, Capture Media (Creates media used to capture an OS deployment image from a reference computer), CD/DVD set to create the ISO, select a boot image (anything to look out for here, other than 32 bit or 64 bit?), select an existing distribution point, click next, finish. Once ISO is created, I copy it to where the reference 2008 R2 VMM can attach to it on its virtual drive, and launch the TSMBautorun.

 

Yes, I have gone through that article. :-)

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