MDT 2013 Update 2 Migration

The following steps will guide you to duplicate a MDT 2013 Update 2 deployment server from one machine to another with a different name.

This document assumes you currently have a working MDT 2013 Update 2 solution and only need to copy the configuration from another known working server to make a duplicate.

1. Open your Deployment Console
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   2. Right click on ‘MDT Deployment Share’
      1. Choose ‘Close Deployment Share’
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   3. Right click on ‘MDT Deployment Share’ again
      1. Choose ‘Open Deployment Share’
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      2. Select ‘Upgrade the content of the deployment share(if required)
      3. Make sure the ‘Deployment share path:’ points to the directory of your deployment share.
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      4. Click ‘Next’ until you are finished the wizard.

1. Right click on ‘MDT Deployment Share’
   1. Select ‘Properties’
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   2. One the following tabs you will need to change the appropriate settings to customize for your particular machine.
      1. General Tab
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         2. Make sure the highlighted information is changed to match your machine:
            1. Network (UNC) Path: Your machine name goes here
            2. Local Path: Enter the correct path to your deployment share location
         3. Ensure the other checks are selected for
            1. Platforms Supported
            2. Enable Multicast…

1. Rules Tab
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   2. Make sure the highlighted information is changed to match your machine:
      1. Replace 8669MDT01 with your machine name
      2. Click ‘Apply’
   3. Click ‘Edit Bootstrap.ini’
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      2. Replace 8669MDT01 with your machine name
      3. Save the file and exit it.

1. Windows PE Tab
   1. Click the ‘Drivers and Patches’ tab
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      2. Ensure that for:
         1. Platform: x86 and x64
         2. Selection profile: WinPE10 Drivers (This is the selection profile I have saved my WINPE drivers to)
         3. Click ‘Apply’ for each platform
2. Monitoring Tab
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      1. Replace 8669MDT01 with your machine name
      2. Click ‘Apply’
      3. Click ‘OK’

1. Browse to your deployment share folder
   1. Open the Boot folder
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      2. Delete all the contents of the Boot folder
2. Right click on ‘MDT Deployment Share’
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   2. Choose ‘Update Deployment Share’
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      2. Choose ‘Completely regenerate the boot images’
      3. Click ‘Next’ until you are finished the dialog wizard.
      4. This process will take 5-20 minutes.

1. Open WDS ‘Windows Deployment Services’
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   2. Expand ‘Servers’
   3. Expand your server name
   4. Click ‘Boot Images’
      1. Select the boot image on the right
      2. Right click the selection
      3. Choose ‘Replace Image’
      4. Browse to the deployment share ‘Boot’ folder that you deleted the files from in the previous steps.
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      5. Select ‘LiteTouchPE_x64.wim’ file
      6. Select ‘Next’ until you are finished the dialog wizard
   5. Expand ‘Mulitcast Transmissions’
      1. If you see ‘MDT Share DeploymentShare$’ you are all done.
      2. If you do not see this then you need to run the following command from an administrative command prompt.
         1. wdsutil.exe /new-namespace /FriendlyName:"Microsoft Deployment Server" /NameSpace:DeploymentShare$ /ContentProvider:WDS  /ConfigString:c:\DeploymentShare /NameSpaceType:AutoCast