Step 4-2: Start the Reference Computer with the LTI Bootable Media

Start the reference computer (WDG-REF-01) with the LTI bootable media you created earlier in the process. The LTI bootable media starts Windows PE on the reference computer and initiates deployment. At the end of the MDT deployment process, Windows 8 is deployed on the reference computer.

Note You can use a 32-bit boot image to deploy both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems; however, a 64-bit boot image can only be used to deploy 64-bit operating systems.

You could also initiate the process by starting the target computer from Windows Deployment Services. For more information, see the section, Preparing Windows Deployment Services, in the MDT document, Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.

To start the reference computer with the LTI bootable media

1. Start WDG-REF-01 with the LTI bootable media you created earlier in the process.

Windows PE starts, and then the Windows Deployment Wizard starts.

2. Complete the Windows Deployment Wizard using the information in Table 9. Accept the default values unless otherwise specified.

Table 9. Information for Completing the Windows Deployment Wizard

On this wizard page	Do this
Welcome	Click Run the Deployment Wizard to install a new Operating System.
Credentials	1. In User Name, type Administrator. 2. In Password, type P@ssw0rd. 3. In Domain, type MDT2012. 4. Click OK.
Task Sequence	Click Deploy Windows 8 to Reference Computer, and then click Next.
Computer Details	In Computer name, type WDG-REF-01, and then click Next.
Move Data and Settings	Click Next.
User Data (Restore)	Click Next.
Locale and Time	Click Next.
Capture Image	Click Capture an image of this reference computer, and then click Next.
Ready	1. Click Details to view the information provided in the wizard. 2. Click Begin.

To monitor the reference computer deployment process, complete the following steps on WDG-MDT-01

1. On WDG-MDT-01, 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/MDT Deployment Share (C:\DeploymentShare$)/Monitoring.

3. In the details pane, view the deployment process for WDG-REF-01.

4. In the Actions pane, periodically click Refresh.

The status of the deployment process is updated in the details pane. Continue to monitor the deployment process until the process is complete.

5. In the details pane, click WDG-REF-01.

6. In the Actions pane, click Properties.

The WDG-REF-01 Properties dialog box is displayed.

7. In the WDG-REF-01 Properties dialog box, on the Identity tab, view the monitoring information provided about the deployment process as described in Table 10.

Table 10. Monitoring Information About the Deployment Process

Information	Description
ID	Unique identifier for the computer being deployed.
Computer Name	The name of the computer being deployed.
Deployment status	The current status of the computer being deployed; the status can be one of the following: · Running. The task sequence is healthy and running. · Failed. The task sequence failed, and the deployment process was unsuccessful. · Completed. The task sequence has finished. · Unresponsive. The task sequence has not updated its status in the past four hours and is assumed to be nonresponsive.
Step	The current task sequence step being run.
Progress	The overall progress of the task sequence. The progress bar indicates how many task sequence steps have been run out of the total number of task sequence steps.
Start	The time the deployment process started.
End	The time the deployment process ended.
Elapsed	The length of time the deployment process has been running or took to run if the deployment process has finished.
Errors	The number of errors encountered during the deployment process.
Warnings	The number of warnings encountered during the deployment process.
Remote Desktop	This button allows you to establish a remote desktop connection with the computer being deployed using the Windows Remote Desktop feature. This method assumes that: · The target operating system is running and has remote desktop support enabled · mstsc.exe is in the path Note This button is always visible but may not be able to establish a remote desktop session if the monitored computer is running Windows PE, has not completed installation of the target operating system, or does not have the Remote Desktop feature enabled.
VM Connection	This button allows you to establish a remote desktop connection to a VM running in Hyper‑V®. This method assumes that: · The deployment is being performed to a VM running on Hyper-V · vmconnect.exe is located in the %ProgramFiles%\Hyper-V folder Note This button appears when ZTIGather.wsf detects that Hyper-V integration components are running on the monitored computer. Otherwise, this button will not be visible.
DaRT Remote Control	This button allows you to establish a remote control session using the remote viewer feature in the Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit (DaRT). This method assumes that: · DaRT has been deployed to the target computer and is currently running · DartRemoteViewer.exe is located in the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft DaRT 7\v7 folder Note This button appears when ZTIGather.wsf detects that DaRT is running on the monitored computer. Otherwise, this button will not be visible.
Automatically refresh this information every 10 seconds	Check box that controls whether the information in the dialog box is automatically refreshed. If the check box is: · Selected, the information is refreshed every 10 seconds · Cleared, the information is not automatically refreshed and must be manually refreshed using the Refresh Now button
Refresh Now	This button immediately refreshes the information displayed in the dialog box.

8. In the WDG-REF-01 Properties dialog box, click OK.

9. Close the Deployment Workbench.

To complete the reference computer deployment process, perform the following steps on WDG-REF-01:

1. On WDG-REF-01, in the Deployment Summary dialog box, click Details.

If any errors or warnings occur, review the errors or warnings, and record any diagnostic information.

2. In the Deployment Summary dialog box, click Finish.

Windows 8 is now installed on the reference computer, and the captured Windows Imaging Format (WIM) file of the reference computer (WIN7_REFERENCE.wim) is stored in the deployment_share\Captures folder (where deployment_share is the shared folder used as the deployment share).If errors or warnings occur, consult the MDT document Troubleshooting Reference.