MDT Wizard: Use an external Customsettings.ini
https://www.systanddeploy.com/2017/02/mdt-wizard-use-external.html
Some month ago, I shared a tool, link Here, that allows you to generate a Customsettings.ini file in order to use it like a profile. This way you can create multiple INI files.
In this post I will show you a wizard that I have created to apply a profile you have created and use it during your deployment.You can for instance create an ini profile for domain integration, workgroup, for computer that belong to a specific branch or whatever you want.
This listBox will use the MDT variable RulesFile that allows you to choose your Customsettings.ini file, I will talk about this variable in my next post.
How to get the wizard ?
How it looks ?
In my case I created a folder INI_Profiles located in the Deploy folder from my master.
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| INI_Profiles folder |
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| INI files List |
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| No profile folder found warning |
If there is a folder but no profiles the below warning will appear.
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| No profiles found warning |
How to use it ?
1 / Download the wizard (xml & vbs files)
2 / Copy these files in your Deploy\Scripts folder
3 / Open BDD_Welcome_ENU.xml
4 / Add the Profiles pane as below
5 / Create an INI_Profiles folder in the Deploy folder
6 / Generate a INI profile file
7 / Run a deployment
8 / Select your profile
Wizard in action
In the below example we will create two INI profiles using the MDT profile Generator tool.
Then we'll check our ini files and run a deployment to see how to use our profiles using the wizard.
Profiles creation
The first profile will use the below configuration:
- Computer name = Computer1
- Workgroup = WorkgroupTest
- Language = French
- Locale = French
- Time zone = Paris
- Wizard to skip: ProductKey, UserData,Capture, Bitlocker
The second profile will use the below configuration:
- Computer name = Computer2
- Workgroup = WorkgroupTest2
- Language = Spanish
- Locale = Spanish
- Time zone = Madrid
- Wizard to skip: ProductKey, UserData,Capture, Bitlocker
Our INI files
See below, the first profile
See below, the second profile
See our wizard
Now let's run a deployment !!!
Wizard files
See below the INI_Profiles.xml file
See below the INI_Profiles.vbsfile
Wizard in action
In the below example we will create two INI profiles using the MDT profile Generator tool.
Then we'll check our ini files and run a deployment to see how to use our profiles using the wizard.
Profiles creation
The first profile will use the below configuration:
- Computer name = Computer1
- Workgroup = WorkgroupTest
- Language = French
- Locale = French
- Time zone = Paris
- Wizard to skip: ProductKey, UserData,Capture, Bitlocker
The second profile will use the below configuration:
- Computer name = Computer2
- Workgroup = WorkgroupTest2
- Language = Spanish
- Locale = Spanish
- Time zone = Madrid
- Wizard to skip: ProductKey, UserData,Capture, Bitlocker
See below, the first profile
See below, the second profile
See our wizard
Now let's run a deployment !!!
Wizard files
See below the INI_Profiles.vbsfile
4 commentaires
Hi! I added the bdd welcome part and updating deploymentshare, but when I would start a deployment and see a error:unable to load xml file: X:\Deploy\Scripts\INI_profiles.xml
Hi
i came upon this and thought it can be helpfull for me.
so i tried this, but does not get to work.
how do i call the ini-profiles.vbs in the CS.ini file,
i tried it with a userexit, but doesn't do the trick
I tried adding this after the WelcomeWiz_Choice.xml pane instead of before the Bootstrap pane. It works except the navigation buttons on the bottom do not render. Why is this? Without the finish button I cannot go to the next screen...
The reason I want it after the Choice pane is that I use a custom BDD screen where there are two buttons, a Standard Deploy and Custom Deploy button. If you click the custom deploy button it will load the Profiles pane but the standard deploy button will just use the default customsettings.ini.
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