The LTI deployment infrastructure has now been successfully created, and each location will contain an LTI deployment server, with a replicated copy of:

·     The deployment share

·     The MDT DB

·     The LiteTouchPE_x86 Windows PE environment that has been added to Windows Deployment Services

Now, you can configure the CustomSettings.ini file for the deployment share to use the deployment content (deployment share and database) from its local deployment server, the server that delivers the LiteTouchPE_x86.wim environment through Windows Deployment Services.

When the LiteTouchPE_x86.wim file is delivered from Windows Deployment Services, a registry key is configured with the name of the Windows Deployment Services server you are using. MDT captures this server name in a variable (%WDSServer%) that you can use to configure CustomSettings.ini.

To always use the local LTI deployment server

Note   The following procedure assumes that the deployment share has been created and set as the Deployment$ share.

1.   Click Start, and then point to All Programs. Point to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and then click Deployment Workbench.

2.   In the Deployment Workbench console tree, go to Deployment Workbench/Deployment Shares/deployment_share (where deployment_share is the name of the deployment share to configure).

3.   In the Actions pane, click Properties.

4.   Click the Rules tab, and then modify the CustomSettings.ini file to configure the following properties:

·     For each SQL Server section added, configure SQLServer to use the server name %WDSServer%—for example, SQLServer=%WDSServer%.

·     If configuring DeployRoot, configure DeployRoot to use the %WDSServer% variable—for example, DeployRoot=\\%WDSServer%\Deployment$.

5.   Click Edit Bootstrap.ini.

6.   Configure BootStrap.ini to use the %WDSServer% property by adding or changing the DeployRoot value to DeployRoot=\\%WDSServer%\Deployment$.

7.   Click File, and then click Save to save the changes to the BootStrap.ini file.

8.   Click OK.

The deployment share and LiteTouchPE_x86.wim Windows PE environment need to be updated.

9.   In the Actions pane, click Update Deployment Share.

The Update Deployment Share Wizard starts.

10. On the Options page, select the desired options for updating the deployment share, and then click Next.

11. On the Summary page, verify the details are correct, and then click Next.

12. On the Confirmation page, click Finish.

Listing 15 illustrates CustomSettings.ini after performing the steps outlined in this section.

Listing 15. Sample CustomSettings.ini Configured for Scalable LTI Deployment Infrastructure

[Settings]

Priority=CSettings,CPackages, CApps, CAdmins, CRoles, Default

Properties=MyCustomProperty

 

[Default]

OSInstall=Y

ScanStateArgs=/v:5 /o /c

LoadStateArgs=/v:5 /c /lac

 

[CSettings]

SQLServer=%WDSServer%

Instance=

Database=MDTDB

Netlib=DBNMPNTW

SQLShare=

Table=ComputerSettings

Parameters=UUID, AssetTag, SerialNumber, MacAddress

ParameterCondition=OR

 

[CPackages]

SQLServer=%WDSServer%

Database=MDTDB

Netlib=DBNMPNTW

SQLShare=

Table=ComputerPackages

Parameters=UUID, AssetTag, SerialNumber, MacAddress

ParameterCondition=OR

Order=Sequence

 

[CApps]

SQLServer=%WDSServer%

Database=MDTDB

Netlib=DBNMPNTW

SQLShare=

Table=ComputerApplications

Parameters=UUID, AssetTag, SerialNumber, MacAddress

ParameterCondition=OR

Order=Sequence

 

[CAdmins]

SQLServer=%WDSServer%

Database=MDTDB

Netlib=DBNMPNTW

SQLShare=

Table=ComputerAdministrators

Parameters=UUID, AssetTag, SerialNumber, MacAddress

ParameterCondition=OR

 

[CRoles]

SQLServer=%WDSServer%

Database=MDTDB

Netlib=DBNMPNTW

SQLShare=

Table=ComputerRoles

Parameters=UUID, AssetTag, SerialNumber, MacAddress

ParameterCondition=OR

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