VHD filename path

Specifies the path to the folder where the .vhd file will be created and can contain one of the following value:

·     Random. This value specifies that the task sequence step will automatically create a unique folder and .vhd file name. The task sequence step automatically places the .vhd file in the folder.

·     vhd_path. In this case, vhd_path is the path to the folder where you want the task sequence step to create the .vhd file, including the name of the .vhd file.

The default value for this setting is Random.

Diff filename

Specifies the file name for a differencing VHD file:

·     Random. This value specifies that the task sequence step will automatically create a unique folder and file name for the differencing .vhd file.

·     vhd_path. In this case, vhd_path is the path to the folder where you want the task sequence step to create the differencing .vhd file, including the name of the .vhd file.

·     Blank. In this case, no differencing .vhd file is created.

The default value for this setting is blank, which indicates that no differencing .vhd file is created.

VHD size

Specifies the capacity of the .vhd file, which can be specified in megabytes or as a percentage of the available disk space.

Dynamically expanding

This option creates a dynamically expanding .vhd file, which will physically increase in size as more data is stored in the .vhd file. The other option is Fixed size. This setting is the default selection.

Fixed size

This option creates a fixed sized .vhd file, which is created as the size specified in VHD size and does not automatically grow in size. The other option is Dynamically expanding, which is the default selection.

Retrieve the destination drive for the VHD file from a variable

This specifies the task sequence variable name used to designate the destination drive for the task sequence variable. You can specify any valid task sequence variable in this setting. The default value is the VHDTargetDisk task sequence variable. For more information on the VHDTargetDisk task sequence variable, see the VHDTargetDisk property in the in the MDT document Toolkit Reference.

Assign the disk index created from the VHD to a variable

This setting specifies the task sequence variable name used to designate the disk index to be used in deploying the operating system. You can specify any valid task sequence variable in this setting. The default value is the OSDDiskIndex task sequence variable. For more information on the OSDDiskIndex task sequence variable, see the OSDDiskIndex property in the in the MDT document Toolkit Reference.