How about building your "gold" system, run sysprep, mirror the drive, then break the mirror (you are talking about systems with integrated RAID, right?) Then, use this gold disk as a master for each new system - insert master disk and blank disk, power up to raid config, rebuild mirror, remove master.
Boot to os and answer the post-sysprep questions. Insert blank disk so the mirror can rebuild, or run RAID utility to reconfigure if you don't want mirroring. This is just theory, although I use a similar process to create new virtual servers under VMWare. I know the Compaq RAID array isn't as flexible/forgiving as the old HP NETRaid, but I think as long as there are no other drives installed, this *might* work. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rutherford, Robert Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Compaq Servers I've spied the RDP tool before and it does look like a quality system, but can't really warrant the £££. If I remember it was expensive. **drifts off to dreamland** Oh how I wish HP would provide me with a simple and free tool... Or a good old gui based front end to produce a script. **wakes to reality** Thud! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 June 2004 15:09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Compaq Servers You can use also our tool RemoteDeploymentPackage (http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/rdp.html). RDP offers templates to deploy,image and re-deploy servers-images and also additional software. RDP is based on Altiris solution.... > I used Ghost to distribute Sysprep'd images either by Multicast or IP > connections on DL380's. After the first build, each server was up and > ready to run DCPromo within 10-15 minutes including the time to load > the image over 100BaseT. You can save a lot of time with the > Sysprep.inf file for many of the tedious settings, but I found running > DCPromo from the sysprep.inf to be hit and miss because of network > configuration, so I opted > to do that manually. > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rutherford, > Robert > Sent: Tuesday, June 8, 2004 9:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Compaq Servers > > > Thanks Roger, > > ADS does look sxy.....problem is that we are still mainly W2K :O( > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 June 2004 14:16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Compaq Servers > > > Have you considered something like the Automated Deployment System? > Its part of the Dynamic Systems Initiative and its geared towards this > kind of deployment. Its also more or less free. > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/ads/defau > lt.mspx > <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/ads/defa > ult.mspx> > > Roger > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > _____ > > From: Rutherford, Robert > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Compaq Servers > > > > I'm sorry this is off topic but just thought I'd throw it out to see > if I get a bite.... > > It must be that time of year again...... a large number of new servers > coming in.I don't want to, or have anyone else build numerours > DL360's/380's .. 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