实现Windows 2000 Remote Insatllation Service
Deploying Windows 2000 Using Remote Installation Services
Deploying Windows 2000 Using Remote Installation Services (RIS)
Remote Installation Services allows you to support the installation of Windows 2000 Professional (only) onto network clients that don't have an operating system installed. A destination client can be a system with only a DHCP Preboot Execution Environment-based (PXE-based) remote boot ROM NIC, or a RIS boot disk. RIS can initiate a typical network share type of installation or use a system image transfer type of installation. A RIS Server requires DHCP Server Service, Active Directory, DNS Server Service and at least 2 GB of disk space. Hard disk must have at least two partitions, one for the Operating System and one for the images. The image partition must be formatted with NTFS. RIS packages cannot be
installed on either the system or boot partitions.
Setting Up a RIS Server
Setup Wizard creates the folder structure, copies needed source files tothe server, creates the initial CD-based Windows 2000 Professional image in its designated folder along with the default answer file (Ristandard.sif), and starts the RIS services on the server. To authorize the server, open Administrative Tools, DHCP. Right-click DHCP in the console tree and choose Manage authorized servers. Click Authorize and enter name or IP of the RIS server. Assign users/groups that will be performing RIS installations permissions to Create Computer Objects in Active Directory. The Client Computer Naming Format is defined through Active Directory Users And Computers. Right-click the RIS Server and click Properties, Remote Install, Advanced Settings, New Clients. Choose a pre-defined format or create a custom one. Associate an answer file (.SIF) with your image. Install Remote Installation Services using Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Windows Components. Start the RIS Setup Wizard by running Risetup. Specify the Remote Installation Folder Location. For Initial Settings, choose Do not respond to any client requests. Specify the location of the Windows 2000 Professional source files for building the initial CD-based image. Designate a folder inside the RIS folder where the CD image will be stored. Provide a text name for the CD-based image.
Creating A RIPrep Image
Install Windows 2000 Professional on a source computer. Configure all components and settings for the desired client configuration. Install and configure applications. Copy the configuration to the Default User profile. To launch the RIPrep Wizard, click Start, Run and enter: \\RISServerName\reminst\admin\i386\riprep.exe. Provide the name of the RIS Server where the image will be stored..
Installing an Image on a RIS client
Custom RIS images can be built using the RIPrep tool. It creates an installation image from a preinstalled and configured system. You can use Remote Installation Services (RIS) for Windows 2000 to install a local copy of the OS throughout the organization from remote locations. Using existing network technologies, after booting, personal computers contact a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server for an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and then contact a boot server to install the OS. Using RIS, you can send personal computers directly to an end user or staging area and install an automated, customized version of Windows 2000. The client initiates the protocol by broadcasting a DHCP Discover packet containing an extension that identifies the request as coming from a client that implements the PXE protocol. The boot server sends an offer containing the IP address of the server that will service the client. The client uses TFTP to download the executable file from the boot
server. The client then initiates execution of the downloaded image.
Creating A RIS Boot Disk
If the destination desktop does not have PXE-based remote-boot ROM on its NIC, you must create a boot disk to initiate the remote installation. The boot disk creates a PXE emulator that works on supported PCI network adapters that allow them to connect to the RIS server. Since one disk works for all network adapters, a specific network boot disk is no longer required. The supported network adapters are listed in the utility that creates the boot disk. This utility is named Rbfg.exe and can be found in the network folder: \reminst\admin\i386.
Configuring Remote Installation Options
Once installed, the RIS system can be re-created and altered via the RIS host's Properties dialog box from the Active Directory Users And Computers tool. RIS can be configured to respond to clients requesting server, to respond only to authorized and known clients, to verify that the server is properly configured, and to view the current RIS clients.
Managing Images for Performing Remote Installations
You can customize existing CD-based installs by modifying the associated answer file (*.SIF). For RIPrep images, the files are stored as individual source files. If modifications need to be made to the RIPrep image, apply the existing image to a client, make any required changes, and rerun the RIPrep wizard from the RIS server Admin folder to upload the new, updated image to the RIS server. You can still modify the *.SIF file associated with a RIPrep-based install, but you’ll only be able to modify options that can be configured via theanswer file. The RIPrep answer file, named RISETUP.SIF by default, will be located under the I386\Templates subfolder of the folder created for the RIPrep image
