This is a fairly straightforward question arising from a fairly complicated situation. The question is this:
Do I need to configure WDS in Server 2003 when using SCCM 2007 for OS Deployment?
The situation is this:
I'm trying to deploy Windows 7 through SCCM 2007 on a Server 2003 server. I have a Microsoft book that I'm trying to follow, but all the examples use Server 2008. I have the deployment package all ready to go. When I PXE boot the client, it finds the server, but then just sits there, waiting for a response. I installed WDS, but I didn't configure it, because in the book it said, "Once WDS is installed, all configuration settings take place from within Configuration Manager 2007. You do not configure any WDS settings from within the Windows Deployment Services console." However, I don't know if that applies to Server 2003 as well. And if I do have to configure it, will I run into problems since our DHCP server is on a different subnet? (I was hoping to avoid those problems by using SCCM for the deployment, rather than just using WDS.)
I've never done OS deployments before, and I'm kind of learning on the fly. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.
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This is a fairly straightforward question arising from a fairly complicated situation. The question is this:
Do I need to configure WDS in Server 2003 when using SCCM 2007 for OS Deployment?
The situation is this:
I'm trying to deploy Windows 7 through SCCM 2007 on a Server 2003 server. I have a Microsoft book that I'm trying to follow, but all the examples use Server 2008. I have the deployment package all ready to go. When I PXE boot the client, it finds the server, but then just sits there, waiting for a response. I installed WDS, but I didn't configure it, because in the book it said, "Once WDS is installed, all configuration settings take place from within Configuration Manager 2007. You do not configure any WDS settings from within the Windows Deployment Services console." However, I don't know if that applies to Server 2003 as well. And if I do have to configure it, will I run into problems since our DHCP server is on a different subnet? (I was hoping to avoid those problems by using SCCM for the deployment, rather than just using WDS.)
I've never done OS deployments before, and I'm kind of learning on the fly. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.
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