You can replicate the content from the source deployment share to the linked deployment shares in the Deployment Workbench using the Replicate to Linked Deployments Share Wizard. Ensure that sufficient storage exists for the linked deployment share prior to running the Replicate to Linked Deployments Share Wizard, as the wizard does not verify that sufficient storage exists prior to replicating the content.

Note   By default, the linked deployment share is configured to generate 32-bit and 64-bit boot images. Open the linked deployment share in the Deployment Workbench to change this default behavior as described in Open an Existing Deployment Share in the Deployment Workbench.

To replicate content to a linked 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/Advanced Configuration/Linked Deployment Share (where deployment_share is the name of the deployment share where you will add the application).

3.   In the details pane, click linked_deployment_share (where linked_deployment_share is the name of the linked deployment share you want to configure).

4.   In the Actions pane, click Replicate Content.

The Replicate to Linked Deployment Share Wizard starts. The replication process starts automatically and is displayed on the Progress wizard page.

5.   Complete the Replicate to Linked Deployment Share Wizard using the information in Table 68.

Table 68. Information for Completing the Replicate to Linked Deployment Share Wizard

On this wizard page	Do this
Progress	View the progress of the replication process.
Confirmation	Tip   You can click Save Output to save the output of the wizard to a file. You can also click View Script to view the Windows PowerShell scripts used to perform the wizard tasks. Click Finish.

 

Note   If you view the output of the wizard, the replication appears to have occurred twice. However, the replication is actually performed in two passes: The first pass copies new items into the linked deployment share, and the second pass deletes any items that are no longer needed in the linked deployment share.

The Replicate to Linked Deployments Share wizard finishes. The folders and the content you specified in the selection profile in the linked deployment share are replicated from the source deployment share to the target deployment share. Depending on the configuration of the linked deployment share, the folders and content on the target deployment share are merged or replaced.

Related Topics

Manage Linked Deployment Shares